Description
Speed up your broadband by eliminating interference from your extension wiring
Did you know the telephone extension wiring in your house can pick up all sorts of electrical noise and interference from TV's, lights and other everyday electrical equipment? This interference can affect your broadband signal resulting in a slower broadband speed.
Try our quick and affordable solution
Help is at hand! BT has developed the I-Plate, a unique filter that helps stop any interference affecting the broadband signal. As long as you have a suitable BT Master socket, (see below) and extension wiring (see below) the I-Plate can help. It's quick and easy to fit with a screwdriver and you don't need to disconnect any wires.
How much could my speed improve by?
In previous tests the I-Plate has been shown to boost line speeds - typically by 1.5Mbps. The actual change will vary from house to house. Although speed improvements are likely, they can't be guaranteed. The improvements in speed will take up to 2 weeks to come through so that line stability is not affected. Even if it doesn't improve the speed the I-Plate can help stabilise your broadband line making it more reliable.
BT I-Plate - Will it work for you?
1. Do you have extension wiring?
Extension wiring is the telephone wiring, usually a small white cable, which often runs along your skirting boards or outside your house. It connects the main socket to any extension sockets you have. It doesn't matter if you use the sockets or not, as long as the wiring is there the I-Plate may help.
2. Do you have a master telephone socket with a horizontal line across the front? The I-Plate is NOT suitable if:
- your socket has a horizontal line, but also an Openreach logo on it - this socket has an I-Plate filter built in.
- your socket doesn't have a horizontal line across the front
- your socket has two connection points - for telephone and DSL
For pictures of these sockets, click on the link at the top of this page "Will the I-Plate work with your phone socket?"
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Customer reviews
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Brodband increased to 1.4mbps from 512mbps
Reviewed by Wayne. Review Posted 29/08/2009
I live on the outer most range for broadband at about 6 kilometers whch gave me a speed of about 512kbps I thought. But when I removed my internal wiring due to a fault I noticed with only my router connected to the master socket speed increased to 1.4mbps.
but every time I reconnected my internal wiring it dropped back to 512mbps. so I bought the i-plate in the hope that it would cure the problem and to my amazment it did. I think I have some sort of noise traveling down my internal cabling maybe due to their poximity to mains cables or something. but who cares now! it work I got 1.4mbps with everything reconnected. Happy days..
But be warned this product dosn't increase your broadband speed if you allready have a good connection, but wil give you the speed you should get if you have internal noise from domestic equipment.
If you suspect you have problems of this kind for £10 inc p&p you just gotta give it a go....
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You must try this
Reviewed by Phil. Review Posted 27/08/2009
I had only ben able to get a max speed of 2.8Mbps according to all the speed tests I've done - at times this was dropping to 0.5Mbps. BT reports that the max for my line is 3Mbps, although some sites said up to 4Mbps. I bought the Iplate hoping that it may help the low end of the performance, but after installing (a one minute job) and resetting the router a couple of times, I am now seeing 4.8Mbps dropping to 2.8Mbps when before it had been showing 0.5Mbps. A staggering change for a few pounds. I can't explain it, but it does work... at least for me.
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Reviewed by Comp-Sys. Review Posted 19/08/2009
Having had BT check my wiring in the house 3 months ago, I did not think this would work.
Reset the router 5 times this morning, and the average speed was 3.4Mb, fitted the I-plate and after 5 resets, average is 5.1! Only took 1 mnt to fit as well.
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