BT I-Plate

[commoner]

I wondered if any of you guys had used the BT I-plate in an attempt to up your broadband speeds and if so with what result?

I hear that disconnecting the ring wire from the Master socket can have the same effect by stabilising the circuit.

Any comments please....

[4candles]

Yes, removing the ring wire (terminal 3) from the master socket will usually be just as good as using the iPlate. Unless it's really cheap and nasty, the microfilter provides the ring wire locally for each phone.

The iPlate does have a couple of inductors, but unless you're in a particularly noisy electronic environment the difference will be negligible.

"...stabilising the circuit"

It's not so much 'stabilising', it's the fact that the unbalanced ring wire acts like an aerial, transferring medium wave radio signals onto the line via the capacitor in the master socket. Unfortunately ADSL broadband frequencies coincide with a major chunk of the AM medium wave broadcast band.

[commoner]

Well thanks for that fork handles ..OOPS SORRY....4candles....Been a while since I asked that I thought it had passed...good advice I'll give it a whirl...

[4candles]

OK commoner, hope you get a result.

Bear in mind that if you're looking at your router's stats, any improvement in sync speed will be seen immediately. But, it can be from a few hours up to five days for the exchange equipment to 'catch up' and show an improvement in actual downloads and speed tests.