I have a problem. Our dog has just chewed through our main telephone line outside that comes in to the Master Socket. I understand that this is BT's domain, but I don't really fancy paying huge amounts of money to get them to come and fix it. I want to simply patch this up with a connector that is designed to be outside. I've searched around and cannot find anything on the internet. Does anyone know where I can pick up such a thing ?

Also, I've been readin about the i-plate - it seems that this can improve your broadband connection. Does anyone have any stories (good or bad) as to whether this has worked for them or not ?

Thanks in advance.

I'm sure openreachpeep will back me up but you really should get BT in to repair the outside cable. It will likely cost you but it may well save you a shed load of grief in the future. If you have a fault on the line and BT find your "repair" then there could be consequences, possibly being made to pay for what would otherwise have been a free repair.

The i-plate replaces the removeable section of the NTE5 phone socket. So isn't much use if you have an older style LJU (single piece) socket. But it can be better than plug in filters. Plus some types give you connections on the back to run extension cabling off the filter. that means you don't need plug in filters everywhere else. If you look through some of the threads here I think you'll find most people who have used them like them.

The only potential downside is that your ADSl modem/router has to be located near the master socket to enable it to plug into the i-plate. if you are using it on an extension socket then you may not get any benifit, and may in fact end up filtering off the ADSL signal to the extension!

as chrisjr said, probably best to bite the bullet. i've been on many faults where EU's have "patched" damaged wiring up. the best repair would be to replace the cable in one piece and file the dogs teeth. believe me even the waterproof inline jointing closures we use leak. so i should imagine anything you can buy will not be upto scratch.
by repairing the cable you will in breach of your T&C's with your CP as it is owned by us. but no-ones ever ar$%d about that.

Thanks, chrisjr and openreachpeep. It sounds like I need to bite the bullet and give BT a call. Just hope it's not going to cost me an arm and a leg to get it fixed ! Still, in the long run it is no doubt the best option.

Thanks again for the advice.