As recommended by
burakkucat, I ordered an Openreach style SSFP for a distant relative. This arrived today, so I thought I'd have a play with it first, to see that it works ok
I currently use an ADSL Nation XTE-2005 filtered faceplate, that does the same task as the SSFP - filtering the ADSL away from extension sockets.
So I thought I'd do some comparisons between them. I also thought I'd test the traditional method of using a dangly microfilter, and also only using the test socket with everything else disconnected. The results slightly surprised me!
Before you look at the test figures, make a guess as to which one you think will give the best throughput!
| SYNCH | SYNCH | ATT | ATT | S/N | S/N |
Socket | UP | DOWN | UP | DWN | UP | DWN |
ADSL Nation | 1020 | 21118 | 11.3 | 22 | 9.2 | 6 |
SSFP - no extensions | 1020 | 21243 | 11.3 | 22 | 9.3 | 6 |
SSFP - filtered extensions | 1020 | 21173 | 11.3 | 22 | 9.3 | 6 |
STD Socket & extensions | 1020 | 21098 | 11.4 | 22 | 9.8 | 6 |
Test socket | 1020 | 20956 | 11.4 | 22 | 10.1 | 6 |
ADSL Nation | 1020 | 21027 | 11.3 | 22 | 10.5 | 6.1 |
So, as far as my line and modem are concerned, there is no difference between the ADSL Nation and the Openreach SSFP.
In fact, all the figures are so close to each other, it's quite surprised me. Especially as I originally bought the ADSL Nation filtered faceplate because I was having problems with ADSL noise affecting the voice quality of the line.
Analogue telephone quality was good on all tests as well.
It would seem that removing the rogue dog leg spur I found a while back on the phone extensions has resolved the ADSL noise problem, that or it's just gone away! This is the first time I've removed the filtered faceplate since I fitted it about a year ago.
Any thoughts? Were the results what you expected?
Ian