Broadband speed

[westerdale news]

Most of Westerdale can get broadband but speeds are not always that good.
I came across this little modification to the main BT line socket called an I-Plate which sounds too good to be true but really helps further from the exchange.
www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-i-plate-58LT.html

Note it's BT selling it not some dodgy trader!
You can only install it with the older type of outlet with a spit across the front - more details here .

Here near the village, within a couple of hours of fitting, it improved my speed from between 3.5 and 4mb to well over 5mb.

Before (on a good day!)


After


Test done here
www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/

[westerdale news]

I noticed my speed had dropped slowly recently and became much worse when reconnected after the recent lightning storms damaged the line.

Replacing the ADSL filter seemed to make a vast improvement, indeed the speed is higher than ever before.
Apparently they tend to degrade over time so it is worth having a new one to hand as they are inexpensive new.

[westerdale news]

www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/

The pdf you can download here suggests that in 2014 the Castleton exchange will be upgraded to super fast fibre optics.