Shamelessly ripped from another forum, link here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=17824997

Might be worth a try for anyone with a shitty ADSL connection (St0neh!)


Some weeks ago I saved a link in my favourites and planned to try it out some time in the future..

I think the link came from here originally but a search on "broadband speed" didn't come up with anything relevant, anyway..

Tonight was the night I had a poke about and to my amazement it actually worked.

I logged into my router and the diagnostics page was showing 3300 ish kbps
To further confirm I was at the best speed, I rebooted it and it went down slightly to 3200 kbps.

Out came the snips and I went to work, first on the master socket disconnecting everything except wires 2 and 5..
Picked up the phone on that socket, yep, still working, all was well.
Upstairs to where all the extension lines spur off and I notice that BT's incoming cable (this is where it terminates into the house) is cut back and only 2 and 5 are connected, so I thought then this isn't going to produce any results.
However all the extension cables WERE wired with all cables (even though physically that only made and internal ring and didn't leave the house due to the incoming cable wiring)
So again I disconnected everything except cables 2 and 5 from the splitter box and separated all the cables up so nothing touched.

Back to the pc, reboot the router again and WOOT 5984 kbps download speed.
Now THAT I am chuffed with!

TRY IT.

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It actually works because these days all you need are those 2 wires. One of the other wires carries a 50v current that used to be used for the ringer in your phone. If this is still connected it causes interference to the signal in the other wires and so drops your connection speed.

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Pfft, I'm getting about a 7Mb nowadays anyway!

I also have a filtered faceplate sat here, just not got round to installing it.

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Bloody hell that's a bit better, I bet you still complain about its shittyness though.

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I started off on the 24Mb connection, but my distance from the exchange meant I was only getting ~7Mb so I dropped to the value package.

Saved me a tenner a month FTW!

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Strange, been wondering about this because a teacher at college mentioned something about him doing the same thing for his connection too.

Thanks for link :>

That would prevent you nabbing the power from the 50v feed (supplied at 40ma - you can get a whole 2w from a BT line)

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Yes, that's the whole point.

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So hes on about pulling the plug out of the wall cutting it off and rewiring it or what? Have ye the same connections over there as here? :P

Ah doesnt matter anyway i guess, my connection is exactly what i should have on 3 meg.

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