In reply to a post by Brookzy:

Fair enough.

I wonder if there are actually standards for home wiring, e.g. that Openreach issues to developers? I bet they get ignored anyway...

Back to the original topic, hoping and praying the engineer turns up tomorrow! Could FINALLY have decent internet! A 1.5 meg connection is a punishment I don't think I'd wish on anybody

More recently I've seen a lot of new builds using Cat5e cabling for phone extensions and linking the master socket to the drop wire, I think a lot of electricians carry it these days.

You wouldn't happen to know if this was Cat5e would you?

I ask because that's ethernet isn't it? And I'd love to be able to bodge an internal network cable via the phone sockets

Looks like phone cable ie not cat5.And on a spilt pr not good.

Edited by deleted (Mon 10-Feb-14 23:12:47)

Ah well...

Here's what I'm currently having to do to maintain a decent connection around the house! A lot of wireless extenders!

Amazingly only results in a 3-4ms latency increase!

Poor Wi-Fi distribution can't be blamed on your broadband connection. If I read that diagram correctly you have four Wi-Fi networks in your house, you probably at most need two descent Wi-Fi access points.

BT Developers' Guide Section 3.2 advises on extension wiring

Was referring to LAN connection. And there's 5 wireless routers all extending one network

Openreach guy has already turned up and is at the cabinet now! Exciting!

In reply to a post by Brookzy:

Was referring to LAN connection. And there's 5 wireless routers all extending one network

Openreach guy has already turned up and is at the cabinet now! Exciting!

Unless you're living in a mansion five AP is seriously OTT and indicates something isn't right, and depending how's its setup could well impact through put.

I have a large 5 bed detached house with a single wireless AP in the loft, which covers the whole house and garden.

Good luck with your install, hope it goes well.

Openreach engineer has come and gone! He was a contractor (Quinn) working for Openreach.

He said he would take about 10 mins at the cab, which turned into 45 mins. On his return he said "well that was an ordeal!" haha.

Anyway, my speed is now a very respectable 50 down/10 up.

The engineer said he could get 57/16 on his device and that he thinks the upload has been capped. Maybe it will adjust over time.

And, perhaps more impressively, my plethora of WAPs are managing to transport almost the full speed all the way upstairs, losing only about 0.5mbps on average!

Very happy!

Speedtest.net result

Not bad. But are you really speedtesting this on an iPhone?