I'm sure you're right ukhardy07 - it was rock solid at that though. Probably something else. Ne connection in the cabinet or a neighbour getting some electric that interferes. Will need to move if I want faster fibre I guess! Wonder how much Openreach would charge to fit one long continuous brand new copper cable between my house and the cabinet if I bought the cable?! Ha!

Isn't going to happen, also if you think this is the only joint in your line, you are in for a surprise.

In reality it probably would not even make a huge difference unless there is Ali etc used.

Jelly crimps which is what is likely used here have negligible / no impact on your line speed.

My house was built in the early seventies so don't know if that means copper or aluminium! It would be great to have fibre from the exchange to the cabinet and just one complete length of good copper to the house though (with no joints!)

Not going to happen

I know, I can dream though! No Virgin around here so stuck with FTTC for the foreseeable future. Thanks for your input everyone. Shall drive myself mad with something else instead! 😂

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Strange things happen - as I suspect you know.

Straight line distance from my place to the cab, 50m, actual pair length 181.

Morning Zarjaz

One of them being the distance measured using a JDSU, I know first hand the actual cable length from the PCP to my property (both UG and OH) and the difference between that and the JDSU reading is around 400m

My measurement was made with a proper mole ... it said 181 metres and that�ll be what it is. I have trusted it, and used it for 21 years, it only does one thing, but does that really well.

The results provided by the TDR function on a JDSU (never used an Exfo) are just guidelines.

It's good to know they are still being used.