There is a 10 day period that is used to pick the best speed for the line, I would remove all wiring that doesn't need to be on the line, and leave it alone until the 10 days is up.

Cheers

Cris.

I believe the 10 days is only a guide as to when it should have settled down. If after 10 days you put more equipment/extensions back on the line and they cause any kind of interference then the line speed will re-adapt. I have had this happen and as a result now have no extensions just to get the speed up. I can't have my sky+ box connected either or I drop to 2 meg over a period of time from the 5 meg I get without sky connected. I've gone through all the suggestions of shortests cable not near any sources of interference ,changed filters etc etc, both Sky and BT have also been involved. I have just given up and disconnected it all.

Mark.

Sky digiboxes are notorious for screwing up the telephone line. Whatever softmodem is in them isn't very well designed.

My digibox has been disconnected for years now. I don't get PPV and I've only got 1 digibox.

I think the 10 day period is more than just a recommendation, 10 days is the length of time that the exchange equipment is setup for to look for an initial stable line speed. I'm sure Cris will correct me if I'm wrong, he is a BT engineer afterall...

I thought it constantly checked the line? It averages it over a certain time period and then decides on your speed.

I know people that have had sudden speed drops which took a long time to go back up because they screwed up their line for a couple of days.

You are right, it does check continuously, but there is also a point at the 10 day mark where BT record the line speed you have achieved and that is then used by them as a benchmark of what is a stable speed for your line if you have to complain of reduced lines speeds later.

http://aaisp.net.uk/maxmagic.html

So I was wrong, there isn't some magic 10 day period at which point the line monitoring changes, but the 10 day mark is still significant.