--- title: Doing Gigabit Ethernet Over My British Phone Wires description: A detailed account of achieving gigabit speeds over existing phone wiring using gigacopper G4201TM adapters. The author shares their journey from struggling... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/doing-gigabit-ethernet-over-my-british-phone-wires-qnlmdaghe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Doing Gigabit Ethernet Over My British Phone Wires | daily.dev og:description: A detailed account of achieving gigabit speeds over existing phone wiring using gigacopper G4201TM adapters. The author shares their journey from struggling... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/doing-gigabit-ethernet-over-my-british-phone-wires-qnlmdaghe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qNlMdAgHe.png og:image:alt: Doing Gigabit Ethernet Over My British Phone Wires og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Doing Gigabit Ethernet Over My British Phone Wires **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 9 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A detailed account of achieving gigabit speeds over existing phone wiring using gigacopper G4201TM adapters. The author shares their journey from struggling with unreliable powerline adapters (180 Mbps) to successfully implementing G.hn technology over British phone lines, achieving 1.7 Gbps physical layer speeds. Includes practical details about ordering from Germany, navigating UK import procedures, choosing the correct InHome firmware variant, and dealing with the chaotic reality of daisy-chained British phone socket wiring. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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