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Old 14th May 2020, 1:24 pm   #22
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Default Re: GPO Wall telephones - how was the line cord installed before plug and socket ?

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Originally Posted by John M0GLN View Post
Regards installation when we had our first phone installed nearly 50 years ago we wanted it in the kitchen at the rear of the house, we didn't want wire all along the skirting boards so I asked the GPO man if I drilled a hole in the floor board by the front door and I went under the floor, would he feed the wire through so I could take it along to re-appear in the kitchen, he was quite happy with that, probably easier for him.
In our last house, a four floor Victorian property, I ran in a draw rope for the Virgin Engineer rather than have snakes and ladders. In the interim, whilst ADSL clings on, having the termination where the cable first enters the house is now the preferred outcome once again!
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