Hi BS - something you may be able to advise me about ref the US speed.
I had a lot of trouble in the past with ADSL2 (Virgin was the ISP) which in the end was resolved by some trickery by Openreach in the network and a normalisation of my internal wiring. They installed a new NTE in the house, together with a faceplate on the NTE stamped "ADSL V10"
When I migrated to Infinity the OR engineer did not install a new VDSL specific faceplate, so I'm still using the old ADSL V10 plate. On the 40/10 FTTC service this did not seem to cause any issues.
Is that something I need to revisit?
Lazy bar-steward !! I have no idea why some engineers don't install the VDSL intermediate plate, choosing to leave the ADSL frontplate (NTE2000) in-situ ?? It takes minutes to install, however as you are aware, either filter will work.
Unfortunately, I haven't any evidence to say one way or the other, which is the better filter ?? What I can say, is that both items can and do go faulty, surprisingly quickly in some cases !! The NTE2000 is now a non-stocked item, with the VDSL IP being the filter of choice for both ADSL and VDSL services.
As an aside, there has been a trial over parts of the country around
FTTC sef-install, whereby the EU uses the original micro-filter to plug there Huawei/ECI modem into. I dont have any further info regarding the outcome (speeds etc), but the trial has come to an end, and we are being tasked with fitting the proper VDSL IP at these trial sites.
Just my guess, but it seems on the face of it that 'self-install' via the dongle filters doesn't give the EU as agood an experience as having an engineering visit ??
I only mention this as it would appear having the correct filter/set up pays dividends, so maybe the VDSL IP does have a slight advantage over the NTE2000 ??
Maybe B*Cat or ASBO or one of the other 'Reverse engineering' experts, can shed some light on it ??