Advice needed on changing ISP (Poor SNR)

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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
 
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.
 
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.
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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 :)
 
Sorry if i wasn't clear, but you can only adjust (to my knowledge) the SNR thresholds on the Be supplier routers, tools may exist for other routers but i don't know of any.

I have the Linksys AM200 running in bridge, it's been on and untouched since january (when i bought it) and it's been flawless.
 
doofer said:
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
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Just thought Id drop this pointless fact in the mix:

Im currently on nildram and Im sick of their crazy throttling so Im switching to Be* too :) How can I tell if my line is poor or not? Im living in an old area of the city...
 
dave-lew99 said:
Sorry if i wasn't clear, but you can only adjust (to my knowledge) the SNR thresholds on the Be supplier routers, tools may exist for other routers but i don't know of any.

I have the Linksys AM200 running in bridge, it's been on and untouched since january (when i bought it) and it's been flawless.
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Lots of routers let you change the target SNR.

If you're going Be though by far the best router choice is the DG834GT (in terms of cheapness and performance). More stable and higher sync speeds than the Be-provided Speedtouch rubbish.
 
How can you say you've got a bad SNR when you're connecting at 7616?

ADSL max uses adaptive line rate which means it will set the lowest SNR margin it can in order to get you the highest connection speed.
 
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
 
IAmATeaf said:
How can you say you've got a bad SNR when you're connecting at 7616?
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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
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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 :(
 
doofer said:
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:
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The default target is 6dB and you're not at full rate, so there's no reason it should be a major issue.
 
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