[orangebird]

Originally Posted by Tiktokofoz

Hello. I'm new here and would value some advice. My issue is similar to confused_j below. I live in a "new" apartment block (1997) and we have always had an NTL phone line. I used to have NTL cable TV but changed to a Sky dish last year.

I've been in touch with BT who tell me that any existing sockets and wiring I have will not be used as they are NTL property and I'll have to have new ones installed. I have a blank white plate in the living room and bedroom from which a wire has been run to a phone socket screwed on another wall of my choice. There is no socket on the plate itself - you need to unscrew the plate to connect the wire. The Sky digibox is connected to the dish via this plate in the living room as that connects with the communal rise cabling on the landing. The wire used is the same one that connected the NTL cable box originally.

Does anyone happen to know if I will have to have a whole load of new plates and sockets, or might it just be a case of using existing wires and sockets in the flat which will all be connected to the communal rise through the plates?

how did you get sky without getting a phone line?