"David Hansen" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:20:44 -0000 someone who may be "Clive George"
wrote this:-

Parents have crap ADSL. We reckon it's a combination of the wiring and the
phones, based on testing by removing bits.

The dumb question is, will an ADSL faceplate replacement help here? Having
the entire extension circuit on the other side of the filter seems
appropriate to me, and means they don't have to faff around with filters
any
more either.

You first need to identify the wiring layout. Is there one master
socket from which all extension wiring comes? If there is, are the
wires from the extensions connected to the correct place in the
master socket? Or is the cable split outside the house and there are
two what look like master sockets?

If there is one master socket wired up properly then replace the
bottom bit of the faceplate with something like
http://www.clarity.it/xcart/home.php?cat=262 and wire the extensions
from the back. This should improve ADSL, though nothing is
guaranteed.

That was indeed my idea. One of the "removing bits" stages was removing the
faceplate and using the direct connection underneath, which is how I came to
the conclusion that the wiring was squiffy on the extension side (which
appears to be correctly wired to the faceplate - it's a relatively recent
install by BT).

Thanks to all for answers - it seems like I'm on the right track.

cheers,
clive