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In reply to a post by TracyP:

So your saying shortest cable before modem and longer yellow ethernet cables? just to be sure

Yes, but the ethernet cables can be any colour, they don't have to be yellow.

I think you'll find the yellow ones work better.

Only on sunny days ... on drab dull days a grey may be best and with a bright red sunset in te sky, they use a red cable the following day!

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Only on sunny days ... on drab dull days a grey may be best and with a bright red sunset in te sky, they use a red cable the following day!

I assume this is based on the covering absorbing the associated prevalent light frequencies? If the curtains are open.

I think the carpet colour has far more important effect than the state of the sunshine. If the cable shudders internally due to revulsion at a colour clash this could really shake the bits about.

Thanks peeps....

you really know how to make a dull subject entertaining

and I now know where I can get a purple cable if I want one [nice link thanks]

I have had a total loss of service - somewhere upstream a BT node had issues but had to conclusively prove it was not here.

I checked my infinity sync speed with my 2 pair cat5e RJ14 (6p4c) cable and then replaced it with a standard flat BT supplied cable. My cable is about 2m long and the BT supplied about 1.2m. There was a drop in attainable speed by around 4Mbps - does not affect me yet but would if I had an 80 Mb service.

So yes, decen twisted pair does improve noise rejection but there is no need to go to the expense of the "magic cables" - the cost of a 2 pair cat5e RJ14 is around £2 max.

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I checked my infinity sync speed with my 2 pair cat5e RJ14 (6p4c) cable and then replaced it with a standard flat BT supplied cable. My cable is about 2m long and the BT supplied about 1.2m. There was a drop in attainable speed by around 4Mbps - does not affect me yet but would if I had an 80 Mb service.

So yes, decen twisted pair does improve noise rejection but there is no need to go to the expense of the "magic cables" - the cost of a 2 pair cat5e RJ14 is around £2 max.

Thanks, I might give it a try for the sake of a couple of quid. Having said that, my attainable speed varies by far more than that on a day-to-day basis anyway.

Edited by kasg (Sat 31-Mar-12 14:43:35)

In reply to a post by TracyP:

After advice from the Forum my Fibre with Plusnet went live this morning!

I might re-organise my office as the socket is in one corner and my desk/modem/router is in the other.

My question is .....

I have to extend the modem cable about 12 foot [as I did before] but is it better to have the extension cable before or after the modem or does it not matter?

BT enginner said I'm getting 40MB/2MB at the socket but only 29MB/1.7MB at my PC so will shortening the cable from socket to modem/router make any difference?

I have a resonable quality cable which just lays on the floor around edge of room.

Thanks

I've got a 15m cable from my linebox (tested at 40mb) to my modem, cable is very high quality (from Clarity IT). Modem to router is 300mm then into a Cisco switch. 10m further round the room over Cat6 is my PC and I get 37mb.....so if you have good quality cable it makes very little difference.