Telephone Cable Advice

I have noticed that when I plug my broadband into the master test socket the sync rate is 6mb, when I connect to the telephone extensions the sync speed goes down to 3.5mb.

So I was thinking of re-wiring my telephone sockets.

Is the best cable to use CAT 5?

Also I will have two telephone sockets coming off the master socket. Does it need the ringing capacitor in both sockets?

I have estimated I will need about 25 meters of cable. Is think likely to reduce my sync speed even if I use CAT5 ?

Finally has anyone got any recommendations of where to buy the cable?

one master socket with ringing capacitor is enough. Fitting a faceplate filter ( adslnation.com clarity.it ) and extending to the router with Cat 5 is one approach that usually gives the best results.

Disconnecting the ring wire off terminal 3 of all sockets may be a quick cheap fix.

There's a guide here http://www.readman.dsl.pipex.com/other/UKphonecatwiring.htm
Hope that helps

Thanks all.

My Master socket does not have an external BT socket on it. (i.e. the bottom half of it is completely blank) I can't remember if it had a ringing capacitor in it.

But after reading about the terminal 3 it doesn't matter because the micro filter has the capacitor in it, correct?

Also both my phone extensions do have a capacitor in them, it is best to replace them with non-capacitor ones or doesn't it really matter.

Thanks again for all the advice

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But after reading about the terminal 3 it doesn't matter because the micro filter has the capacitor in it, correct?

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Correct.

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Also both my phone extensions do have a capacitor in them, it is best to replace them with non-capacitor ones or doesn't it really matter

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If you remove the wire from T3 they are irrelevant.

You can always cut the capacitor out if it makes you feel better.

I got some Cat5 cable from work, only to find it was the stranded type

So I disconnected t3 on the master socket, and the first extension, and made sure my other extension was connected externally to the micro-filter.

My sync rate has now improved to 5.5mb

I will rewire the little bit of cable from the master socket to the extension when I get some single core Cat5 cable.

All I need to do now is wait for BT to increase my download speed.

I noticed dslzone is advicing only to leave 2 & 5 Connected, is this likley to improve my sync rate further?

They're the only two needed, so suck-it-and-see.