Sky Broadband on Telecom Eireann wall point

slynchy1

Hi,

I'm looking to get broadband into my apartment, Sky said I need an eircom landline. (Jumping from UPC for multiple reasons)

There is an existing, but old, Telecom Eireann phone point here.
See attached

Anyone know if such an thing can support broadband. Can you hook a wireless router to one of these things?

Thanks

colm_mcm

That's the same thing, the mother had a P&T socket in her house until last year

slynchy1

colm_mcm wrote: »

That's the same thing, the mother had a P&T socket in her house until last year

Hi Colm, not meaning to be thick, but is that a yes? Will it work for sky?

Thanks

colm_mcm

slynchy1 wrote: »

Hi Colm, not meaning to be thick, but is that a yes? Will it work for sky?

Thanks

Yes.

I may be wrong here but that socket seems to have a filter already built into it. (Not the yoke attached on, behind that)

Beer Assistant

When you ring Sky they will ask for your address and check the line.

Mr. G

Gretts_40oz wrote: »

When you ring Sky they will ask for your address and check the line.

That wouldn't check for the telephone socket though. If you can hear a tone when you connect a phone to it (even if you're not paying line rental, it should be connected to the exchange). It should work fine.

slynchy1

Thanks all for the info!

embereve

I have just switched to sky but can't get it to work!! Problem is I have phone watch and apparently (am a technophobe and don't understand the jargon) there's no micro filter in alarm box. Grrr..... I was told it would be easy. Had to give UPC a months notice so still have broadband but am paying on the double. Sky guys are v nice to deal with - unlike the other crowd - but I'm a bit frustrated at having to call phone watch and probably having to pay them to come out and fit a micro filter so I can give their competitors business.
Rant over......for now

pizzahead77

embereve wrote: »

I have just switched to sky but can't get it to work!! Problem is I have phone watch and apparently (am a technophobe and don't understand the jargon) there's no micro filter in alarm box. Grrr..... I was told it would be easy. Had to give UPC a months notice so still have broadband but am paying on the double. Sky guys are v nice to deal with - unlike the other crowd - but I'm a bit frustrated at having to call phone watch and probably having to pay them to come out and fit a micro filter so I can give their competitors business.
Rant over......for now

Phonewatch is no longer part of Eircom, they are owned by Sector Alarm

embereve

Oh, great! Means I won't have to do the 'sorry I'm not with eircom bit'!
Thanks for that!