they're fine if the router is at the master and there are no wired extensions, otherwise faceplates are the way to go.

In reply to a post by yarwell:

they're fine if the router is at the master and there are no wired extensions, otherwise faceplate's are the way to go.

Thanks guys
Phil do you have website where i could have a look at these face plates
thanks

I'm happy with my adslnation faceplate: www.adslnation.com/products/xte2005.php

My own preference is for the passive filters rather than active ones like the Austin-Taylor or the ADSL Nation one. This really limits you to the standard Pressac ones supplied by BT which are also available from Clarity or, (I think) Solwise.

You may be interested in this which compares the performance of various faceplates.

Thanks i will be taking a look at this filter to see if it's any better to the standard ADSL v1 that the BT engineer installed ?

In reply to a post by Tacitus:

My own preference is for the passive filters rather than active ones like the Austin-Taylor or the ADSL Nation one. This really limits you to the standard Pressac ones supplied by BT which are also available from Clarity or, (I think) Solwise.

You may be interested in this which compares the performance of various faceplates.

many thanks for the link most interesting

Any idea how old that article you've linked to is ? There's no date on it although the files are dated 22 October 2010. The site doesn't seem to be complete either.

I wonder is the parts and design of any of the filters the person tested have changed since October 2010 ?

see if it's any better to the standard ADSL v1 that the BT engineer installed

unlikely, but I wouldn't rule it out.

In reply to a post by yarwell:

they're fine if the router is at the master and there are no wired extensions, otherwise faceplates are the way to go.

Agree 100%

BTW Pressac with A-B connections seem to perform just fine for me

I bought an XTE-2005 faceplate a few years ago and it (consistently) gave a few hundres kbps lower sync than the Excelsus dangly I was using at the time, and of my accumulated danglies from several routers only one pair gave lower than the XTE.

It was also more affected by using the telephone.

It is in its packaging in a drawer, along with the high-quality ADSL cable obtained with it, which made no difference at all to anything.