Microfilters - cheap or cheerful?

On the Dabs website, their own cheap Microfilter (GBP5) gets pretty bad
reviews. Most people seem to suggest going for one costing GBP8-10. Is there
a real difference? The Fujitsu<?> MF on the same site gets good reviews.
And Expansys sell a "D-Link DSL-21MF" MF at GBP9. Is it worth going for a
"named" make for a component like a MF?

(Cost implications become noticible when you buy loads....).

Cheers, P.

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pawhe <reply-(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> On the Dabs website, their own cheap Microfilter (GBP5) gets pretty
> bad reviews. Most people seem to suggest going for one costing
> GBP8-10. Is there a real difference? The Fujitsu<?> MF on the same
> site gets good reviews. And Expansys sell a "D-Link DSL-21MF" MF at
> GBP9. Is it worth going for a "named" make for a component like a MF?
>
> (Cost implications become noticible when you buy loads....).
>
> Cheers, P.


I am happy with the 99p ones from ebuyer. Works well with DECT phone too.



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"pawhe" <reply-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On the Dabs website, their own cheap Microfilter (GBP5) gets pretty bad
> reviews. Most people seem to suggest going for one costing GBP8-10. Is
there
> a real difference? The Fujitsu<?> MF on the same site gets good reviews.
> And Expansys sell a "D-Link DSL-21MF" MF at GBP9. Is it worth going for a
> "named" make for a component like a MF?
>
> (Cost implications become noticible when you buy loads....).
>
> Cheers, P.
>
>

I used these
http://www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk/produ...=FT101&pm=2524

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On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:42:57 GMT, "Paul King"
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>"pawhe" <reply-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> On the Dabs website, their own cheap Microfilter (GBP5) gets pretty bad
>> reviews. Most people seem to suggest going for one costing GBP8-10. Is
>there
>> a real difference? The Fujitsu<?> MF on the same site gets good reviews.
>> And Expansys sell a "D-Link DSL-21MF" MF at GBP9. Is it worth going for a
>> "named" make for a component like a MF?
>>
>> (Cost implications become noticible when you buy loads....).
>>
>> Cheers, P.
>>
>>
>
>I used these
>http://www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk/produ...=FT101&pm=2524

Last week I saw on this news group this URL:
http://www.adslnation.com/support/filters.php

It maybe all hype, its up to you to make of it what you wish.

Something that has made me think long and hard is whether each
analogue piece of equipment actually requires an individual filter or
if two way adapters could be used on the outhput side of the ADSL
filter. My impression is that with some filters this would be OK but
I would like a definative answer from an expert within this group.

Many thanks.
DAVID BRADLEY

"David Bradley" <(E-Mail Removed)7> wrote in message
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>
> Something that has made me think long and hard is whether each
> analogue piece of equipment actually requires an individual filter or
> if two way adapters could be used on the outhput side of the ADSL
> filter. My impression is that with some filters this would be OK but
> I would like a definative answer from an expert within this group.
>


There's no reason why 2-way adapters cannot be used on the 'phone outlet
side of a microfilter.
The only reason why it's done that way (as far as I can see) is ease of
installation (pull the jack out - fit a filter - put the jack back in--- at
each installation site).
Doing it once (at the point of entry after the BT Master socket) would
require two cable runs to the ADSL modem site (1 for the [now filtered]
modem, and 1 for the [now filtered phone which {presumably} was there
aswell).
So, to sum up, you COULD filter at the BT Master, but all phones, Sky boxes,
etc. would then need to hang off one side of the filter, and the modem from
the other. For the cost of the filters, I don't think its worth the effort
(and hassle) in re-cabling.

HTH
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"pawhe" <reply-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On the Dabs website, their own cheap Microfilter (GBP5) gets pretty bad
> reviews. Most people seem to suggest going for one costing GBP8-10.

Anorther great British rip-off, there's one on ebay right now £1.48 buy it
now

"ed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In news:bukadc$m86$1$(E-Mail Removed),
> pawhe <reply-(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > On the Dabs website, their own cheap Microfilter (GBP5) gets pretty
> > bad reviews. Most people seem to suggest going for one costing
> > GBP8-10. Is there a real difference? The Fujitsu<?> MF on the same
> > site gets good reviews. And Expansys sell a "D-Link DSL-21MF" MF at
> > GBP9. Is it worth going for a "named" make for a component like a MF?
> >
> > (Cost implications become noticible when you buy loads....).
> >
> > Cheers, P.
>
>
> I am happy with the 99p ones from ebuyer. Works well with DECT phone too.
>

More like £3.51 once you add vat and postage

O
>
> I am happy with the 99p ones from ebuyer. Works well with DECT phone too.
>
>
>
> ed

The ones I bought did'nt, had to stick a £5 filter on BT Dect.

Cheers

Dave

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In article <bukadc$m86$1$(E-Mail Removed)>, Pawhe wrote:
> On the Dabs website, their own cheap Microfilter (GBP5) gets pretty bad
> reviews. Most people seem to suggest going for one costing GBP8-10. Is there
> a real difference? The Fujitsu<?> MF on the same site gets good reviews.
> And Expansys sell a "D-Link DSL-21MF" MF at GBP9. Is it worth going for a
> "named" make for a component like a MF?

My router has a diagnostic page that shows the loop attenuation, and in my
case changing from a cheap single-piece adaptor type to a more expensive
larger box type on the end of a short wire made a difference of about 1dB.
That's on the end of a relatively short exchange cable that gives a very good
connection, but on the end of a longer cable I would expect the quality of the
filter to make a greater difference. There may be borderline cases where it
makes the difference between working and not working.

If it makes a difference to you, use the expensive ones. If it doesn't, don't.
If you're in the business of installing lots of them in varying circumstances,
you may think it worthwhile to reduce the risk of problems by only using the
expensive ones in every case.

Rod.

David Bradley wrote:
> Something that has made me think long and hard is whether each
> analogue piece of equipment actually requires an individual filter or
> if two way adapters could be used on the outhput side of the ADSL
> filter. My impression is that with some filters this would be OK but
> I would like a definative answer from an expert within this group.
>
> Many thanks.
> DAVID BRADLEY
>

No problem with using a 2 way adaptor to connect more than 1 phone.