Why is my internet slow?

Originally Posted by timwilky

I thought ADSL routers worked best on the BT master socket.

Yes and no. See my post above. If you disconnect the bell wire at the master socket and run good quality cable (not the cheap stuff from DIY superstores) to the extension, then you shouldn't get a drop in speed at the extension socket.

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Originally Posted by wyrdness

Yes and no. See my post above. If you disconnect the bell wire at the master socket and run good quality cable (not the cheap stuff from DIY superstores) to the extension, then you shouldn't get a drop in speed at the extension socket.

Slight derail. Perhaps this is why my Sky+ box's modem won't talk to sky through a cheapo diy cable

Thanks for all the replies guys. It has actually been absolutely fine since I hard wired the laptop to the router (which is fine because I use a docking station). Maybe moving the router has caused it to fight with a neighbours.

I'll put it back onto Wifi and set up a ping tool to log a continuous ping to the router, to my public IP gateway, and to a couple of websites. If they all drop out at once it's my wifi, if the public addresses all drop out at once it's my ADSL connection, and if only the website addresses drop, it's Orange. If Orange I'll do some tracert's and give them a phone.

Originally Posted by maviczap

Slight derail. Perhaps this is why my Sky+ box's modem won't talk to sky through a cheapo diy cable

That's more likely to be a bad connection or broken wire, or else the modem in your sky box is kaput. Sky boxes use standard dial-up, so won't be as sensitive to cheap cable as adsl modems.

Have you tried plugging a normal phone into the extension socket and seeing if that works?

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Originally Posted by wyrdness

That's more likely to be a bad connection or broken wire, or else the modem in your sky box is kaput. Sky boxes use standard dial-up, so won't be as sensitive to cheap cable as adsl modems.

Have you tried plugging a normal phone into the extension socket and seeing if that works?

Yes, but even through a hand set there's noise on the line. Might be because of an old line from the front of the house to the new telephone socket?

Sky box can talk to sky when everything is disconected from the main socket

Originally Posted by maviczap

Yes, but even through a hand set there's noise on the line. Might be because of an old line from the front of the house to the new telephone socket?

Sky box can talk to sky when everything is disconected from the main socket

That sounds a bit beyond my knowledge of phone lines. Do you have adsl and, if so, are you using microfilters to isolate normal phones from the adsl signal?

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Originally Posted by wyrdness

That sounds a bit beyond my knowledge of phone lines. Do you have adsl and, if so, are you using microfilters to isolate normal phones from the adsl signal?

Yes, and I've tried every combination of extention socket & micro filter you can think of. When I've got the wrong combination, the line noise on my telephone line is horrendous.;

All it means is my sky box can't order sky movies, so its skys loss, not mine.

The answer is to have a proper line installed incl the extentions

Yeah, always best to have it in the master socket now adays, especially as the new BT sockets come with the new I-Plate which is suppose to increase speed as it filters out alot more, Also have the bare minimum extensions, if you've got an old one unused, whip the master socket off and disconnect the old socket! Less likely to generate a fault on your line

So nobody else got slow broadband because of the election today then?

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Originally Posted by -Ralph-

So nobody else got slow broadband because of the election today then?

No, mines been fine all day. Perhaps it was just your exchange?