Telephone Sockets

Socket Overview

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  Non-NTE5

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  NTE5

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  NTE5 Open

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  VDSL Faceplate

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  Service Specific Faceplate

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  Unfiltered Broadband Faceplate (Removed)

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  Unfiltered Broadband Faceplate (AAISP Branded)

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  Unfiltered Broadband Faceplate (Installed)

Non-NTE5

This socket could be an old style master socket, or it could be a secondary socket. Openreach should not be installing this style of socket as the master socket when installing a new phone line.

NTE5

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  Standard NTE5 socket

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  NTE5 with lower part removed

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  VDSL Faceplate removed for the main socket

This is the 'standard' socket that Openreach will install, it has been the standard since the 1980's. The lower half is removable. Removing the lower half gives access to the 'Test Socket' as well as the connectors