Date   : Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:03:29 +0000
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: [OT] ADSL capabilities

In article <1D8215E1-8186-4D87-9C0B-AC9CDC31E621@...>, Darren
Grant <darren.grant@...> writes

>The iPlate would be utterly useless as the french do not use a 3 wire system. 

The iPlate doesn't just remove the bell wire, it also has filtering on
the incoming line. That's why I suggested the OP try one.

>The BT iPlate is a very basic device that simply isolates the ring wire.

It does more than that.

>The best way however is to optimise your broadband is to fit a filtered 
>faceplate so that the ADSL signal is filtered at the master socket so it
doesn't 
>have to travel through all of the extension wiring that is often not twisted 
>pair.

The OP said his router is the only thing connected to the line, which is
the ideal way to have it.

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