Attenuation Problem ?

[philhoole]

Hi,

While I am happy with my BT Broadband connection, I wonder if I should perhaps be getting better download speeds.

I have a Netgear DG834N and it reports the stats below.


ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 8821 kbps 446 kbps
Line Attenuation 40.0 db 19.7 db
Noise Margin 9.6 db 17.8 db



I presume it's the 40dB attenuation which is limiting my download speeds. Is this quite high given that I am exactly 1Km away from the exchange as the crow flies?

As far as I know my exchange is 20Mb enabled.

So, the question is, can I do anything to improve matters or am I stuck as it's the copper path to the exchange which is basically responsible for this.

Should I try the test socket and see if it makes a difference ?

Thanks

 

[philhoole]

I connect directly to the master socket with about a 1m cable to my modem. There is just a single phone in the house is on another socket in another room.

I guess if the attenuation is high then there's probably not much I can do about it.

I am still getting almost 9Mb/s so it isn't a big deal.

 

[philhoole]

I tried it directly into the test socket but the line stats didn't change at all.

So I guess there's not much I can do ?

 

[philhoole]

Thanks everyone - I think I will leave it as it is.

I had heard of the DGTeam custom firmware and I may give it a try at some point.

Marsman - I live exactly 1Km from the exchange measured in a direct line but who knows how long the copper path is...