On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:50:06 GMT, "News Reader" <no@email.invalid>
wrote:

>Then when the Open Reach guy comes round, you just explain
>that Talk Talk told you the master socket was the customers responsibility,
>etc. and they will probably sigh and go oh well, thank god you managed to
>get us (Open Reach) out as that is the right thing to do and we are the
>people that are supposed to deal with the master socket and line side of
>things! lol. But... this is only sound reasoning or a sound approach to take
>if you are sure (or VERY sure / sure enough [again read certain or VERY
>sure]) that the master socket is actually bad or you can end up with a big
>unnecessary call out bill from your provider Talk Talk / and / or Open Reach
>(i.e. that one is sure any fault is definitely on the Open Reach side not
>the consumer premises / consumer premises equipment side of things), etc.

Thanks very much for putting me in the picture about Open Reach etc.
After reading your comments, I think I had better not involve Open
Reach at this stage, because of the loud bell that has been hard-wired
into the main body of the master socket. I have no idea who did that
job; it may well not have been done by a previous resident, and if so,
I could be accused of buggering up their socket and receive a huge
bill for call-out +repairs. I would think it makes sense for me to
just quietly change the cover plate and then, if necessary, quietly
remove the loud bell, (leaving no trace, where it was wired into the
socket) and take it from there. Does that make sense?

Jake D