Saviour of troubled BB connections??

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PC Pro: News: The £10 device that could rescue your broadband connection

BT Wholesale is close to launching an inexpensive new device that could radically improve the speed of ADSL broadband connections.

The telecoms giant claims that electrical interference from household objects - including televisions, set-top boxes and even Christmas tree lights - can reduce a broadband connection to a crawl.

Faulty or leaky power supplies from the electrical equipment interferes with the "Bell Wire" running around the home, creating excessive noise on the line.

However, BT has been trialling a device called an Interstitial Plate - or iPlate - that will slot into the master telephone socket and largely eliminate the noise, providing a significant boost for broadband speeds.

[Jay]

DB loss on ADSL lines is a killer with dodgy electrics but to be honest if you are a few miles from the exchange your screwed anyway.

[MadduckUK]

iPlate? lazy and pathetic

[peterb]

iPlate? lazy and pathetic

Why? Tell us what do you know about it.

[pollaxe]

I think he meant the current iBranding craze. At least iThink he did.

[peterb]

Ah - I see - I was hoping for some detailed tech stuff - yes agree with youabout this i... craze - although I wonder if that was a "PC Pro ism".

[Lucio]

I'd give it a go to see if it'd let me have my extensions wired up again!

[med2003]

Save youself £10 and get rid of the bell wire, it's often not needed for most modern phones.

Here's how:

DSL ZoneUK - Improve your speed - Extension wiring and Disconnection help

EDIT: BTW, don't blame me if it goes wrong.

[neonplanet40]

Tbh just get a new phone plate with adsl built in and then trail cat cables through your house rather than miles of cheap telephone wire.