possibly a stupid question on increasing b/band speed but here goes.

jonph

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I,ll try and keep this short.
As I understand, the further away from your telephone exchange, the slower your broadband speed is due to the signal getting weaker(in a nutshell)
My question is, and please forgive me if this is really dumb as my technical understanding of broadband is virtually nil.
would it not be possible to have some sort of booster attatched to your modem to increase the signal like for example a booster for tv reception?
I assume there is a reason why this isn't possible other wise they would be widely available.
Is it down to technical reasons or is it possible, but simpley too expensive to make such a device?
 
Well for starters what would be "boosting" the signal from the other end ;)

You'd need repeaters along the line for it to make any real difference, and BT certainly won't be doing that any time soon.
 
so repeaters are built into exchanges and throughout the internet to boost signal strength up to the bt exchange? i'm assuming that bt wouldn't do this from the exchange to the home purely due to expense but would it not be viable for a company to make something along the lines of a repeater for the home user to to increase line speeds. I'm sure there are a lot of broadband users out there on <2mb speeds who would be quite happy to buy a product if availabe that would give them a better speed
 
By the time it's at your house it's already been affected by interference. Boosting signal levels just boosts the crap levels at the same time, achieving nothing.

Along the same lines, shoving a signal booster at the end of 50m of poor-quality worn out co-axial cable attached to a damaged and badly setup aerial won't do anything for your TV reception.
 
so slower speed is not so much a loss of signal strength as an acumulation of interference along the length of the line? things are starting to become clearer:)
so repeaters have to be in the line before it reaches your home to clean up the signal?
I have seen on the net bt make an "i-plate" attathcment which is supposed to help increase line stability and speed. Are these just a filter that helps clean up the signal? Do they only work on bt connections or do they work on llu services as well?
 
boosters are no good and like above wouldnt make a single diffrence.
now if you want a practical recommendation.

get a ADSL IPlate Filter. it will theoreticaly take out all the interference from the line from your house to the exchange.

though you must have a BT/OpenReach Master Socket to fit it to.
 
jonph said:
Are these just a filter that helps clean up the signal? Do they only work on bt connections or do they work on llu services as well?
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Yes they are only filters, though they are extended filters to take out static or electrical interference.

and it doesnt matter what service your on be it ADSLMAX/ADSL2+/LLU ect ect all the same.

though you do have to have a BT/OPENREACH master socket for the filter to install onto. :)
 
jonph said:
might give an i-plate a try. anyone using one? are they any good?
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I have a Iplate installed. with TT ADSL2+ LLU
Im practicly camped out beside my exchange.

with a Tweaked Dg843GT SNR 0.6 24543 Sync :)

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To be perfectly honest though a Iplate didnt make any diffrent for me what so ever becuse i think like i already said i have a uber line for some reason as its pritty rare lol
 
My understanding is that the i-plate is for people who are too afraid to remove the bell/ring wire from their master socket
 
ViRuS2k said:
to afraid LMFAO its so easy to do its not even funny and thats not the reason why people buy Iplates. LOL
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Explain please:confused:
Is the i-plate for removing `interference` caused by (or picked up by) the ring wire or not?
What `reason` do people buy them for then?:)
 
ANDARIAL said:
Explain please:confused:
Is the i-plate for removing `interference` caused by (or picked up by) the ring wire or not?
What `reason` do people buy them for then?:)
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Its not becuse of the ring wire thats for sure.
and most people that install the iplate already know how to remove the ring wire.

the iplate removes interference from electrical components like microwaves
and also from rain and street lights ect ect, aswell as interference from other peoples houses ect aswell as your own house wireing..
 
If you read the iplate spec sheet it does do a little more than removing the wire but tbh, its so little there's no point in worrying about it. Use a filtered faceplate :)
 
ViRuS2k said:
Its not becuse of the ring wire thats for sure.
and most people that install the iplate already know how to remove the ring wire.

the iplate removes interference from electrical components like microwaves
and also from rain and street lights ect ect, aswell as interference from other peoples houses ect aswell as your own house wireing..
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I wasn't aware it could remove interference from objects not connected to your telephone line... any specs or references for this? Genuinely interested :confused:

(truth be told I've never actually had to install one nor even held one, so my knowledge of them is pretty limited in any case)
 
The iPlate doesn't have a filter in it. You still need microfilters and as said it only disconnects the bell wire.
 
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