Speed up my broadband!
Connection speed on a DSL circuit is determined directly by line quality. Distance of the CO is a major factor in line quality, but the internal wiring of a house plays just as much of a role. A few tips to increasing sync speed:
1: Don’t split the cable. Minimize the number of times you must break the cable and use a coupler, splitter, or wall jack.
2: Use a high quality data cable to transmit the phone line to the modem. I am not sure what your NIDs are like in the UK, but here in the states, there is a box on the side of the house. You can access your side of the box. I Use CAT5E cable for my DSL line. You only need to isolate one of the twisted pairs for the circuit. Our phone system only uses 2 conductors.
3: Run the cable directly from the phone box to the MODEM. Terminate the cable with a phone plug directly into the modem. Don’t use a wall jack. Again, I am not sure how the boxes and phone systems work in the UK, but a local electrician should be able to run a cable and crimp it for you.
4: Keep the cable away from any high energy such as power lines in your house, fluorescent lighting, or microwave emitters. Use shielded CAT5E cable if possible.
5: Keep the cable short. The longer the cable, the higher the signal loss. My modem is in my basement because there I can attach it to my phone box with only about 6 feet of cable. Running CAT5E for 100Mbit/sec from the basement to my router is much better than running the phone line a long distance. I would rather lose 5 Mbit on a 100mbit line than lose 1Mbit on a 5Mbit line.
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