Hi Folks. I just upgraded my broadband From BT Infinity 1 to Infinity 2, my real download speed has increased from 48mbps to 55mbps, so not exactly over the moon as it was advertised up to 75mbps. Anyway after conversations with BT and rework of my deal I have been convinced to stay with Infinity 2. BT basically said 'that's all your line is capable of'.
So that got me thinking if there were any improvements that I could make to my existing setup, and a friend who works in tech said there were a few changes that I could make which should improve the situation. Before embarking on this I wanted to get opinions from yourselves to save myself the hassle if this is going to turn out to be a splitting hair operation.
So currently my BT phone line runs up the dividing fence between me and my neighbors garden (semi detatched). From there it snakes left for about 2-3 meters under my living room windowsill, before going through the wall and entering an old junction box that looks like its only purpose was to join the internal / external cable. From here the cable double backs and goes 2-3 meters
under the internal windowsill and into the master socket meaning there is a good 4 meters of completely unnecessary telephone cable.
I have just replaced the old Master socket with a 5C unit so that job is done. From here I run a 5m phone cable from the master socket round my fire place and into the BT router in the middle of the living room by the TV. From here all the TV boxes and desktop are hardwired into the router, none is wireless to leave that free for the tablets / phones.
So my friend has recommended doing the following to improve my speed.
First, cut the double back section of my phone cable and run it directly from the fence in through the existing holes (for sat cables) and into the master socket. Next position the BT router right beside the phone cable and run a 30cm RJ11 to CAT5 Ethernet cable between the router and master socket. Then run a CAT5 cable round to the TV and purchased a Ethernet switch for all the devices.
Does this make sense, or is it a great big waste of time and effort???
The cable run across the fireplace is terrible and I am looking at a separate solution for that, but the room has just been renovated and will be decorated later the year, so a while to ponder that one. If an ideas please share.
See images below
Phone cable running from fence past sat cables and along windowsill. (My router is right behind this wall)
Runs right under this, then in the house and all the way back.
Through this junction box
Into master socket
And across the front of my fire, under the rug to my TV on the left
So that got me thinking if there were any improvements that I could make to my existing setup, and a friend who works in tech said there were a few changes that I could make which should improve the situation. Before embarking on this I wanted to get opinions from yourselves to save myself the hassle if this is going to turn out to be a splitting hair operation.
So currently my BT phone line runs up the dividing fence between me and my neighbors garden (semi detatched). From there it snakes left for about 2-3 meters under my living room windowsill, before going through the wall and entering an old junction box that looks like its only purpose was to join the internal / external cable. From here the cable double backs and goes 2-3 meters
under the internal windowsill and into the master socket meaning there is a good 4 meters of completely unnecessary telephone cable.
I have just replaced the old Master socket with a 5C unit so that job is done. From here I run a 5m phone cable from the master socket round my fire place and into the BT router in the middle of the living room by the TV. From here all the TV boxes and desktop are hardwired into the router, none is wireless to leave that free for the tablets / phones.
So my friend has recommended doing the following to improve my speed.
First, cut the double back section of my phone cable and run it directly from the fence in through the existing holes (for sat cables) and into the master socket. Next position the BT router right beside the phone cable and run a 30cm RJ11 to CAT5 Ethernet cable between the router and master socket. Then run a CAT5 cable round to the TV and purchased a Ethernet switch for all the devices.
Does this make sense, or is it a great big waste of time and effort???
The cable run across the fireplace is terrible and I am looking at a separate solution for that, but the room has just been renovated and will be decorated later the year, so a while to ponder that one. If an ideas please share.
See images below
Phone cable running from fence past sat cables and along windowsill. (My router is right behind this wall)
Runs right under this, then in the house and all the way back.
Through this junction box
Into master socket
And across the front of my fire, under the rug to my TV on the left