Advice needed on changing ISP (Poor SNR)

doofer · 18 Apr 2008 at 18:46

I've just found out Be LLU will be activated on my Exchange on the 30th of April and I'm seriously considering switching over from Nildram, the problem I have is: My SNR is 4-5db which by all accounts should cause drop-outs from what I've read here, weird thing is, I've never suffered any drop-outs, the line is 100% rock solid and always has been, I can get 650Kb/s when Nilly aren't throttling (So that's from 3am to 6am then... :rolleyes:

) even though I'm only about 500M from the Exchange (Very old wiring apparently..)

So, I know my line is not the best and this is where I'm worrying changing to Be and ADSL2 might start giving me problems, just trying to work out really if it's worth risking any such problems with having a poor line? I would need a new Router too as my current does not support ADSL2 and I'm also thinking maybe this could exacerbate any SNR drop-out problems?

I really want a reliable line and I'm quite willing to sacrifice speed for reliability so is it worth switching? :confused:

Current Stats from Router:

ADSL Link Speed 7616 kbps 448 kbps SNR 4.5 dB - ATEN 21 dB 12 dB

doofer · 18 Apr 2008 at 21:09

dave-lew99 said:
Be* will supply you with a router and there is a tool which works with them that allows you to adjust the thresholds - meaning you can link at a lower more reliable speed if there are problems.

I'm with them and never had a problem, although i'm not using their router as i hate SpeedTouch products.

Ahh Thanks that's good to know, I'd be looking at a Linksys wired ADSL2 Modem/Router rather than the supplied one I think

doofer · 18 Apr 2008 at 22:52

Only way I can see the info is by going to the Line Condition page in my Router.

doofer · 19 Apr 2008 at 16:49

IAmATeaf said:
How can you say you've got a bad SNR when you're connecting at 7616?

Because the Router reports the SNR as 4-5db, from reading other threads on here this should be a major problem causing drop-outs, but like I say the line is 100% rock solid :confused:

dave-lew99 said:
I don't think the OP is changing ISP because of an SNR issue, more for the extra speed he could get and is just wondering if he will actually see any extra speed because of his SNR

I'm considering changing purely due to Nildram's 20hr a day throttling. They used to be so good until Pipex and then Tiscali took them over