A Quick Question On HH5 Filter

Now that I have moved to BT Infinity 2, I see that the old ADSL filter is no longer required. I presume whatever filter now exists, is actually inside the additional thingy ( no doubt there is a technical word for it ) that the engineer attached to the master socket. Is there actually a filter at all ? If so, how durable is it....and does one have to call out an engineer again to replace it if it goes wrong or is it a part that an electric retailer would supply ?

It's an "interstitial" filter plate. It performs exactly the same function as a filtered faceplate or even a dangly filter.

It is used by Openreach these days as it plugs into the test socket, then provides a filtered phone socket in front of that, for the faceplate to plug into. It's very quick to fit, as the extension sockets that are wired to the back of the faceplate stay so wired, but are filtered because the supply to the faceplate is.

If they fitted a filtered faceplate they would need to disconnect the extension(s) from the old one and reconnect them to the new.

It appears the filtering in the new one is slightly better than earlier filters.

Apart from its warranty, (AIUI!) it is your property and responsibility to replace. I believe they are available to buy.

I presume this is the same device as the 'BT Iplate'....


http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-iplate---bt-broad...

No.

They are both "interstitial" (hence the i of iPlate), which means they go in between the NTE5 and the faceplate, but all the iPlate does is filter out the ring/bell wire if that is present.

The new filtered faceplate does include that as well, but is a very different beastie apart from that. See the pic on this page.

Edited by RobertoS (Thu 16-Jan-14 16:30:34)

http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/faceplate/ and the pictures of how it comes apart.

Amazon has the mk2 versions, which seem to command a £3 premium at £19.99 each

Any idea what the difference is please Andrew?

The new MK2's have an RFI filter built in, also *said* to have been tested as better with vectoring ?!?!

£20 a pop ? I'm minted !

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

£20 a pop ? I'm minted !

Heh! When's the party?

When's the party?

Sorry Bob, I don't throw those 'everyone toss your VDSL faceplate in a bowl' type of party any more ....

My ADSLNation faceplate gives a slightly higher max attainable speed than the BT supplied one.