BT's i-plate

[Wil]

Anyone using one of these..?

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/09/10 ... ons-by-60/

My BT MF50 splitter box is plugged into the wall socket, so I'm not sure if it'd have any advantage for me... but a free 50% speed hike would be nice.

[Mr B]

Looks interesting, I may look further. If I do I will report back.

[rossg]

i spoke to a guy in our tech department about this, and he reckons that the theory works (he programmes physics engines in his spare time 'for fun', so by all accounts a mega-boffin) - so for the small fee of £10 i think it's worth a shot.

[Matt]

he programmes physics engines in his spare time 'for fun', so by all accounts a mega-boffin

yeah yeah...we all do that

Iv ordered mine, cheap enough to atleast try.

[lightyears]

you do know if you just remove your master socket and cut the two bell wires it has exacly the same effect as the iPlate? the iplate is just a bt freindly way of doing it.

[Wil]

Yep.... the process is explained in various places, but it's a case of should anything ever go wrong with any other part of your phone system, BT can turn around and charge you loads for monkeying about with it. It's a personal choice, plus some folk aren't so confident about snipping wires & such. I've soldered several audio patch bays together in my time but would still think twice about it.

[lightyears]

i understand what your saying, i am confident to snip things etc but other arnt so. the i plate is ideal for these people

[Tim_Wood]

Went and got one to see if the hype is true.....

Went drop 2600kbp downstream, 372kbp Up too......... 6304kbps down, 448kbps up!

Speedtest.net now reports 5.6mb. (up from 2.2mb)

I'm a believer!

[rossg]

blimey tim that's a pretty hefty gain! cheers for trying it, i think i'll be laying my hands on one myself now!

[Tim_Wood]

Just so you know - my router is plugged into the master socket.

[Mr B]

Finally I have got around to getting one of these.

Although the info states that the speed upgrade may take around 3 days to settle I have had mine go from 2.8 to 4 just 10mins after fitting and logging on to the internet.

Will check speeds again in a few days to see if it gets even better. I'm happy with spending just under £10 for this.

[Mr B]

A few days later this is the speed:

[lightyears]

i done a test tonight with my self modified line(see post above) good result.

[Mr B]

Cannot get near your speed or Tim's unfortunately. Still I'm happy to get a bit more speed.

[lightyears]

more is better than nothing

[Tim_Wood]

Today:



Tim