Removing extension from master socket?

Hi all,
Over the past month I've been having noise problems with my broadband. Engineer visited today and isolated it as the extension running from the master socket to upstairs feeding noise back so fitted an adsl splitter faceplace. All lovely, full speed broadband so very happy. Then about an hour later router disconnected and when it reconnected back to old speed with high noise.
I could live without the extension which is years old (an old BT install complete with 2 ringer sockets installed before we moved in), but cannot remove it as it's connected to the rear of the master socket. My idea is to snip the extension near the master socket and cap the wire. Just wondering if this is this a feasible course of action?!
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Did the engineer mention a charge for the visit? as you could be liable as the fault was proven to your own wiring.
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