About my Master socket and test socket (Phone line gurus please)

[qqg3]

So I'm facing the facts that my internal cabling is messed up and I lack the knowledge to sort it out myself and getting someone else to do it for me looks like a costly option I can't afford.

I get the best connection at the master socket using the test socket behind the face plate. I'm looking for ways to use this as a solution permanently (I'll only be living here for another 12 months give or take). The test socket speed is about 15x faster than the speed from the front socket.

Would an ADSL faceplate work? Or does that just split the voice and adsl data?

I know using the test socket would disable any extensions so I could only have the one phone at the master socket but that is a compromise I'm willing to take.

I just don't know how safe it would be to leave the faceplate off permanently (to enable use of the test socket) so was wondering if there was a better (cosmetically) option?

(Incase you ask, I've already gone as far as I know how to to try and fix my internal connection problems. Removing ring wires etc but to no avail, the test socket still gives the strongest connection by a long long way)

 

[qqg3]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I was about buy a new faceplate, then had one last look at the master socket.

I unplugged everything, leaving wires to just 2 and 5. Voila, phone extensions are still working and the downstream speeds to the router from the front socket are the same as the test socket. Now its just a waiting game to see if my IP profile will catch up.

Cheers.