There is a black and green wire that seems to be connected to a resistor, what is it?

That's the strangest thing I've ever seen.

The way those jelly crimps usually work is like this. Say the wire gets damaged you can use one to rejoin the wire.
I haven't a clue what it's doing BUT from the looks of it the green wire, will then connect to the resistor thing, which then goes into the other jelly crimp and is joined to the black wire. So it's kind of creating a little loop.
Essentially it's going green wire - resistor - black wire (all connected together) or it's the other way around. WHY?

They may as well have connected the green wire to the black wire directly. Even then why? 99% of installs would just leave them with nothing attached, it's all screaming of an install that's been messed with.

I just don't get why anyone would bother to 1) pay for whatever that is and 2) set it up like it currently is.
I'm suspect here a little bit.

The white and orange cables look like standard incoming lines. If that resistor wasn't there I would say it's 100% cool but that's making me unsure.

Can you trace the incoming line from outside? Are there any other sockets in the house? If so can you get pics too.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Sun 01-Sep-13 01:47:55)

Exactly my thoughts.

..... and you don't tag a pair in the back of a socket any way, you tag it on the 66, or the DP ????

We are in agreement All a little odd.

Given the drop-outs causing the disconnections, have you tried the "Quiet Test", using only a phone (with splitter) in to the Master Socket, everything else disconnected?

17070 - Option 2.

If there is noise, particularly but not necessarily around a disconnect, getting that repaired may give a slight improvement in your speeds.

The noise could be literally a noise, hum, intermittent or continuous; or as I encountered, BT Engineering Test Tones.

The longer the line, the more joints in it, so the greater the likelihood of problems, from various sources, including possibly electric fences in fields, trees with overhead lines going through them etc etc.

If the disconnects are caused by a problem between and including your house, and the cabinet, this would also affect any future installation/improvement such as FTTC, so well worth checking now.

Would that pair have been linked with a known resistance if any checks were made on it from, for example, the cabinet?

Thanks for all your help guys

I used the wholesale bt broadband checker tool on our phone number and it says this...

http://s562.photobucket.com/user/nicktopmotors/media...

So does that mean ill be able to get a faster connection around March 2014?

I just uploaded that image and the internet died which forced me to reboot the router to get it working again, i think it happens when uploading more than downloading.

Is it worth contacting BT and ask them about the problems im having with the line and disconnections etc?

Thanks!

Nick

Try a quiet line test with a corded phone in the test socket - if there is noise on the line then report a line fault to your line rental provider (do not mention any broadband issues.)

If the line proves to be quiet then try an alternative router in the test socket - if the broadband connection is still unstable then report the problem to your ISP.

When FTTC becomes available it's imperative that your line from the house to the cabinet is in good condition.

Good luck

To answer the first question.

Yes looks like you will have option of FTTC around that time, and the speed represents their estimate based on what they know about your phone line.

Thanks for all your help guys.

Here are my current router stats after fitting a new ADSLNation faceplate:

DSL UpStream Rate (Kbps):448
DSL DownStream Rate (Kbps):4288

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Down - Up
DSL Noise Margin (0.1 dB): 75 - 170
DSL Attenuation (0.1 dB): 550 - 315
DSL Transmit Power (0.1 dB): 192 - 123

Don't think i can get anymore than 4.5mb with those stats, am i correct?

Is it worth contacting BT and asking them to do something at there end or should i just wait till next year when FTCC is enabled on our local cabinet?

Thanks.

Nick

http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/calc/index.php?param=RG...

Suggests you are getting a very good sync speed now for the length of line. So unlikely to push things faster on the standard ADSL services.

No point in wasting time contacting BT.