beaglenz:

 

Aredwood:

 

@beaglenz At least say if you have a master filter installed or not. If you can plug the modem into different jackpoints and it still works then you don't have one installed. if you have a special jackpoint that the modem must be plugged into for it to work. it could be marked: DSL, ADSL, Jetstream, VDSL ect. Then you do have a master filter installed. But depending on age it could be an older ADSL one instead of a newer VDSL one.

 

Since you are on 8b profile with good speed. It is definitely worth investigating if any wiring improvements could be made to your line. As if you get moved up to 17a profile you will get a really good speed boost.

 

As an example in a friends house - ADSL - 12/1 Just outside VDSL area. Incoming line, branch to granny flat on front of property, second branch to front bedroom, line continues to junction box underneath kitchen floor, 3 cables out, 1 to kitchen jackpoint, 1 goes 5m then just stops, 1 to lounge jackpoint, lounge jackpoint then has cables to 2 more jackpoints splitting off from there. Modem/router plugged into lounge jackpoint.

 

Cut branches to granny flat and front bedroom, cut all cables in junction box and reroute incoming cable to lounge jackpoint, disconnect cables going out of lounge jackpoint. So lounge jackpoint is now the only working jackpoint in the house. And all unused line branches (stubs) have been disconnected. Speedtest is now 13/1.3 and friends also say that the internet is faster.

 

So a worthwhile speed gain for a house that is much further away from the exchange / cabinet than the OPs house. Total cost - about an hour of my time and a piece of electrical tape that was used to tape the relocated incoming line to one of the old lounge jackpoint cables to help pull it into the jackpoint. Although ironicly the same time I did that Chorus said that fibre is now available to that property.

 

 

 

 

Yes definitely have the master filter installed.

 

Scratch that, I have double checked and I don't think there is a VDSL filter in place (just moved in so assumed because the previous owner had VDSL that this would be installed). The outside terminates at a white box at ground level and inside there is a separate connection to a little white box with Cat5e stamped on see photo.