Any opinions on o2 broadband?

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Defcon5 said:
I have had O2 broadband for a few weeks now, and it has started to disconnect randomly, starting to get annoying. It if say I click a link, it will take ages, and sometimes an error will come up, something about something refreshing unexpectedly/not fast enough (sorry I realise that is a crap explanation)

This is the stats from my router

Uptime:0 days, 1:56:43
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DSL
Type:G.992.5 annex A
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Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:1,079 / 3,614
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Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]:0.00 / 0.00
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Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]:12.0 / 15.5
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Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:35.5 / 60.0
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SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:6.5 / 8.0
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Vendor ID (Local/Remote):TMMB / BDCM
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Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):0 / 0
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Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):0 / 0
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Loss of Power (Local/Remote):0 / 0
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Loss of Link (Remote):0
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Error Seconds (Local/Remote):38 / 0
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FEC Errors (Up/Down):0 / 2,204,990
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CRC Errors (Up/Down):0 / 4,132
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HEC Errors (Up/Down):138 / 2,346

I dont know much about networking, buit my Attenuation and SNR are bad yes?

My BT line is capable of 4mb according to the email O2 sent me, and Im on their middle 8mb package

Thanks
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Your stats all tie in , with 60db Line attenuation, you are doing very well to get 3.6Mbps @ 8db SNR..

For you, it would be worth looking at 'SNR' Tweaking, you could probably get that upto 5Mbps, but obviously line stability may come into play.
 
Dear ,

Just a note to say that we've completed a health check on the actual speed of your O2 Home Broadband line. The good news is that everything is fine.

We hope that you enjoy your new O2 Home Broadband service, and thanks for choosing O2.

Best regards

The O2 Home Broadband Team.

DSL Status: UP
DSL Modulation Mode: Auto
DSL Path Mode: INTERLEAVED
Downstream Rate: 9365 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 1207 Kbps
Downstream Margin: 6 db
Upstream Margin: 5 db
Downstream Line Attenuation: 39
Upstream Line Attenuation: 39
Downstream Transmit Power: 21
Upstream Transmit Power: 12
LOS Errors: 0
 
Si MPS said:
nah, basically at the beginning of your contract we completely uncap your line so you will sync at the highest your line can cope with. if, after the monitoring period, you don't sync above your package cap (i.e. you took premium but only get 5Mb) we will drop you down to standard at your request, for free, and refund any money you paid extra.
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thanks for the info :) gona stick to premium as with a 834gt i can get just above 8Mb which will do me fine for now
 
Clairvoyant said:
My AM200 over the last couple of days has been losing net connection (I think) how can I tell if its my Modem or o2.
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I don't think there is a way to tell, other than plugging in a different modem/router. If you do so and it still looses connection, chances are its an O2 prob instead of the modem or router.

I've not had any of the slowdowns in speed that we had a few weeks ago but today for some reason a lot of the time I clicked on a web page to view it, it did a "page cannot be displayed" thing.

Click on the same link/page a second time and it loads up fine.

Seems to have been doing that quite regularly recently as well as a strange delay when initially loading a website or page. Progress bar starts off really slowly upon first clicking on a page and takes a while to actually load it up or so it would seem. Then all of a sudden the progress bar shoots up rapidly and the page loads. Just seems to be the initial "Looking for....." bit that takes ages then when its found the page it loads up as per normal.

Anyone else getting that?. :confused:
 
Are there any known issues right now with Be/O2 and torrents?

I think something's up with it, and to check I've just been on TPB on the Top 100 and found a torrent with 3090 seeders (it's something I've no interest in but as its popular is a good test).

It says it's connected but is downloading from 0 of 0 peers :confused:
Another popular torrent is downloading from 2 of 2 peers (TPB says there's loads of seeders available) but it isn't actually downloading, just occasionally downloads 4KB/s.


As far as I know, nothing's been changed on my computer or the modem or the router, and last time I torrented (a month I think) it worked fine..... so me thinks it's something at O2's end?
 
Could it be a port forwarding issue perhaps?.

Although if you have managed to DL torrents previously on the same set up, possibly not. :cool:

Linky HERE regards port forwarding if you are using the o2 supplied Wireless Box II.
 
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Ok I have installed my o2 box to see if my resyncs are my AM200 or o2s problem.

how can I fine out all the other stats beside justthe up and down load speeds.
 
Si MPS said:
what router you using?
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I'm using the O2 Wireless Box II (585v7) as a modem (bridged) and a Linksys WRT600N as the router.

I'm 99% sure no settings have changed on them though.

Haven't ever had to do any port forwarding in the router, but could if it was needed and I knew how.....
 
What info are you looking for in there?.

Your line stats etc are found at Home > Broadband Connection > DSL Connection.
 
DSL Connection

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Uptime: 0 days, 2:41:12
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,282 / 9,649
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00

Is all I can see, no SNr etc etc
 
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ptime: 0 days, 2:45:25
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,282 / 9,649
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 19.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 19.5 / 38.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 6.0 / 5.5
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): 2 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 67 / 129,760
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 67 / 191
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 3,497 / 159

Wow thats a lot of errors
 
As tolien said, don't be concerned with the errors, they don't really count for much in the bigger picture of things. :cool:
 
I would get a new router over the supplied o2 router, I got the Netgear with DGteam firmware installed and its been rock solid, 100 times better than the o2 router.
 
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