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Smiths38 · 20-02-2010, 17:08

Well here goes any Telecoms engineers out there!?

My house is a an old semi converted bungalow. It appears to me that the previous owners have had a good old DIY crack at the telephone wiring (I am a GPO line not BT!!)

My broadband speeds are much lower than all my neighbours and I have Cat5e cabling to the computers from the master socket (an MK socket not a BT master socket! It has BS6312 on it and has the same layout as a master socket on the web images). I have checked and double checked all other possible speed faults and have now moved onto the wiring!

In my loft a dual black line comes in and goes to a small white junction box. This box has 6 terminals with a metal band across each terminal under which the wires are secured. The dual black (what I think is the drop line) goes to terminals 2 and 4. Going from terminals to the master socket and one extension, which I intend to remove, is the following - (I will always put the primary colour first)

Terminal 1 - Orange/White
Terminal 2 - Blue/White
Terminal 3 - Nothing
Terminal 4 - Blue/White
Terminal 5 - Nothing
Terminal 6 - Nothing

There is also a White/Orange piece of cable just lose in the box!

The internal phone cabling then runs internally to my downstairs hallway to the master socket. This is wired as follows

Terminal 1 - Nothing
Terminal 2 - Blue/White
Terminal 3 - Orange/White
Terminal 4 - Blue/White
Terminal 5 - White/Blue
Terminal 6 - Nothing

In short I will remove the extension cabling and recheck my speeds. I want to know if the distance of the master socket from the junction box, the drop lines and they way my house is wired could be affecting my speeds? Do I need to move my so called master socket closer to the junction box and network cable from there? Any help suggestions much appreciated? My Broadband provider can't/won't help, nor will OpenReach as I am not their customer (only at an extortionate call out fee even to diagnose the problem.)

As an eg I get 1.5 mbps if lucky immediate neighbours get 4 plus!

Thanks
Tim Smith

PS have now removed all extensions and the orange (ring) wire, got it up to 2.43 Mbps.....but still not great!!

20-02-2010, 17:08	#1
Smiths38 Inactive Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1	Help with old style BT wiring and broadband speed! Well here goes any Telecoms engineers out there!? My house is a an old semi converted bungalow. It appears to me that the previous owners have had a good old DIY crack at the telephone wiring (I am a GPO line not BT!!) My broadband speeds are much lower than all my neighbours and I have Cat5e cabling to the computers from the master socket (an MK socket not a BT master socket! It has BS6312 on it and has the same layout as a master socket on the web images). I have checked and double checked all other possible speed faults and have now moved onto the wiring! In my loft a dual black line comes in and goes to a small white junction box. This box has 6 terminals with a metal band across each terminal under which the wires are secured. The dual black (what I think is the drop line) goes to terminals 2 and 4. Going from terminals to the master socket and one extension, which I intend to remove, is the following - (I will always put the primary colour first) Terminal 1 - Orange/White Terminal 2 - Blue/White Terminal 3 - Nothing Terminal 4 - Blue/White Terminal 5 - Nothing Terminal 6 - Nothing There is also a White/Orange piece of cable just lose in the box! The internal phone cabling then runs internally to my downstairs hallway to the master socket. This is wired as follows Terminal 1 - Nothing Terminal 2 - Blue/White Terminal 3 - Orange/White Terminal 4 - Blue/White Terminal 5 - White/Blue Terminal 6 - Nothing In short I will remove the extension cabling and recheck my speeds. I want to know if the distance of the master socket from the junction box, the drop lines and they way my house is wired could be affecting my speeds? Do I need to move my so called master socket closer to the junction box and network cable from there? Any help suggestions much appreciated? My Broadband provider can't/won't help, nor will OpenReach as I am not their customer (only at an extortionate call out fee even to diagnose the problem.) As an eg I get 1.5 mbps if lucky immediate neighbours get 4 plus! Thanks Tim Smith PS have now removed all extensions and the orange (ring) wire, got it up to 2.43 Mbps.....but still not great!!