Master socket

[Jamesdidz]

hi
right i have been living in this house for about 4 years now and i have done nothing to my cabling and apart from where a bt engineer came round to do something because of my slow connection.

this is my master socket, i dont know what the one on the right is


once i remove both faceplate this is what i get as you can see there is no wiring attached to the faceplate



i was just wondering if i could get a better connection if i rewire them to the faceplate or if i should buy a new faceplate ect

test socket stats

Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 448 / 6,492

Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]: 16.02 / 22.30

Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 11.5 / 19.5

Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 23.0 / 42.0

SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 22.0 / 8.5

Thanks

[Isitme]

If you have no extensions, then a filtered faceplate will make no difference, apart from appearance. Have you tried both sockets?

[Jamesdidz]

If you have no extensions, then a filtered faceplate will make no difference, apart from appearance. Have you tried both sockets?

oh right and yeah the socket on the right dont seem to work

[Isitme]

I am not 100% sure but I think the right hand socket is the type used by the old BT Home Highway, or something like that. It is probably disconnected.

[RUNITDIRECT]

Looks like you have an I Plate on there? If you have no extensions then a faceplate will make no difference to speed. Did you have line stability issues? That would be the only reason for installing an I Plate.

[Jamesdidz]

Looks like you have an I Plate on there? If you have no extensions then a faceplate will make no difference to speed. Did you have line stability issues? That would be the only reason for installing an I Plate.

yeah at one point i did about 6 months ago that is when the BT engineer came round he must of fitted it.

[Isitme]

What would be the point of fitting an iPlate if there are no extensions?

[Jamesdidz]

What would be the point of fitting an iPlate if there are no extensions?

im not sure, so my master socket is ok ?

[Isitme]

Yes, as said, if you have no extensions fitted to it you will get exactly the same result from the Test socket and the faceplate.

[RUNITDIRECT]

What would be the point of fitting an iPlate if there are no extensions?

The RF filter can help line stability, it's the same as the one in a BT 80B RF3 used to fix REIN issues.

OP, if the speed you get via the test socket is the same as the front faceplate then your socket is OK(sometimes they fail so you see a massive drop when using the front socket).