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Fibre 50% Faster On Test Socket ?
Hi,
3 weeks ago I had my BT ADSL broadband upgraded to fibre, after 2 weeks of not really being impressed with the speed increase I did some tests with speedtest.net and noticed I was only getting 13MBPS down and 4 UP. My router is a BT Hub 5 and is plugged into the master socket in the lounge. Yesterday evening I decided to try and do some tests at home one of which was to remove the face plate from the master socket and plug the router into the test socket behind. The results where amazing 32mbps down and 8 up. I put the face plate back on and plugged the router into the socket on the face plate and we where then back to 13 and 4. The faceplate I presume makes the connection to our phone socket in the bedroom (we have no more sockets in the house). I the bedroom we have a normal phone and sky box attached. I have tried unplugging these and rebooting the router and still get 13 and 4 so not the phone and sky box interfering. The house is around 17 years old and I presume the wiring was done when it was built.. A picture of the face plate is here https://s17.postimg.org/sa2tw6me7/20161020_181027.jpg Any advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks for your time |
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First off.
In the bedroom are you using a filter? If not then do so. The only device that can be connected to a broadband enabled phone line without a filter is the broadband router, every thing else MUST be filtered. Secondly. Pull the two Orange/White wires off the terminals on the back of the faceplate. Make sure when you do this that you do not disturb the blue pair. The orange pair are unneeded but can act like aerials for interference. Thirdly Follow the extension cable if possible and carefully inspect it for any signs of damage. A damaged cable can generate noise affecting the broadband signal. Though usually you would also hear crackles on the phone. |
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In the bedroom are you using a filter? If not then do so. The only device that can be connected to a broadband enabled phone line without a filter is the broadband router, every thing else MUST be filtered. Yes we are using a filter Secondly. Pull the two Orange/White wires off the terminals on the back of the faceplate. Make sure when you do this that you do not disturb the blue pair. The orange pair are unneeded but can act like aerials for interference. I WIll give this a whirl tonight Thirdly Follow the extension cable if possible and carefully inspect it for any signs of damage. A damaged cable can generate noise affecting the broadband signal. Though usually you would also hear crackles on the phone. Many thanks for your prompt replies. |
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Internal wiring is often a cause of poor internet conectivity so checking against the master socket is always recommended.
"chrisjr" has already pointed out that only one pair of wires is required for the extension so the redundant pair should be disconnected. The following Wiki article gives information on phone wiring. Other detailed guides are available on-line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_telephone_socket You say your router is connected to the master socket. If so, I double the extension is the cause of your problem (once the surplus wires are disconnected). If you still have a problem you might want to consider replacing the faceplate. Easily done (guides available on-line). Brian |
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If the extension in the bedroom was provided by the builder, it's quite possible as well as using more than terminals than necessary (2 and 5 the only ones needed) the type of the cable they use Is unsuitable when connected to a line with ADSL/VDSL. ( probably the type of cable a door bell would use or maybe a burglar alarm PIR)
IMHO the best solution would be to disconnect the extension cable at the master socket , then you can reassemble the master socket and not have to be plugged into the test port....if telephony is required in the room where the now disconnected extension socket is, buy some cordless dect phones, if you have a Sky box in the bedroom , it doesn't have to be connected to the phone line to work, it used to be the case with 'multi room' subscriptions, the T & C's required you to do this , so the box could 'phone home' to Sky (checking up on you) but I'm fairly sure it's no longer required, as it's now done via the Internet if your Sky box is connected to the router ( Ethernet cable or wireless ) Sky didn't want you to pay £10 or whatever a multi room subscription cost, then take the card to another address where they would get the same package as you but for £10 instead of the proper price, so the boxes would call home and the calling line identity would be the same for both boxes if they were plugged into the same telephone line , as the card is now paired to the box, to try and do this would require not just the card but the box too being moved to another address and if the boxes were 'on line' they could see from the IP address if both were connected to the same router |
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Internal wiring is often a cause of poor internet conectivity so checking against the master socket is always recommended.
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Just noticed something interesting.
Although IE is my main browser I post on here using Firefox because IE will not let me Login. Using Firefox my edit appears normal. However, when I look at the post in IE as a guest a hyper link has been added to part of my message - going to an Amazon page selling a faceplate. Brian PS I suspect either of the following would be better (I use the first) http://www.adslnation.com/products/xte2005.php http://www.solwise.co.uk/adsl_splitters-faceplates.htm |
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Pin 3 or the orange cable is for the ring signal on the extension phone
so check you upstairs phone still rings if you remove this wire if you use microfilters on every socket they generate the bell so make this wire redundant you could also buy an ADSL-IPLATE from http://www.solwise.co.uk/adsl_splitters-faceplates.htm this should filter any interferance caused by the extension extra wires |
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