Just as an experiment,I gave this setup a whirl to see if it made any noticeable difference on my line in terms of sync speed.
With MK4 filtered faceplate
adsl info --stats
adsl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime
Last Retrain Reason: 0
Last initialization procedure status: 0
Max: Upstream rate = 16879 Kbps, Downstream rate = 70641 Kbps
Bearer: 0, Upstream rate = 16883 Kbps, Downstream rate = 70141 Kbps
Bearer: 1, Upstream rate = 0 Kbps, Downstream rate = 0 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: VDSL2 Annex B
VDSL2 Profile: Profile 17a
TPS-TC: PTM Mode(0x0)
Trellis: U:ON /D:ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 3.4 6.1
Attn(dB): 17.3 0.0
Pwr(dBm): 13.7 7.3
VDSL2 framing
Bearer 0
MSGc: -6 21
B: 243 237
M: 1 1
T: 0 64
R: 10 16
S: 0.0000 0.4486
L: 18344 4530
D: 8 1
I: 254 127
N: 254 254
Q: 8 0
V: 0 0
RxQueue: 80 0
TxQueue: 20 0
G.INP Framing: 18 0
G.INP lookback: 20 0
RRC bits: 0 24
Bearer 1
MSGc: 154 -6
B: 0 0
M: 2 0
T: 2 0
R: 16 0
S: 6.4000 0.0000
L: 40 0
D: 3 0
I: 32 0
N: 32 0
Q: 0 0
V: 0 0
RxQueue: 0 0
TxQueue: 0 0
G.INP Framing: 0 0
G.INP lookback: 0 0
RRC bits: 0 0
Counters
Bearer 0
OHF: 0 721524
OHFErr: 33 909
RS: 1710785272 2328937
RSCorr: 11785537 11774
RSUnCorr: 0 0
Bearer 1
OHF: 32696217 0
OHFErr: 0 0
RS: 326961556 0
RSCorr: 62 0
RSUnCorr: 0 0
Retransmit Counters
rtx_tx: 20912237 0
rtx_c: 124969 0
rtx_uc: 70 0
G.INP Counters
LEFTRS: 4 0
minEFTR: 70116 0
errFreeBits: 561826175 0
Bearer 0
HEC: 0 0
OCD: 0 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 2116626099 0
Data Cells: 298815713 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0
Bearer 1
HEC: 0 0
OCD: 0 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 0 0
Data Cells: 0 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0
ES: 14 844
SES: 0 0
UAS: 28 28
AS: 525273
Bearer 0
INP: 52.00 0.00
INPRein: 1.00 0.00
delay: 0 0
PER: 0.00 7.20
OR: 0.01 29.97
AgR: 70212.91 16912.51
Bearer 1
INP: 4.50 0.00
INPRein: 4.50 0.00
delay: 3 0
PER: 16.06 0.01
OR: 79.68 0.01
AgR: 79.68 0.01
Bitswap: 89035/89035 15053/15057
Total time = 6 days 1 hours 55 min 1 sec
FEC: 11785537 11774
CRC: 33 909
ES: 14 844
SES: 0 0
UAS: 28 28
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Latest 15 minutes time = 10 min 1 sec
FEC: 228 45
CRC: 0 2
ES: 0 2
SES: 0 0
UAS: 0 0
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec
FEC: 456 29
CRC: 0 2
ES: 0 2
SES: 0 0
UAS: 0 0
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Latest 1 day time = 1 hours 55 min 1 sec
FEC: 2673 487
CRC: 0 24
ES: 0 23
SES: 0 0
UAS: 0 0
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Previous 1 day time = 24 hours 0 sec
FEC: 2347713 2204
CRC: 5 195
ES: 3 182
SES: 0 0
UAS: 0 0
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Since Link time = 6 days 1 hours 54 min 31 sec
FEC: 11785537 11774
CRC: 33 909
ES: 14 844
SES: 0 0
UAS: 0 0
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
NTR: mipsCntAtNtr=0 ncoCntAtNtr=0
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Straight into the master connection without a filter
adsl info --stats
adsl: ADSL driver and PHY status
Status: Showtime
Last Retrain Reason: 0
Last initialization procedure status: 0
Max: Upstream rate = 17729 Kbps, Downstream rate = 70517 Kbps
Bearer: 0, Upstream rate = 17733 Kbps, Downstream rate = 70577 Kbps
Bearer: 1, Upstream rate = 0 Kbps, Downstream rate = 0 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: VDSL2 Annex B
VDSL2 Profile: Profile 17a
TPS-TC: PTM Mode(0x0)
Trellis: U:ON /D:ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 3.4 6.0
Attn(dB): 17.2 0.0
Pwr(dBm): 13.7 7.3
VDSL2 framing
Bearer 0
MSGc: -6 20
B: 243 237
M: 1 1
T: 0 64
R: 10 16
S: 0.0000 0.4271
L: 18458 4758
D: 8 1
I: 254 127
N: 254 254
Q: 8 0
V: 0 0
RxQueue: 80 0
TxQueue: 20 0
G.INP Framing: 18 0
G.INP lookback: 20 0
RRC bits: 0 24
Bearer 1
MSGc: 154 -6
B: 0 0
M: 2 0
T: 2 0
R: 16 0
S: 6.4000 0.0000
L: 40 0
D: 3 0
I: 32 0
N: 32 0
Q: 0 0
V: 0 0
RxQueue: 0 0
TxQueue: 0 0
G.INP Framing: 0 0
G.INP lookback: 0 0
RRC bits: 0 0
Counters
Bearer 0
OHF: 0 11287
OHFErr: 0 1
RS: 2786880 722287
RSCorr: 71 0
RSUnCorr: 0 0
Bearer 1
OHF: 4855 0
OHFErr: 0 0
RS: 47937 0
RSCorr: 0 0
RSUnCorr: 0 0
Retransmit Counters
rtx_tx: 20912450 0
rtx_c: 18 0
rtx_uc: 0 0
G.INP Counters
LEFTRS: 0 0
minEFTR: 70569 0
errFreeBits: 83951 0
Bearer 0
HEC: 0 0
OCD: 0 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 10585857 0
Data Cells: 2597 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0
Bearer 1
HEC: 0 0
OCD: 0 0
LCD: 0 0
Total Cells: 0 0
Data Cells: 0 0
Drop Cells: 0
Bit Errors: 0 0
ES: 0 1
SES: 0 0
UAS: 27 27
AS: 79
Bearer 0
INP: 51.00 0.00
INPRein: 1.00 0.00
delay: 0 0
PER: 0.00 6.85
OR: 0.01 30.32
AgR: 70649.25 17763.74
Bearer 1
INP: 4.50 0.00
INPRein: 4.50 0.00
delay: 3 0
PER: 16.06 0.01
OR: 79.68 0.01
AgR: 79.68 0.01
Bitswap: 27/27 4/4
Total time = 1 min 46 sec
FEC: 71 0
CRC: 0 1
ES: 0 1
SES: 0 0
UAS: 27 27
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Latest 15 minutes time = 1 min 46 sec
FEC: 71 0
CRC: 0 1
ES: 0 1
SES: 0 0
UAS: 27 27
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Previous 15 minutes time = 0 sec
FEC: 0 0
CRC: 0 0
ES: 0 0
SES: 0 0
UAS: 0 0
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Latest 1 day time = 1 min 46 sec
FEC: 71 0
CRC: 0 1
ES: 0 1
SES: 0 0
UAS: 27 27
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Previous 1 day time = 0 sec
FEC: 0 0
CRC: 0 0
ES: 0 0
SES: 0 0
UAS: 0 0
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
Since Link time = 1 min 17 sec
FEC: 71 0
CRC: 0 1
ES: 0 1
SES: 0 0
UAS: 0 0
LOS: 0 0
LOF: 0 0
LOM: 0 0
NTR: mipsCntAtNtr=0 ncoCntAtNtr=0
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