Broadband question

joe90

Just a quick question. Im getting in broadband and my computer is up stairs away from the main phone point. I have a phone point upstairs in the hall.Can i use the up stairs point or will i need an extension phone cable or can i use the upstairs point.Also would it affect my ping etc...
Any info would be great.

Cheers.

tomk

You can use any phone point - just remember to put filters on all the ones you don't use for broadband.

As long as your internal wiring is of a decent standard, it will not affect performance.

tribble

If you get an engineer install then yes you will need a new cable coming from the first phone point (master box) - he'll also put a new box beside the master box.

If you get a self install then no, you will simply plug in a microfilter into every phone socket in the house (except the one for the dsl modem which will have a line spliiter with one filtered and one unfiltered output)

tribble

joe90

Thanks for the info Tomk and Tribble. Would the extension affect my ping:)

Töpher

it shouldnt do if its good quality! mine comes up to the room its in via extra additional wiring to the phone box downstairs and i still get fantastic pings!

joe90

Thanks for info einsturzende:)