"Vortex4" wrote in message
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It frustrates me that my next door neighbour gets 5Mbps + ADSL downloads
via a "talktalk" connection; when I get only ~3Mbps with a dedicated BT
Business Broadband connection coming from the same exchange and telegraph
pole.

An obvious difference is that neighbours master socket and router are
about 2 metres from the point where the cable enters the house; and in my
case the internal wiring takes a convoluted route of about 20 metres,
crossing and running alongside mains cables....with prehistoric telephone
wire

I can easily replace this cable segment with a new cable directly from
BT's choccy block where the wire enters the house to my master
socket....that almost completely avoids mains wiring and other sources of
interference.

My question: I want to use the best grade of wire available to do this.
Can anybody recommend what would be best? Will screened twisted pair
instrumentation cable, or CAT 6 be any better than ordinary telephone wire
for this purpose?

All opinoins will be gratefully received.

Remember that you are not allowed to do this yourself and BT can charge you
for putting right any problems you cause. Having said that there are all
sorts of factors that could be causing the difference and you need to adopt
a systematic approach to get the optimun performance. This page is a good
place to start.

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/socket.htm

Please ask if you need more help

Peter Crosland