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Alida Systems ® 10m ADSL Cable - Premium Quality/Gold Plated Contact Pins/High Speed Internet Broadband/Router or Modem to RJ11 Phone Socket or Microfilter/White

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In the last year more and more providers have been offered super-fast fibre, sometimes called 'Full Fibre' or 'Ultra Fibre'. What it's actually called though is FTTP, or 'Fibre To The Premises', where promised speeds can hit as much as 1Gbps - however, you might have seen these marketed already as 300-900 Mbps. Most fibre connections connect to your home via the phone network cabinet in your area (those green boxes you see at the side of the road or on your street somewhere). The fibre comes from the telephone exchange and terminates at the cabinet, with the connection into your home provided by your copper phone line as with ADSL. Cable broadband can also be called Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial (HFC) and connects to the internet via a combination of fibre and coaxial cables. It uses the same infrastructure as a cable TV. Comparison chart Differences

its twisted pair construction provides some resistance to interference. As the CW1308 cable is essentially the same spec cable is used throughout the whole telephone network, it known to work well. Indeed it’s true, the cable BT bundles with its HH5 kit has been tested and does pass the TR100 tests but that doesn’t mean to say you aren’t losing performance because of it. Similarly Sky Broadband has also told us that they “ use non-twisted cables“. Meanwhile other ISPs, such as TalkTalk, claim to include twisted pair cables with their kit. Some do, some don’t. A wide variety of cable types are available and it is often difficult to know what type of cable is best suited to a particular task. In this article we explain the types of cable available and where they should be used.FTTP is still being rolled out across the UK and coverage is currently said to be with around 37% of households. This figure is increasing each month and year on year (2021-2022) the growth has been quite a sizeable 24%.

But does any of this actually help? The answer is yes, although whether or not you’ll notice the difference is another matter and experiences will vary (you’re more likely to see a benefit if you currently use several metres of non-twisted extension cable). For example, on some FTTC and ADSL2+ lines you might potentially notice a tiny speed boost that could at most be equivalent to perhaps +1-2% performance (guesstimate based on some limited examples). The first thing to understand is that Radio / Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) is everywhere, it leaks to varying different degrees and over various different spectrum frequencies from your power adapters, TV, microwave ovens, DECT phones, home computer, radio, Christmas tree lights, passing high speed trains, space.. and the list goes on. interference. It is not a good idea to use this sort of cable for ADSL installation especially if more However, as widespread as this connectivity is, ADSL can be unreliable in terms of broadband speed. Copper lines can only transmit so much data (much less than fibre), which in turn limits the speed you can get. Effectively fibre brings the exchange much closer to your home. This system is called FTTC, or 'Fibre To The Cabinet' and on average, the speeds you can get with this type of connection range from 30Mbps to 80Mbps, but this can also be higher.However such a low figure is arguable well within the margin of error (i.e. most broadband lines naturally fluctuate by that much or more) and thus you might be forgiven for not noticing any difference, unless you monitor intensely over a longer period of time (both before and after the cable change). On the other hand you might notice a slight improvement in your connection stats and fewer line errors, which while not huge are still a benefit. On top of that it’s also wise to keep your router and cable as far away from other electronic devices as possible, just to limit the potential harm from any EMI that might find its way into your cable. FTTP sees you direct wire from the nearest cabinet straight into your property, essentially making the 'full fibre' connection for your broadband. But does it really make any difference (twisted vs non-twisted)? Some ISPs have been doing this for years and very few consumers ever seem to notice any directly related problems, although there are usually bigger issues to worry about than the local cable and if the connection itself appears to work then consumers might not always be aware of what they’re missing. Explaining the Twist

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