BT is offering a free I- plate broadband speed booster to its BT Total Broadband customers. ( £1.20 postage and packing).The I- plate is available to non BT customers for around £7.
The I- plate replaces your ADSL filter. BT say that it filters out interference to your broadband service caused by electrical appliances and lightening. In tests BT found that broadband lines fitted with an I- plate had a speed increase of up to 1.5Mbps. It is hoped that the I- plate will boost speeds for people who are too far from their local exchange or anyone struggling to get a reliable, fast speed.
The I- plate will not improve broadband speeds for everyone but BT estimate that about 9 million households could benefit ftrom using the filter.
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Where do i get this from for free then?? Is there a URL or do i have to call BT?
I saw soomeone on Ebay selling Iplates.
Are these the same as the BT ones?
It seems odd that they should appear on Ebay an no-one is talking about them anywhere? you thik this guy is just selling the free BT ones?
Thanks for the info…
I thought that I already have one of these fitted. I had big problems getting ADSL to work due to bad line and i remember the engineer fitting a new open reach face plate to the master socket who said it would hopefully improve things with the phone extensions in the house. Not sure it did anything.. Still only get about 1.8mbit
i reckon its a lie because why sell so cheap if it can fix problems i doubt that
Its not a lie. It has basically the same effect as disconnecting the ring wire which can help improve things immensely in some situations.
BT are just bringing this out now to coincide with the adoption of ADSL2+ that is being rolled out across the BT network because ADSL2+ is much more sensitive to interference. It’s an easy solution for the masses to solve a common ADSL problem. They arent giving it to every customer.. just the savvy ones that order it