ADSL Line Stats

[NeilMick]

Unfortunately it's all im able to get where I live, I've tried ADSL1, ADSL and ADSL2+ and ADSL1 is the fastest sync rate. Just wondering if the below seems normal or if there is any way to improve it? I am 1.4km from the exchange as the crow flys.


SNR Margin 6.5 15.0 db

Line Attenuation 61.5 31.5 db

Data Rate 2144 448 kbps

 

[Geek.]

Unfortunately it's all im able to get where I live, I've tried ADSL1, ADSL and ADSL2+ and ADSL1 is the fastest sync rate. Just wondering if the below seems normal or if there is any way to improve it? I am 1.4km from the exchange as the crow flys.


SNR Margin 6.5 15.0 db

Line Attenuation 61.5 31.5 db

Data Rate 2144 448 kbps

for a line with a Line Attenuation of 61db i would say your downstream data rate is good

also it does seam your line to the exchange does go the long way around sadly thats why you only have that low speed

do you have virginmedia near you?

 

[DJMK4]

I would say your downstream attenuation seems pretty high, so yeah you probably would struggle to hit 3mb on that really.

You deffo should be getting a bit more than that for that distance though. You usually see that attention on either lines that are just poor quality, or lines that are around 3-4km away.

Make sure you router is in the master socket, try changing the filter and cable. Try plugging the filter in to the test socket behind the master socket and re-check the sync speed.

There is a bell wire mod you can do, if your master socket still has its ring wire attached, remove this as this boosts the sync in most cases. There are guides on the web for this.

Try and plug a phone in to the test socket (with no filter) dial 17070, and press option 2 I think to do a quiet line test, can you hear any noise or crackling on the line?

But yeah, you should be getting more than that on a 1.4km line, (as the crow flies as you say) unless it either takes a really long route or the quality is poor, but that attenuation is pretty high.

 

[NeilMick]

Unfortunately no Virgin Media in my road, presumably witching to an LLU provider will make no difference due to line length?

First problem is I dont have a master socket where the line comes into the house, just looks like some sort of junction box? Should BT fit one of these for free if not?

 

[DJMK4]

Unfortunately no Virgin Media in my road, presumably witching to an LLU provider will make no difference due to line length?

First problem is I dont have a master socket where the line comes into the house, just looks like some sort of junction box? Should BT fit one of these for free if not?

Not really, I really dont think its your line length unless it is taking a stupidly over the top route, more the quality or a fault somewhere I think as I have seen 4.5-6mb syncs plenty of times on them line lengths (I work for an ISP).

I am on BE LLU, and to give you a comparison to your stats

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 19761 kbps 1382 kbps
Line Attenuation 22.0 db 13.7 db
Noise Margin 0.9 db 1.7 db

Ignore my noise margin downstream, I am a bit of a tweaker through my ISP and on the custom firmware on my router.

It may well be worth the switch to LLU, nothing to lose , it should give you better speed, if ADSL2+ was in your area it would improve things, however as its not, and LLU appears to be so you say, I would go LLU (always my preferred choice anyway as the service typically is better)

 

[esK`]

Could pay to take the ring wire out, I'm about 1.6k from my local exchange and I got 7mb when I took it out.

 

[dmsims]

You should be getting about 50% more sync