https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Old-socket/m-p/4644551#M395088 I have an old phone socket in kitchen which I want to remove, when I plug a phone in to it the line is dead Is it safe to disconnect it without losing Internet? Thanks, Fri, 17 May 2024 10:20:54 GMT Stevie635 2024-05-17T10:20:54Z https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Old-socket/m-p/4644551#M395088 I have an old phone socket in kitchen which I want to remove, when I plug a phone in to it the line is dead Is it safe to disconnect it without losing Internet? Thanks, Fri, 17 May 2024 10:20:54 GMT https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Old-socket/m-p/4644551#M395088 Stevie635 2024-05-17T10:20:54Z https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Old-socket/m-p/4644576#M395090 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3467266">@Stevie635</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR />&nbsp;Is it safe to disconnect it without losing Internet?<HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>I'd hazard a guess at '<EM>probably&nbsp;</EM>', and more so if it only contains a single pair: obviously the risk is if the master socket is located past the one being removed and the wiring to the master gets disrupted.&nbsp; You also wouldn't want the redundant pair to risk generating a short circuit by doing something like twisting them together.</P> Fri, 17 May 2024 10:59:22 GMT https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/Old-socket/m-p/4644576#M395090 TimmyBGood 2024-05-17T10:59:22Z