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Originally posted by Vampire
The limiting factor with fibre isn't the quality of the line back to the exchange (like ADSL), it's the amount they choose to limit you to so this product wouldn't help. With a click of a button they could give you 100Mb if they wanted.

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Sooo... BT have announced today that the I-Plate has been getting rave reviews after it was featured in the Sunday Times.

"Improvements to users' broadband speeds are not guaranteed - obviously it depends on individual circumstances. However, as so many of the user reviews say, for less than £10 it's worth the gamble."

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Sho...?ProductID=7256

Seems like it's a worthwhile product for a significant portion of broadband users.

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Being the proud new owner of a BT line, and now Bethere DSL, I don't think i'll need the i-plate.

Fastest speed is 24mb and i'm getting 23! Happy days!

Anyway, instead of spunking a tenner on one of these, why not just remove the orange/white bell wire? It's not as if anyone needs it these days (unless you're a retro retard with a bell phone)?

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I think that was in one of the reviews on the site I posted. They say that you should remove all wires apart from the two that are needed (I forget which... I think pins 2 and 5.. don't quote me on that though) as this in itself can cause a degradation of speed however the I-Plate could potentially increase your speed even further.

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So does your router definitley have to be connected to the socket with the i-plate?

Or can you attach the i-plate to the master socket, have your router connected to another phone point and it will still get the benefits (if it works)???

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Originally posted by CARR73
So does your router definitley have to be connected to the socket with the i-plate?

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Originally posted by CARR73
Or can you attach the i-plate to the master socket, have your router connected to another phone point and it will still get the benefits???

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it's been well know for years to remove the bell wire .It doesn't do nothing anyway.
I had a problem with my connecton a few years back and then engineer removed the wire.
At that time it cost me around £60.
I was well pissed off.
I wish I'd done it myself as it's a piece of piss to do.

But yeah you don't need these face plates if you removed the bell wire.

I'm guessing it was removed here as well as connecting direct to the test socket made no difference at all.

Consumer feedback also suggests it has no efffect on upload speeds in any case which is a shame as that is a much bigger problem where I live than download speeds.

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Originally posted by ntscuser
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Yes. According to the link in the first post the benefits (if any) will be even greater from a seconday socket than from the master socket.

Note that some other designs separate the phone and broadband signal completely so you will not be able to use a secondary phone outlet for a router with these.

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