Master socket and BT Infinity.....

Hi there. Now that my area has got BT Infinity I'm looking to upgrade however the only problem I would have is with the master socket during installation. My master socket is in the hallway by the stairs.  I would not want to have the router set up at the bottom of my stairs in the hallway. I do have another phoneline in a bedroom upstairs that my current ADSL connection uses. Is it possible for me to use this phoneline for BT Infinity? Thanks

Yup! the engineer will put the master socket where ever you want
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