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If you do have BTBB and have extension sockets and a certain type of socket (last in list) you may be eligable to a free I-plate, p&p is only £1.20 and added to your next broadband bill, Normally £11.73!

This device is to help increase speed. its not guarenteed, but i have heard from a few people that its worked! simply connects to your socket,

ORDER HERE : www.bt.com/accelerator

I don't have BT broadband but I do have a BT lne and account and I ordered one.

Won't know if it works until I get it and phone account billed, but for this price it is worth a try.

Update:

Delivered.

Worked for me and no BT broadband but I do have BT line rental.

Nice find BritBrat, I signed up myself and it says I will get it within 2 weeks, Real nice find, as something like this will always come in handy at somepoint in the future and for £1.20 you cant go wrong.

Win win situation all around me thinks.

Cheers ;)

EDIT:

Having read upon what the I-Plate does and is, all it does is bypass the bellwire in your socket thus cutting out any interference said bell wire can attract, well,  I already dont have the bell wire in my sockets, so I just paid £1.20 for nothing, so it isnt a win win situation for me, ahwell, maybe if I move house in the future it might come in handy then :)

But still a good find for the majority of ADSL users BritBrat, as I would assume that the majority of residential phone lines in the Uk still have the bellwire still hooked up inside, thus causing alot of people alot of problems that they ordinarily wouldnt have to put up with if they didnt have the bellwire or had an I-Plate in the first place.

Seems like BT have discovered non-BT Broadband customers are trying this. I placed an order for the I-Plate a couple of days ago and last night received this email:

 Thank you for placing an order on bt.com. Please see the details
below.

If this issue is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may reopen it
within the next 7 days.

Thank you for choosing BT

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Your BT.com order to agent : BT Broadband Accelerator


Discussion Thread
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Response (Michael Orr) - 09/07/2009 11:13 PM   
Dear *****

Thank you for your recent request for a BT Broadband Accelerator.

According to our records you are not a BT Total Broadband customer. As this offer is limited to BT Total Broadband customers only this request will not be progressed.

You can buy a BT Broadband Accelerator - also known as an “I-Plate” - at the online BT Shop. Please see www.shop.bt.com/iplate for details.


Best wishes,

Michael Orr

BT.com Orders Team

Looks like they have caught onto the fact that non BT BB users are trying to get a cheap iplate, 4days after I made my post is when my one arrived, so they were still giving them out then, but its probably changed now :(

It didnt do anything for my connection anyway, so its no big loss and if you want you can manually disconnect the bell wire in the phone socket and get the same performance as the iplate would give.

EDIT

Thank you for placing an order on bt.com. Please see the details
below.

If this issue is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may reopen it
within the next 7 days.

Thank you for choosing BT

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DoomWolf:

I pay my line rental to BT, but my calls go through Sky Talk. Perhaps that put up some sort of flag on my account with BT.

I have BT line rental but CPS through primus telecom.

Not free this time but cheap.

BT I-plate - £6.63 Free Delivery @ BT Shop.

http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-i-plate-58LT.html