A guide to what the various sockets are on the latest Openreach faceplate, master socket

This page is intended to help as a guide as to how you can access the test socket, if you have one of the latest Openreach faceplates installed. The latest faceplate provides a filtered socket to which you can connect a VDSL (FTTC - Fibre to the Cabinet) modem, or an ADSL2+ modem. Originally this new faceplate was only installed on FTTC lines, but increasingly it is being installed when engineers fix faults on ADSL2+ lines, or when people buy one to tidy up their wiring.

NOTE: With self-install VDSL2 around the corner, while good quality micro-filters will work for the best performance fitting an Interstitial plate is the recommended solution