We've had customers contact us regarding some information currently on the Internet. This information claims if your NTE5 has the moulding for the bell wire filter then you are OK. Unfortunately this is NOT the case. There was a transitional period when the moulding was in place but the inductor(filter) was not fitted to the PCB. The only way to be sure is to remove the lower faceplate and remove the cover to reveal the ...
Note that we supply the latest version of the NTE5A with the bell wire filter :-
This has proven to improve ADSL performance where installations have extension wiring. NOT all NTE5's have the filter fitted even though the moulding is there!!