Where to get replacement Broadband filter?

i8change

I noticed my Broadband had dropped from it's usual near 7Mbps to only 1.9Mbps.

Replaced the cheap Tiscali supplied filter with the spare and my Broadband went up to 8.35Mbps.

Didn't know they could have so much effect!

As I now need another spare, just in case. Are they available locally (Maplins, Currys/PC World! etc.) as the cheap ones would probably not be worth mail ordering due to the P&P costs?

Or would it be best to mail order a more expensive one (reliability/quality wise) as in the link below, and has anyone got recommendations as to which to go for?

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/Reviews.asp?ProductID=9880

The Tiscali ones where Excelsus Z-Blocker Z-350UK and lasted about 3 years.

Many thanks for any replies

penrhyn

Neatest solution is to buy a replacement faceplate for your master socket.
I use an ADSL Nation one myself. They do danglers ( Ooer Missus!) as well.

http://www.adslnation.com/products/index.php

ChiefGrasscutter

With electronic filters of all types in all applications generally it is indeed the case that you get what you pay for. The cheaper ones use cheaper components with more tolerance on their stated performance and the overall result is that the accurate filtration out of the frequencies becomes "muddy" as one might say.

I would also recommend asdl nations's filters for broadband usage.

PS Another example of filters in use is UPS's (uninteruptible power supplies). The cheap ones produce a modified sine wave as the manufacturers say which actually looks to me rather closer to a modified square wave than anything remotely sinusoidal. The much more expensive ones do indeed produce an accurate sine wave output: -sometimes even better and distorsion free than the mains supply.

kwikbreaks

Another vote for the ADSLNation filtered faceplate - see Penryhn's link above

closed

Why buy something for a situation that may never happen, the connection may have just resynced and be unconnected to the filter