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Longer Phone to router cable needed

Maxheadroom — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:31:35 GMT

Hi I need to get a cable to be able to extend the distance between the router and the BT socket to about 3m. Anyone know what this cable is called and where I might be able to get one, Thanks

Re: Longer Phone to router cable needed

Highlinder — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:34:02 GMT

@MaxheadroomIs this to connect the router to the wall for your inernet or is this for your phone to reach further?

Re: Longer Phone to router cable needed

Mark39 — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:50:19 GMT

@Maxheadroom wrote:

Hi I need to get a cable to be able to extend the distance between the router and the BT socket to about 3m. Anyone know what this cable is called and where I might be able to get one, Thanks

I think you mean a DSL cable, which you can obtain from an online retailer like Amazon. Check that this one looks like your existing cable.

Re: Longer Phone to router cable needed

Maxheadroom — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:52:02 GMT

Hi no its got a BT phone plug in one end thanks

Re: Longer Phone to router cable needed

Maxheadroom — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:53:31 GMT

Hi its to extend the line from Sky router to BT phone socket, thanks

Re: Longer Phone to router cable needed

TimmyBGood — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 09:46:23 GMT

@Maxheadroom

Typically broadband doesn't use a BT jack at the wall end: it should be plugged into either a plug-in microfilter or a filtered master socket, both of which use an RJ11 socket for their data connection and a BT jack socket for a phone handset The Hub end is also RJ11 for data.

BT jack to RJ11 cables do exist for data (dial-up modems used them) but you'd typically be losing broadband speed without having a filter in place.