By the way , this could go on for a while.

Registering only takes a couple of minutes, and posting is a heck of a lot easier then. No captchas for a start, and a lot less adverts. Also you can edit for up to 12 hours - see how I altered the margin figure in my earlier post.

You see more forums as well, as some are registered users only. Alter the way the screens appear, (through settings at the bottom of the My Home page). You don't get spammed by the site.

Thanks again guys, I'll sign up later RobertoS i feel this will drag on to aha.

Well i took the faceplate off my phone socket, and connected to the test socket directly however my router picks up no phone or internet connection from the test socket at all, but does as soon as the face plate is fitted again .

Any advice?

Wrongly wired!

The BT cable from outside is wired to the faceplate instead of the rear of the body of socket. Are you sure this is master socket? Does it look like the one on http://www.robertos.me.uk/html/ring-bell_wire.html ? Do you other phone sockets? Do any have a split faceplate?

I didn't read this and just decided to remove the bell wires. My internet download speed is now 6 times faster with the speed test coming in at 1.96mbps. Can't thank you guys enough!!

I've been putting up with this interent for 6 years, and it was all for the sake of a couple of wires i didn't even need.

Thanks guys!!!

One question i do have is you said my line cam go up to 7 meg if i'm not mistaken?

I'm in a slow spot area that does not have high speed broadband yet, i don't think.

Are you sure i can get 7 meg if say i upgraded, as tests say my line is 2 meg?

Ok so turns out the 1.96mb/s is incorrect and still the same.
But the Data Rate downstream has doubled!

How can i test what my throughput is, as it was mentioned it was low?

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

These are the results of the test.

Download speed achieved during the test was - 2.71 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.6 Mbps-7.15 Mbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :3.3 Mbps(DOWN-STREAM), 0.45 Mbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 3 Mbps

Downstream throughput was 2.71Mbps according to your BT speed test.

With a downstream attenuation of 40dB your DSL Connection rate (sync) should be about 7Mbps downstream, but throughput speed can vary by a large amount due to numerous reasons...

Re run the BT speedtest which XRaySpex posted earlier.

If your synch speed has increased you are probably now being restricted by the IP profile.

Thanks guys for the help.

My new stats look strange with the download speed decreasing. However the Down-stream has doubled:

Download speed achieved during the test was - 2.28 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.6 Mbps-7.15 Mbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :6.18 Mbps(DOWN-STREAM), 0.45 Mbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 2.5 Mbps

Could it be mp ISP thats causing the download speed to be low?

Still far too slow. You are not out of the woods yet.

Post Router Stats and BT Speedtester again.

From what you say you are wired wrongly. Answer my Qs about your sockets.

You are not in a particularly slow spot altho' you may only be able to get Up to 8 Meg BB. You still haven't told us what exchange?