Will a new router help with my speeds?

Zeebedy · 4 Mar 2018 at 16:06

Hey guys,

I currently have SKY broadband, and is quite good (for the price at least).

Would I benefit from better stability and speed from a third party router??

Im only on standard broadband because I cannot get fibre in my area yet! :mad:

wam7 · 4 Mar 2018 at 17:30

You will probably get farther WiFi range but in terms of speed, not much

Zeebedy · 4 Mar 2018 at 17:44

Ah, ok, will not bother changing then, the WI-FI aint too bad on this router currently...

Sparx · 4 Mar 2018 at 19:18

What's your current router stats and sync rate?

Have you tried optimising your line as it is? e.g. removing any un-necessary extensions, using a VDSL pre-filtered faceplate, router connected to the master socket.

Unlikely you will see any speed increase changing router on an ADSL service. However you may benefit slightly from ensuring the above is done the best you can.

Zeebedy · 4 Mar 2018 at 22:21

Yeah, thanks for the input, gonna hard wire PC, and change router position see what helps, if any..

Sparx · 5 Mar 2018 at 09:29

Don't know how old your house or phone line is, but have you removed the bell wire from the master socket? Taken out any extension wiring you don't use? This can really help.

I remember removing the bell wire at my parents, lifted the download sync from 3Mb to just over 5Mb.

Mariusz · 5 Mar 2018 at 09:51

You mileage may vary, but I swapped to a Billion 8000AXL on my girlfriend's ADSL line, with moving from her old Sky router to the Billion and tweaking the SNR managed to get the download from 5.5Mbps to 7.2Mbps, also fitted a new filtered faceplate and a new cable https://www.tandyonline.com/high-speed-rj11-dsl-cable-0-5m.html at the same time.