phones and sync speeds

krysia · Feb 12, 2008, 14:56:04

I think in that case my real master socket is actually a little oblong box (about 2" x 3") just inside my front door, to which the outside line from the telephone pole is attached and from which extension wires run to all the extension sockets; the 'master socket' with capacitator in the living room must be just another extension.

Inactive · Feb 12, 2008, 15:03:00

Sounds about right krysia, that sounds very much like one of the very old original early connection boxes, they were around that size. ( 2"x3" ).

krysia · Feb 12, 2008, 15:58:30

Thanks for confirming that, Inactive! Even a BT engineer I chatted to on the street didn't seem to know what I was talking about when I asked him about it!

Sebby · Feb 12, 2008, 18:50:49

Now that doesn't surprised me.

krysia · Feb 21, 2008, 10:44:58

A great big thank you to all who have given me such good advice about improving my line stats.

Since disconnecting my ring wires last week, my router has synced constantly at 7616 (the maximum possible, given that interleaving is turned on), with a very healthy SNR margin of 13-14, usually 13.5, no matter what time of day or night - and that's even with all five extensions plugged in (I've had that weird socket replaced, the one that wouldn't work without the bell wire being connected). Just out of curiosity, I'll ask IDNet to ask BT to turn off interleaving and see if that takes the sync any higher, but I'm very happy with how things stand. It's especially great not to wonder when in the evening the router will decide to resync, especially as I occasionally use a VOIP phone. So thanks again!

Inactive · Feb 21, 2008, 10:47:01

A result krysia, well done.

Rik · Feb 21, 2008, 10:57:42

Thanks for letting us know Krysia. Disconnecting the ring wire can be almost magical in its effect.

Lance · Feb 21, 2008, 13:24:42

Great result!

plugwash · Feb 21, 2008, 13:54:38

Quote from: krysia on Feb 10, 2008, 13:54:44
I wasn't able to remove the ring wires: three of my sockets are very old (they were already in the house when we moved in in 1986), and I wasn't able to loosen the ring wires when I tried.

thats what side cutters are for.

btw the most important ringer wire to disconnect is the one at the master socket.

Sebby · Feb 21, 2008, 19:05:26

Quote from: krysia on Feb 21, 2008, 10:44:58
A great big thank you to all who have given me such good advice about improving my line stats. Since disconnecting my ring wires last week, my router has synced constantly at 7616 (the maximum possible, given that interleaving is turned on), with a very healthy SNR margin of 13-14, usually 13.5, no matter what time of day or night - and that's even with all five extensions plugged in (I've had that weird socket replaced, the one that wouldn't work without the bell wire being connected). Just out of curiosity, I'll ask IDNet to ask BT to turn off interleaving and see if that takes the sync any higher, but I'm very happy with how things stand. It's especially great not to wonder when in the evening the router will decide to resync, especially as I occasionally use a VOIP phone. So thanks again!

Excellent news. I'm glad we were of help.

Ann · Feb 21, 2008, 20:16:59

I used to get 8096 synch with interleaving on so you're not getting the highest possible yet!

Rik · Feb 22, 2008, 00:13:23

Krysia is at the theoretical maximum, Ann, but some exchanges seem able to go higher.

krysia · Feb 25, 2008, 16:39:15

I'm very glad to report that I'm now on the absolute maximum of 8128, now that interleaving has been turned off. I sent a request to IDNet on Friday morning and, almost by return, got what I assumed was an automated acknowledgement, but I'd underestimated my ISP: it was a personal e-mail from James, telling me he'd already actioned my request. I have to say I'm grateful to Tiscali for taking over F2S - if that hadn't happened, I'd never have discovered the absolute delight of dealing with IDNet. (One other example: with F2S, my router hung on 'checking username and password' every evening when it re-synced. A call to Billion told me that that had only ever happened once before when there was a problem at another ISP. F2S told me it must be the router. Guess what? The day I migrated to IDNet, the problem disappeared.) IDNet is a real

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Rik · Feb 25, 2008, 16:43:20

We feel just the same, Krysia - glad you're enjoying the service.

Sebby · Feb 25, 2008, 19:29:06

Brilliant news. IDNet are the greatest, aren't they?