Yes I did.

Well, after another minor delay waiting for BT, the DACS has been removed and I now have broadband on my phone line!

Life's never simple though, and a minor complication has arisen. My new line seems to be stuck at the 2mb/s profile, not the up to 8mb/s that I was expecting (based on the 3.5 - 4.1 mb/s I get from my soon-to-be-ceased line). After chatting to a very helpful (and obviously very technically knowledgeable) ADSL24 guy it seemed my noise margin (goes from 2db to below 0) indicates interference from something in my house. This was surprising given my router was plugged into the test socket, but after a crawl in my loft, I see the reason. My ADT alarm is connected directly to the incoming phone line long before it gets to the master socket - I'm surprised that's allowed! Anyway, I guess I need to speak to ADT now and find out what the options are for a filter for the alarm (I guess it will be a special one due to the way it is connected).

Normal for alarms to be hardwired, it avoids them being too easy to disconnect by a burglar.

They should know about ADSL by now, just not sure if they charge you for visit, they probably do

The alarm was probably installed before broadband was a big thing. So doing it this way wasn't an issue.

Nowadays obviously it's a big problem. This kind of thing affects so many people. Modern burglar alarms now use the mobile network so don't even connect to a landline. They just have a sim card inserted. This way when a burglar cuts a landline it makes no difference.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Wed 22-Aug-12 01:29:17)

In reply to a post by ukhardy07:

Modern burglar alarms now use the mobile network so don't even connect to a landline. They just have a sim card inserted.

I didn't know that. Interesting!

This way when a burglar cuts a landline it makes no difference.

But I think you are wrong there. Cut the landline and the monitoring station will shout that it has lost contact with the alarm.

My alarm doesn't connect to a landline so there's nothing to cut.

It connects via mobile network via a sim card. Such as 02, 3, orange etc.
Works the same as an alarm that's hard wired only if a burglar cuts the landline it can obviously still dial out as it never used the landline to begin with.

Any alarm hardwired will sound if the lines cut though like you say

Is the alarm actually monitored ? If not, happy days.
If it is, then with a few pictures and a faceplate filter, I can talk you through sorting this out.