ADSL MAX

Hodders · 6 Jul 2006 at 02:57

I've just upgraded from a 2MB ADSL line to a ADSL MAX line (primarily for the higer uplink speeds).

The service was 'enabled' today (and I have had the confirmation from my ISP).

I've just run a line test and the speeds show as:

Up: 371 Kbps
Down: 1879 Kbps

The BT wholesale line checker shows that I should get:

Downlink of 6.5Mbps to 8Mbps and Up of up to 448Kbps

When should I expect to see the speeds get better ?

crashuk · 6 Jul 2006 at 02:58

Hodders said:
I've just upgraded from a 2MB ADSL line to a ADSL MAX line (primarily for the higer uplink speeds).

The service was 'enabled' today (and I have had the confirmation from my ISP).

I've just run a line test and the speeds show as:

Up: 371 Kbps
Down: 1879 Kbps

The BT wholesale line checker shows that I should get:

Downlink of 6.5Mbps to 8Mbps and Up of up to 448Kbps

When should I expect to see the speeds get better ?

well it really depends on your snr.

bigstevex · 6 Jul 2006 at 03:21

took a few days for mine to increase, the network has to get used to it or something!

Carter · 6 Jul 2006 at 11:54

Mine increased after a couple of hours or so, some others take a few days, all in all wait about 10 days before getting onto your isp.

Hodders · 6 Jul 2006 at 13:56

Should I reset my modem once a day ? Will that help of confuse the DSLAM at the exchange ?

tolien · 6 Jul 2006 at 14:29

Just leave it be. What sync rate is your modem reporting?

Jabbs · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:09

I would ignore the bt wholesale checker, i should get 6 meg but i have been on 3 meg for 2 months now.

zetec452 · 6 Jul 2006 at 19:38

As others have said you will need to leave your router for up to 10 days for the line to establish the best connection speed and reliability. Don't go turning your router off and on as BT will think its breaking and reduce your speed.

Phil99 · 6 Jul 2006 at 20:37

JonRohan said:
As others have said you will need to leave your router for up to 10 days for the line to establish the best connection speed and reliability. Don't go turning your router off and on as BT will think its breaking and reduce your speed.

Best idea seems to be to reboot it once a day actually, just don't go rebooting it constantly and you'll be fine - not everyone leaves their modem/routers on 24/7 and some people use USB modems so BT obviously need to take a few line drops a day in to account.

Roughneck · 6 Jul 2006 at 21:21

Hodders said:
I've just upgraded from a 2MB ADSL line to a ADSL MAX line (primarily for the higer uplink speeds).

The service was 'enabled' today (and I have had the confirmation from my ISP).

I've just run a line test and the speeds show as:

Up: 371 Kbps
Down: 1879 Kbps

The BT wholesale line checker shows that I should get:

Downlink of 6.5Mbps to 8Mbps and Up of up to 448Kbps

When should I expect to see the speeds get better ?

go and download one of the episodes from DL.TV I allways get really high speeds from there (around 800-850) and thats even when other sites are slow