Slow Broadband? Try this

phill · Post by **phill** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:09 pm

If you want to speed up your Broadband go to the master socket and pull off the "bell wire" (connector 3)

My BB increase from 3.1 to 3.4 Meg my mate Ian went from 1 to 3 meg
It seems this wire is not needed these days and acts as an aerial and adds noise to the line, slowing the BB down

I measured my BB speed on the router, before and after.

I doubt this mod is approved by any of the Telco's and you do it at your own risk, but you could always pop the wire back on if you wanted!

Phill

phill · Post by **phill** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:50 pm

Has nobody tried this yet?

brixtonian70 · Post by **brixtonian70** » Sun May 11, 2008 6:52 pm

What master socket, and what bell wire, are you talking about the telephone socket? I only have 2 wires attached.

phill · Post by **phill** » Mon May 12, 2008 1:26 pm

The master socket is the one where the line from outside comes into the house.
What then happens is connectors 2 3 and 5 are all wired up to the other sockets in the house.
You only need 2 and 5 for the phones, 3 is no longer used.

Phill

old_codger · Post by **old_codger** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:06 am

I've had the cover off the main socket but don't remember there being a connector three, tbh. What colour is the wire? Do you remember?

old_codger · Post by **old_codger** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:23 pm

OK! Hers's my BT main socket wiring.

Slow Broadband? Try this

Slow Broadband? Try this

Existing socker wiring