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it wasn't there before BT came to replace my old line (it broke) ...

Could it be a cable coupler?

thats what i was thinking, just seems a bit big for something so simple.... and I thought they replaced the whole cable ,as they said it was old knackered and broken to peices....

It's Po*n monitoring device be warned!!!

Nah not really I have no idea?

It's Po*n monitoring device be warned!!!

Nah not really I have no idea?

 

I'm buggered then

goverments routinly spy on people though...

thought it might be one of these:

 

 

goverments routinly spy on people though...

Spy on me, be bored sh*tless!

I think BT have just fitted it so you can ask Briskodians in the " what's this " section

Sounds to me that they don' t know what it is either

From the title my first thought was a ferrite to try and suppress line noise, but it looks a bit big for that :-/

It looks like a bodge-job cable connection done by a 4 y/o.

 

Was it a real BT engineer or one of those "Kelly" sub contractors??

 

On second thoughts, it could be a spy device installed by GCHQ; I know the NSA ones are tiny, but you know how far behind the UK governement is with its tech!!!!

It's just a junction box. It's not a DACS device, if that's what you were worrying about?

It's just the latest version (started using them in about 2006 ish if I remember right) of the sub end junction box. The old one was just a clip closed box but these have a gel in (same as the underground joints) that seals around the cable to help keep the connections dry and free from corrosion, which was a regular fault on phone lines but would affect your broadband much faster and long before your phone would crackle or go dead causing a high level of fault reports when broadband became widely used.

Although they shouldn't really be used like that, at a guess I would say that's been done out of laziness, if they were going to use one of them it should be up by the "future loop". Looks like your old lead in wouldn't reach the overhead cable so rather than replace your lead in they've just jointed it where they could.

It's just a junction box. It's not a DACS device, if that's what you were worrying about?

 

what is a DACS device?

what is a DACS device?

 

Digital Access Carrier System. Used to split one copper pair in to two lines by BT in the past because it was cheaper than running an additional pair.

 

I'd be surprised if they still do this given the majority of people would be running ADSL.

I have old copper lines :( we are in-line for high speed BB though..... 2.5 meg at the moment :(

I have old copper lines :( we are in-line for high speed BB though..... 2.5 meg at the moment :(

 

At least you have a copper line :( The estate I live on was built in the 70s when copper was expensive so BT cheaped out and used aluminium for the drop lines, which always made ADSL for me pretty poor.  Tried to get it sorted when I worked at TalkTalk but was told by the customer service guys that there was no point even raising it as a ticket as OpenReach were bound to turn up to my house, 'test' the line, find everything to be 'within parameters' and then charge me for the call out, and demand £150+ if I want a copper line running in. :(

 

So I went back to cable broadband instead 

I have old copper lines :( we are in-line for high speed BB though..... 2.5 meg at the moment :(

 

I get about the same with ADSL but fibre optic due to come online here between Oct 2013 and March 2014, can't wait :-)

At least you have a copper line :( The estate I live on was built in the 70s when copper was expensive so BT cheaped out and used aluminium for the drop lines, which always made ADSL for me pretty poor.  Tried to get it sorted when I worked at TalkTalk but was told by the customer service guys that there was no point even raising it as a ticket as OpenReach were bound to turn up to my house, 'test' the line, find everything to be 'within parameters' and then charge me for the call out, and demand £150+ if I want a copper line running in. :(

 

So I went back to cable broadband instead 

Unfortunately that's because by law BT only have to provide you a telephone line, they do not have to provide you broadband (unless its changed since I left in 2008). My old estate was the same but we didn't have cable round here either so just had to suffer it :-(

Definitely a p**n monitoring device that...

 

So glad we don't even physically have a BT line to our house. Virgin have been super and managed to wangle a free upgrade from 10 to 30mb.

 

Phil

As others have said,probably a weather proof case to protect the connections. We using these covers on crimped connections on LV service flights onto properties.

http://www.transnet.co.nz/cable-accessories/raychem-gel-products/1ea-lv-enclosure-gel-filled-34

inside is filled with a sticky silicone like substance which when closes seals the connection but will still part if open.

Not designed for permanent connection but gives up us time to plan the service alterations

 

I get about the same with ADSL but fibre optic due to come online here between Oct 2013 and March 2014, can't wait :-)

Unfortunately that's because by law BT only have to provide you a telephone line, they do not have to provide you broadband (unless its changed since I left in 2008). My old estate was the same but we didn't have cable round here either so just had to suffer it :-(

I know the whole of cumbria is due fibre optic (and they have just done workington) I dont know when it will be available to me though! is there somewhere I can find out? my BB provider (zen internet) just says "not available"

I know the whole of cumbria is due fibre optic (and they have just done workington) I dont know when it will be available to me though! is there somewhere I can find out? my BB provider (zen internet) just says "not available"

 

Do an exchange search (under UK Broadband Availability menu) on www.samknows.com - sometimes has info on there about when FTTC will be available.

I know the whole of cumbria is due fibre optic (and they have just done workington) I dont know when it will be available to me though! is there somewhere I can find out? my BB provider (zen internet) just says "not available"

I'm a sky customer and I rang them and they said "we have no idea", so I just went to the BT website as if I was going to apply for fibre, put my details in and it came back sorry you don't have fibre yet in your area but it should be available between x & y.

Worth a pop :-)

Oh dear, didn't realize it was in Runcorn too.  I'd heard it was rife around Milton Keynes.

 

 

 The estate I live on was built in the 70s when copper was expensive so BT cheaped out and used aluminium for the drop lines ...