But if you are in the mood to change your old NTE5, then it won’t do any harm. The whole broadband thing constantly amazes me. I’m astounded that it ever works at all. I would suggest getting one. I can even fit it for you (or find someone local who can) if you get in touch! ! A and B” on the customer side are only installed on the Mk3 and later face-plates. The earlier ones only have 2,3, and 5 on the customer side.

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Some early ones were know for high resistance faults. They are identifiable by the red-coloured termination levers (where the cable ends fit). Later ones had clear plastic termination devices, and are known to be more reliable. I know for you 30 Mb/s + people , this is laighable, but it has made a huge difference. I’m now able to watch a HD football match without buffering (as long as the kids are out of course) Reply An extensive guide to how you can power your broadband router in the event of a power outage, as well as other tips for keeping things running during a power cut. N.B.! This is an already-filtered output – connecting another filter onto this filtered signal will stop the broadband working. What on Earth Do I Connect Them To? It’s always worth a try, but if 35 is all you’ll ever get due to what’s coming from the exchange side, it won’t make much difference! 🙂 ReplyI would recommend either rerouting the cable with an external joint to a wall entry point to the lounge, or using a connection box such as the 78A to joint the existing cable, eliminating the first NTE5. Thanks. In tough times it’s much=appreciated. I’m probably over-generous in offering free help. It takes time to understand, analyse, and reply. Hence, a Google review is valued in helping revenue customers to find us. Reply Note: Even though the extension wiring is now in the main body of the NTE5c, it will remain unconnected from the phone line until the lower half face-plate is installed.

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Thanks, Martin, for this comment, and your generous Google review. It’s much-appreciated, coming from a time-served professional of “the old school”. Will they? I don't think they will. There will be millions that do not have any form of ADSL, VDSL, SDSL ... No problem. This stuff is known to slow broadband signals down, as the conductors are parallel, not twisted. Openreach won’t replace it as a matter of routine replacement of obsolete infrastructure. However, in extreme cases, it has been known to “mysteriously fall down of it’s own accord” in the middle of the night, requiring replacement ;-). Take a look at the lead from your broadband router. The plug at the end normally has two adjacent gold pins. We need to get the “A” and “B” signal to them. Don’t worry – we will.

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I have a question though. So, I bought this new house and it had no master box (or was removed with wires disconnected). Thanks for the clarification. For hard-wired ADSL, one line equals one router. Multiple routers on the same line won’t work. I don’t think that htis is what you are suggesting, but I thought I’d clarify that anyway. Get their tea/coffee preference and specification correct, and buy premium biscuits. Make sure they have room to get at everything. You may get a kindly one who will fit one. On the other hand, they should fit one as a test point to their network anyway. Trying to connect a Mikrotik router to internet so I can configure it. The router only has RJ45 ports. The NTE 5C (Mark 4) accepts a RJ45 but if I use this I can’t connect to the internet (similarly if I connect an RJ45 from the BT HomeHub5 I lose the internet connection. I am on a standard DSL line operating at only 2.5Mbps and usually connect via an RJ11 cable between the HomeHub and the Openreach NTE without any problems. Any suggestions? Reply Use professional-quality telephone cable (from…guess where..?). This will have solid cores (not braided, that is, made up of tiny strands crushed together). It will also have a “twist” in the pairs of cable, a bit like a hair plait. This feature means you lose less of the signal as it travels down the cable. This is also available on-line. This is more important than it seems, trust me. I’ve blogged about it here . Run Your Cable!

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Many thanks again for your inputs on this. Could you share the link to the previous blog you are referring please? TIA. (I’m hoping to stay clear of wireless, ie: have the router upstairs and connect to the tv & pc downstairs wirelessly, as its a solid built old house).

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just need to see if i can tweak it a little more to find that 2.8 SNR sweetspot that I got for 2 hours…. Reply All good news! Thanks for sharing this. However, I’m surprised by the change to the time-related speed issue. This sounds like “contention”, that is, lots of folks all trying to use the same service and slowing it down. It usually gets worse when children come home from school! Rob. Reply This looks suitable, doing exactly what you want. I’ve always been impressed with Run IT Direct, as they have informed and intelligent content as well as kit that folks actually need. Rob. Reply

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Yes, that’s easy – simply joint the incoming with a 78A connector and terminate on the NTE5 elsewhere. Reply For double-micro-filtering, I tried 4 different micro-filters, each having mixed results. The best one turned out to be an ‘unbranded’ type with marked with only, ADSL SPLITTER – PBS-58043-CYou could try these wires and see what kind of response you get. The cable is below the specification for running data, and may be poor quality/have poor standard of jointing or routing.