Maximising Broadband Speed

mercman1969

I recall some many months ago a fix regarding the wall phone socket and how it could possibly increase your broadband speed if using older phone sockets and the disconnection of a certain cable within the socket

I cannot seem to find this...can anybody point me in the right direction on this...also are there any fixes for ensuring you are getting the maximum speed out of your connection?

Regards

Pete

Browntoa

it was disconnecting every wire except those connected to 2 and 5

deklan99

Your line sync rate from your router/modem will immediately tell you if there's an improvement or not plugging into test socket behind master if you have one - http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.htm

You only need wires 2 + 5 connected. If you have a faceplate with upper and lower parts then this may help - http://www.dslzoneuk.net/socket.php?type=html

Another solution is either the BT Iplate which basically removes the bell wire from your circuit without cutting/sniping or an nte5 filtered faceplate which isolates the broadband signal from voice so you don't need filters.
If there's no improvement via test socket then above remedies of no great use.

Your line stats can tell roughly what your line should be capable of and if you need to tweak anything, down/up sync speed (connection rate), attenuation (guide to line length), snr margin.

shammyjack

Another problem to look out for is if you have a small lozenge shaped box on your incoming drop wire before the BT main box.

If you have take off the faceplate and look on the circuit board inside, If it says RF2 then you have a major problem .

This Radio Frequency filter is pre ADSL and adds around 30Db attenuation to an ADSL line, dramaticaly dropping the speed you sync at .

It should be replaced with a RF3 filter which allows full pass through of the ADSL signal or removed and allow a good quality filter like the ADSL Nation face plate to filter out any Radio Frequency noise .

shammy

crispyduck_2

Iplate

Installed mine about a month ago and speeds have increased by 125%.

for just over a tenner, a bargain but there is no guarantee on the difference it will make to yours.

Just thought it would be worth mentioning.