Be Broadband

this is what I read everywhere...but as soon as I was put on fastpath I could sync almost 1mbit higher.

:confused:
 
I'm pretty sure Interleaving did affect my connection, i can't remember which way it if it was more or less, but it was about 1-1 1/2Mb.

Also if it's not been covered already (sorry aint got time to trawl through the thread) Be* can and will adjust your SN Margin which can give an speed increase or more reliability.

Mine a.t.m, on Be* Pro

Uptime: 0 days, 12:46:17
Modulation: G.992.5 Annex M US 56
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,966 / 17,441
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]: 7.47 / 24.80
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 13.0 / 17.5
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.5 / 31.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 3.0 / 3.0 <---- Borderline SN margin :eek:
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / µ
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): 1,951 / 0 <--- due to low SN margin
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 1,226,284 / 3,605
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 435,011 / 1,676

Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong.......i'm always right 40% of the time :p
 
Questions:

1. Is the only difference between Be Unlimited & Be Pro the upload speed?
2. How is the best way to tell what speed you will get when you sign up? Apparently I'm 5.1km from the exchange and will get 0.5Mb but that's a load of rubbish. I get 3Mb with BT Broadband and that's only ADSL Max. I know I could sign up and find out but if it's the same as the speed I get from BT then I've wasted my time and 4 years I've been with BT which brings my price way down from the advertised price. (I pay £20 for unlimted 8mb, instead of £26)
 
Kemik said:
Questions:

1. Is the only difference between Be Unlimited & Be Pro the upload speed?
2. How is the best way to tell what speed you will get when you sign up? Apparently I'm 5.1km from the exchange and will get 0.5Mb but that's a load of rubbish. I get 3Mb with BT Broadband and that's only ADSL Max. I know I could sign up and find out but if it's the same as the speed I get from BT then I've wasted my time and 4 years I've been with BT which brings my price way down from the advertised price. (I pay £20 for unlimted 8mb, instead of £26)
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Post your line stats, that will give some indication
 
A[L]C;11421844 said:
Post your line stats, that will give some indication
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Uptime: 0 days, 0:21:47
Modulation: G.992.1 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 448 / 2,912
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]: 7.07 / 138.86
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 11.5 / 18.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 31.5 / 58.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 16.0 / 12.0
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / ALCB
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 / 99
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
Line Profile: Interleaved
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Thanks.

Note: My line has been having some problems the past few days. Where I normally see download speeds of 300KB/s I'm seeing a range from 90KB/s to 150KB/s. It's not been stable to say the least.
 
Kemik said:
Questions:

1. Is the only difference between Be Unlimited & Be Pro the upload speed?
2. How is the best way to tell what speed you will get when you sign up? Apparently I'm 5.1km from the exchange and will get 0.5Mb but that's a load of rubbish. I get 3Mb with BT Broadband and that's only ADSL Max. I know I could sign up and find out but if it's the same as the speed I get from BT then I've wasted my time and 4 years I've been with BT which brings my price way down from the advertised price. (I pay £20 for unlimted 8mb, instead of £26)
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1. Yes, a.f.a.i.k.
2. I'm not sure about this, I was under the assumption that as you state you get just under half the quoted 8 meg, then you should get just under half of whatever speed you sign up for? I may be wrong though and hopefully someone will correct me (for your sake :p ) but on a side note Be* state

How long is the Be contract?
For our Be unlimited and Be pro products, there is no contractual period, we simply ask for 3 months notice in writing to cancel your contract without incurring any additional cancellation charges.

If you choose Be Value, your initial contract period is 1 year. After the first year, we simply ask for 1 months notice in writing to cancel your contract without incurring any additional cancellation charges.
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So you could try it for a few months and if it's not what you where hoping for, go back to BT :thumbs:
 
Kemik said:
Thanks.

Note: My line has been having some problems the past few days. Where I normally see download speeds of 300KB/s I'm seeing a range from 90KB/s to 150KB/s. It's not been stable to say the least.
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I would say between 3mb and 4mb.



BTW check your email
 
thepigf@rmer said:
So you could try it for a few months and if it's not what you where hoping for, go back to BT :thumbs:
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I could try it, but I'd lose my discount with them if things went wrong and I decided to go back.

Thanks for the email btw. I'm guessing from the size of this thread you would all recommend Be There over BT? The guy from BT reckons (even though Be There took no personal details) because they asked for a MAC code they'll use ADSL and that ADSL2+ or LLU (forgotten which he said) doesn't support MAC codes. Is talking out of his back end?
 
Kemik said:
I could try it, but I'd lose my discount with them if things went wrong and I decided to go back.

Thanks for the email btw. I'm guessing from the size of this thread you would all recommend Be There over BT? The guy from BT reckons (even though Be There took no personal details) because they asked for a MAC code they'll use ADSL and that ADSL2+ or LLU (forgotten which he said) doesn't support MAC codes. Is talking out of his back end?
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Thats rubbish. They will ask for your MAC code
 
get through to te migrations dept at BT, my recent email from the o2/Be states they dont need a mac code but its alwys good to hand it over. I signed up online & gave my mac mind. Bt are quite iffy when asking for the code & will try alsorts to fob you off with free stuff or the you will have to wait a week. If ypur really lucky this will be a simple process when you dial 150 or 0800 800 900 (0800 800 1030)

Kev!
 
A[L]C;11421897 said:
I would say between 3mb and 4mb.
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Phoned Be today and they said because my line is 5km from the exchange (2.5km as crow flies, 3.2km by road) I'd only get 0.5 mb.

Surely that's not right if I already got 2 mb from BT?
 
So I'm 2.18km from the exchange as the crow flies, yet 6km as the road goes :( My speed is only 2mb. Back to VM it is. Is there anything that might be making it seem like the line is longer than it is?

Here are my line stats:
Uptime: 0 days, 0:06:20
Modulation: G.992.5 Annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 818 / 2,798
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]: 1.49 / 6.53
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 18.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 38.0 / 67.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 5.5 / 6.0
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / µ
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 16 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 4 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 1,856 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 48,071
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 385 / 1,494
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 179 / 1,392

What's all those errors at the bottom?
 
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