Help with BT wiring

[cbmotorsport]

Is it normal for the telephone cable running down the outside of an old house to the telephone junction box to be 1 pair solid copper, it's a figure of 8 shape a bit like speaker cable? I'm assuming this is very old stuff?

We're renovating a house and want to move the socket due to the cable coming in through the top corner of a window and causing damp. I need to run new external cable to a different location.

Not sure what cable to buy.

Before people say phone BT/Openreach to get it modernised, they don't seem interested unless there's a fault on the line, and there isn't. It works perfectly, even giving 65mb+ of broadband.

Here is the cable coming into the house and the junction box. Thanks!

Edited by cbmotorsport on Wednesday 18th November 17:54

[cbmotorsport]

Thanks so far!

That copper cable was buried in the render long ago so can't be reused. What external grade telephone cable shall i use to the new location?

Also, do I really need an external junction box, can it just be run into the house through a hole in the wall and terminated at a new master socket?

Thanks

CB

ETA: Mr Pointy - thanks for the cable recommendation.

Edited by cbmotorsport on Wednesday 18th November 18:09

Edited by cbmotorsport on Wednesday 18th November 18:13

[cbmotorsport]

A cable comes from the pole to my eaves, and then enters this cylindrical junction box. The copper cable above comes out of the junction box along the eaves, then down the wall under the render.

[cbmotorsport]

Thanks everyone. I have a plan now!

Much appreciated.

[cbmotorsport]

bimsb6 said:

cbmotorsport said:

Thanks everyone. I have a plan now!

Much appreciated.

Whereabouts are you ?

Hertfordshire

[cbmotorsport]

Alucidnation said:

Just don’t come back complaining when you get a shock from the phone line.

[cbmotorsport]

Alas, no FTTP as yet.

I've bought some connectors, cable and a new master socket, so will do it this weekend if they arrive.

:-)

[cbmotorsport]

For closure, all done.

The little clamp down connectors recommended and a Master socket with a cam type quick connection made it super easy, and I now have the cable entering the house and terminated tidily, just where I need it.

Thanks for the input everyone.