2 lines, same house....different sppeds!

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 10:26

I've got two lines in my house right now and want to cancel one.

I've had one purely for BB which my old work paid for but i don't want it anymore so i'm going to get BB installed on my other line.

I've done a line test on my 'main' line and it says i can have 3mb. When i do a test on my other line, it says 5mb!

any ideas why?

Clarkey · 21 Dec 2006 at 10:34

test != reality

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 10:42

Clarkey said:
test != reality

eh?

tolien · 21 Dec 2006 at 11:09

The "test" means squat (especially given it isn't a test). It's quite possible you'd get exactly the same service on both lines.

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 11:28

tolien said:
The "test" means squat (especially given it isn't a test). It's quite possible you'd get exactly the same service on both lines.

cool thanks...i'll get them to check then.

tolien · 21 Dec 2006 at 11:47

The only way to have any idea (or to run any useful test) is to get an ADSL service on it, and see.

Avalon · 21 Dec 2006 at 20:25

Newer line may be in better condition than the old one hence faster speed, swap the numbers over from old to new and get a MAC to switch provider then disconect the unrequired line. It's a bit of agro but it'll work.

Reality Bites · 21 Dec 2006 at 21:46

the house is only 4 years old.....!

if the lines are crap i'll get BT out....

Ronaldo · 22 Dec 2006 at 00:32

remember new lines will have better cabling so u would expect to get better speed

tolien · 22 Dec 2006 at 01:04

Ronaldo said:
remember new lines will have better cabling so u would expect to get better speed

Not necessarily. Newer lines might be, er, newer, but even that isn't guaranteed (most new installs use spare pairs that could have been lying there as long as the original line has).
At last count, new cabling was lower gauge so you'd expect a higher attenuation per unit length too.

Unless you have a fault, don't expect to get a visit from anyone.

Reality Bites · 22 Dec 2006 at 06:46

Ronaldo said:
remember new lines will have better cabling so u would expect to get better speed

it was just an extension of the pairs already in the house as far as i know.

Beerbaron · 22 Dec 2006 at 07:51

its not uncommon to have 2 lines with different speeds at the same house. the physical line is probably different and possibly the length, the older one probably being the slower speed.