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> ... on the other hand, we got an instant upgrade from ~2.5 Mbps to
> ~7.5 Mbps by moving the router down to the master socket and using
> HomePlug doodats.  It seems the internal phone wiring that the
> original builders fitted back when this house was built _less than ten
> years ago_ (and post-ADSL, IIRC) is not good enough.


Speaking of which, I just moved to a pair of 200mbit/sec Devolo  
HomePlug adapters for my desktop PC. The little monitoring app you get  
reports a speed of 150mbit/s, which I was pretty happy with (as speed  
again is dependent on the quality of your wiring).

Bizarrely, PC World (yes, sorry) charge the same amount in-store for  
the 200mb ones as each of the slower models (though I've been told  
that the 200's aren't compatible with the older slower models).

Cheers,
Dan

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