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There are various styles of telephone socket, most are "NTE5". This page aims to explain the various forms of this socket. NTE stands for 'Network Termination Equipment', 5 relates to the version number.
 
==Socket Overview==
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NTE5C.jpg|NTE5c (2016)
NTE5testsocket.jpg|NTE5c cover removed
Non-NTE.svg|Non-NTE5
NTE5.svg|NTE5
NTE5-Open.svg|NTE5 Open
VDSL-Faceplate.svg|Filtered VDSL Faceplate
SSFP.svg|Filtered Service Specific Faceplate
Unfiltered_Broadband_faceplate.svg|Unfiltered Broadband Faceplate (Removed)
Unfiltered_Broadband_faceplate_AAISP_Branded.svg|Unfiltered Broadband Faceplate (AAISP Branded)
Unfiltered_Broadband.svg|Unfiltered Broadband Faceplate (Installed)
Splitter.svg|Filter
</gallery>
 
===NTE5C===
BT started using the NTE5C sockets in 2016, by October 2016 most new phone line installations were with this new style. The socket is curved rather than flat on the front face, and the lower section can be removed by simply un-clipping it - there are no longer screws holding the cover in place. There is still a test socket under the lower section.
 
=== Non-NTE5 ===
 
=== NTE5 ===
This is the 'standard' socket that Openreach will install, it has been the standard since the 1980's1980s. The lower half is removable. Removing the lower half gives access to the 'Test Socket' as well as the connectors.
 
=== VDSL Faceplate ===
=== Unfiltered Broadband Faceplate (Installed) ===
 
This NTE5 has been fitted with an unfiltered RJ11 socket. These faceplates are typically supplied by AAISP if they provide the phone line where no phone calls are provided. The socket is an RJ11 and so a router can be connected without the need for a filter/splitter.
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=Guide=
*See: [[File:Telephone Socket Guide.pdf|thumbnail]]
 
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