improving network connection

[Django x2]

So here's a question.

I moved into a new block of flats last november. ISP said BB speeds up to 24mb and I used to get 16mb easily. Now, I get about 6 if that and the ping is terrible. Xbox pings well over 80ms to get a decent game.

So, could this be because all the flats are occupied now? Before, when I moved in, I was only the 3rd person to be in the block.

Also, I don't have a BT mastersocket. Reading around, there is now a thing called xNTE where BT's wiring ends. Therefore, am I unable to microfilter my wiring to a faceplate (rather than having a micro filter?)

How do I determine the main socket now? Is it the one with the ring capacitor?

TIA

 

[Django x2]

See, this is the problem, xNTE removes the need for a test socket. In fact, they no longer exist for new build properties, they are all xNTE.

All my sockets are identical and none of them have the extra socket behind. The only difference is one, in the 2nd bedroom, which has a capacitor on the back of it, I can only assume the ring cap

 

[Django x2]

All the sockets have a bell wire. I'll be eliminating that for a start.

As I live in a block of flats, finding where the comms enter the actual flat might be quite hard. It looks to me like this is some sort of star topology. I don't have two ports. Each socket is exactly just that, one socket for an RJ11 port. That's why I'm sure I can improve my BB speed if I can work out what is going on