Having recently reactivated my ADSL broadband, it came as no shock to find my average throughput was roughly 3.5Mb/s after the initial training period. Living in the countryside means that broadband speeds are constantly underwhelming no matter which provider you choose. The promises of 'up to 20mbps' are far more like '3 or 4 Mb/s' at the most. BT made it very clear at the outset that my maximum achievable limit was likely to be in the region of 4.5Mb/s - and yet, included in my starter pack was a slip of paper advising me that I could still benefit from a small device named the 'BT accelerator'. Over the course of several paragraphs, the ...  Read the complete review

Pretty much everyone you speak to who has broadband, always has the same complaint -it's not quick enough. Packages that were bought on the basis of having speeds of 8mbps and more are usually a more perdestrian 1mbps. Countless hours talking to technical helplines and many consumer programmes have failed to resolve the problem. It seemed up until recently that it was a case of you get what you are given. However, the most maligned of all service providers BT, seems to have come with if not a total solution, then at least a peace offering. The BT Broadband I-Plate is an adapter that can be fitted to your main phone socket in order to improve your download ...  Read the complete review

I have been having trouble with broadband speed since I first switched from Dial Up to Broadband. Lots of tweaking , optimising software, accelerator software but no joy I was at best getting 1MB against advertised 8MB. Downloading an 30 minute program from BBC iplayer could take up to 3 hours and watching a program by streaming was impossible as it would keep buffering. In a magazine I saw an article about the BT Accelerator Plate and how it could boost line spped by upto 2MB. Out of desperation I went online to BT website and purchased one for £7.95 including delivery. A few days later it arrived, at first was concerned as there was no installation ...  Read the complete review

As a BT Total Broadband customer on Option 2 I got the Accelerator Plate (iPlate) free, and also without asking for it, so the promise of making my 1 Mbps or less broadband faster was a very good one. The instructions are a bit complicated I found, but once you actually figure out what they mean it is quite simple to install. You can only put the iPlate on the master socket (where the line comes into your home), and it's best to put your router here as your home wiring can cause interference, which is a bit annoying. As I've said I used to get 1 Mbps or less, and now it is up to around 1.7 Mbps (obviously it isn't always this at peak time), which ...  Read the complete review