VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
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VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
11-07-2014 11:49 AM
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Of course this lowers my sync speed but at least it's stable.
I've recently swopped my BT V10 faceplate filter for the Mk 2 version of the VDSL filter, the one with the built in common mode choke similar to the RF3 filter.
This has enabled me to sync a good 700 kb/s higher with a sync speed of 8300+ kb/s and download speeds of above 7000 kb/s for the first time ever.
If your adsl2+ line is on the long side and you suffer from large night-time NM drops, it might be worth spending a few quid on the Mk 2 filter.
Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
14-07-2014 9:16 AM
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Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
14-07-2014 12:03 PM
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The line did a reset in the early hours of yesterday morning and is now syncing at almost 9 Mb/s. The Plusnet profile is now 7.9 Mb/s and I am now downloading at 7.6 Mb/s which is an all time record for my line.
When I consider that I used to be lucky to achieve 3 Mb/s a few years ago before I tidied up the internal wiring and bought a decent router, I think things are as good as their going to get, until BT sort out a exchange only line solution.
Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
15-07-2014 3:52 PM
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Quote from: oldgeezer ...I've recently swopped my BT V10 faceplate filter for the Mk 2 version of the VDSL filter, the one with the built in common mode choke similar to the RF3 filter.
Interesting report!
I'm guessing that you have an overhead line all the way back to the exchange.
Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
15-07-2014 5:25 PM
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Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
15-07-2014 5:46 PM
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Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
15-07-2014 8:20 PM
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Underground from the exchange to the DP up the pole with a long drop wire to the eves.
The area receives a ridiculous amount of RF garbage, especially at night.
Gave up on wireless door chimes after trying about eight different makes, no joke with chimes operating almost every night with no one there. Settled for hard wired and nineteenth century solenoid type door chime.
Had an automated garage door fitted with super dooper German technology. Operating on 800+ Mhz with umpteen trillion combinations. I used to get up in the morning to find the garage door open or sometimes it wouldn't open at all due to radio jamming. I gave up in the end and converted it to keyswitch operation.
But at least we get clean air and terrific views
Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
16-07-2014 8:09 AM
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Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
16-07-2014 9:12 AM
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Glad you've found the latest VDSL plate to have helped which is being used now as the standard when replacing Master sockets where there is any form of Broadband installation.
Also with the extended dry weather periods we've been getting, a lot of not so perfect u/g lines and joints have been "drying" out and this might have added a couple 100K to your speed. Lets hope it remains stable, whatever the reasons.
Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
16-07-2014 2:02 PM
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Quote from: Anotherone Interesting, as well as some frustrating experiences there oldgeezer. I am a touch surprised that you have so many RFI issues which I wouldn't just put down to you height above sea-level. I would have thought that there might be some "installation" not too far away perhaps saturating electrical stuff with RF. Perhaps a Radio Station antenna, TV transmitter, Mobile mast, or Radar etc.
Unless GCHQ have installed a covert transmitter nearby then I'm not aware of any local sources of interference apart from mobile phone masts a plenty. The problems were there before the masts arrived. Listening to a MW radio at night reveals strong continuous transmissions from one end of the band to the other.
When we lived at a slightly lower location nearer the city centre in the seventies, we used to be troubled by the "Russian Woodpecker".
This was an over the horizon radar of enormous power in the USSR. My hi-fi speakers used to emit loud clicking noises which could be heard clearly.
All this happened with the hi-fi switched off !!!!
The signal was picked up on the loudspeaker wiring and de-modulated by the un-powered output transistors in the amplifier.
As it happens my amplifier had speaker selector switches and by interrupting the circuit with the speaker switch we were able to silence the row.
What it must have been doing to poor souls in the nordic regions I shudder to think.
Re: VDSL Mk 2 faceplate on adsl2+ line
16-07-2014 2:41 PM
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Ha, I vaguely remember the Russian Woodpecker. I remember hearing the clicking but can't remember atm what I heard it on or when.
I really must get around to fitting the Mk.2 VDSL plate here. I was (at one time) going to do some comparison tests with all the various frontplates/filters/RF3 and the i-Plate. Finding the time when conditions are stable enough to do all that, and not upset the 20CN DLM either, tend to be a bit tricky. One day he said.
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