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Replacing old home telephone wire?
I have VDSL internet on a 50 Mbps plan and I'm only getting 38 Mbps. After checking with my ISP and doing all the testing of my line and modem over the course of a week, I'm pretty convinced my slow ...
Phil_Harmonic Just a thought what speed test are you using. I use have used telus or okla and shaw. Sometimes quite a spread on readings. Try it you never know. Does your computer stall during loading. Time of day on copper has an effect on speed.
Outside NIB box
Lines coming in, but it's difficult to tell where, and what they are:
Someone asked for more photos of the panel:
I'm not exactly sure what a demarc splitter looks like (I know what a telephone splitter looks like at the phone end). I noticed this device with 'phone' 'line' and 'modem' on it. But as you can see, there is no actual cable going to or coming from it. Just a thin exposed wire going to another box next to it. No idea what it is, or if it's active:
(BTW, that dangling cable with the separated exposed wires is the cable that goes to the bedroom. I have checked that phone jack and it is not working).
Panel porn:
- NFtoBC
Community Power User
Follow these wires to their endpoint. One should go to your kitchen and or dining room.
