Any opinions on o2 broadband?

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lmfy2k said:
Thanks guys

i plugged the router into the test socket and i synced at 8mb! like double what i was getting before,

we only use the one master socket in our house so i might try taking the ring wire out as suggested on other sites, is this wise?
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Looks like your wiring was quite messed up, my mate found his problem was down to a faulty phone.

I removed my ring wire and it doubled my speed, you can just get a filtered or iplate if your not sure.
 
sweeet, sounds like a plan, il be happy with 8mb :), it aint no 20mb but it will do..

do you have a definite guide to taking the ring wire out?
 
Two wires is all you need, when testing your phones make sure they ring correctly by trying call back on 1475. Some phones still need filters so they ring. I think that's only if you have extension wires that come off the back of the socket though.
 
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tolien said:
You don't have any extensions?
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we got abot 4 in the house, but something went wrong with the wiring a while back and BT came out and made a new master socket, so we have quad dect phones running from that one socket, does the job.!

looked this morning and now have these:

Uptime: 0 days, 2:19:59
DSL Type: G.992.3 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 263 / 277
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 15.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 48.5 / 66.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 5.0 / 6.0
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 11 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 2 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 2 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 397,148
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 19
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 607 / 7

so since testing the test socket, ive not been able to sync at what i was initially syning at which was 4mb, ahhhhh, this adsl is hard work!!
 
lmfy2k said:
so since testing the test socket, ive not been able to sync at what i was initially syning at which was 4mb, ahhhhh, this adsl is hard work!!
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You can't really blame adsl, thats a bit like blaming channel 4 because you can't watch TV since the fuses in your house blew. :D
 
lmfy2k said:
we got abot 4 in the house, but something went wrong with the wiring a while back and BT came out and made a new master socket, so we have quad dect phones running from that one socket, does the job.!

looked this morning and now have these:

Uptime: 0 days, 2:19:59
DSL Type: G.992.3 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 263 / 277
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 15.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 48.5 / 66.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 5.0 / 6.0
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 11 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 2 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 2 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 397,148
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 19
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 607 / 7

so since testing the test socket, ive not been able to sync at what i was initially syning at which was 4mb, ahhhhh, this adsl is hard work!!
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I'm a bit lost now, are you still in the test socket and have you tried with phones unplugged?

With an attenuation of 66.5db there's next to no chance of 4meg, it would have been good to have seen the stats when you did have it at 4meg though.
 
F2kSel said:
I'm a bit lost now, are you still in the test socket and have you tried with phones unplugged?

With an attenuation of 66.5db there's next to no chance of 4meg, it would have been good to have seen the stats when you did have it at 4meg though.
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hi mate

sorry for confusion, i am not using the test port at the moment, just using it normally.

il try do some more testing when i get home. Been reading up on ring wire though, looks like the way to go, do i have pull out all wires apart from 2 and 5 on each extension in the house? or only on the master socket?
 
I see that makes sense now.

I did remove them all but it shouldn't be needed, I hadn't got a clue what I was doing.

Cya.


Well there you go "above post" what do I know.
 
one last question! :)

if i remove the ring wire from all extensions and some time in the future i go back to cable broadband, would i have to punch the ring wires back into the extensions?
 
I wouldn't know about cable, but putting the wire back isn't that hard. You can get a tool to do it or if you have a thin screwdriver that will work but a lot of people will tell you shouldn't use one.
 
just took out the ring wire, my stats now, still using o2 router and still not using the test socket:

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Uptime: 0 days, 0:01:02
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,252 / 5,245
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 19.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 23.5 / 43.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 7.0 / 6.5
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 58
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 14,941 / 0

getting better, is there any movement in speed you think?


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ok, this is my stats plugged into test port, still using O2 Router:

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Uptime: 0 days, 0:00:53
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,304 / 8,774
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 19.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 23.0 / 42.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 7.0 / 6.5
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 4 / 275
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 4 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 14,946 / 0
 
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Re-syncing can be a bit hit and miss, your speed depends on distance and noise (quality of the line) both yours and BT's.

I see your attenuation has reduced to 43db which is good news it indicates around 7000kbps or more could well be within reach.

Don't try re-syncing in the evening the lines is usually a bit noisier, I find the afternoon is best.


Edit yes nice stats from the test socket.
 
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