Telephone Sockets: Difference between revisions

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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Non-NTE.svg|Non-NTE5

NTE5.svg|NTE5

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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.

 

 

=== NTE5 ===

 

=== VDSL Faceplate ===

*See: [[File:Telephone Socket Guide.pdf|thumbnail]]