Be or O2 (Router stat check)

Scooby_WR1 · 14 Aug 2008 at 22:21

Hi,
i am thinking of switching from BT to either Be or o2 but don"t know what package to go for,
according to Be's site my current speed is 5.0meg and the max i can get is 14meg but from my router stats i thought that it would be faster or is that about right.

Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 448 / 7,616

Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 11.5 / 19.5

Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 17.0 / 29.0

SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 23.0 / 9.5

Thanks,

gurusan · 14 Aug 2008 at 22:25

those are very good stats and I would expect at least 14mbit. I would expect more really...I have terrible stats but can get 16.5mbit with some tweaking on my DG834GT

Scooby_WR1 · 14 Aug 2008 at 22:27

So do you think i should go for o2's 20meg package or be's 24meg or even the 16meg

Thanks,

FrenchTart · 14 Aug 2008 at 23:06

o2's 20 meg - cheaper than be's 24 meg.

I'd personally not think that 16 meg is that likely for you. Prob more like 11-15.

Scooby_WR1 · 14 Aug 2008 at 23:15

Ok thanks i will go for the 20meg first if i cant get any where near then i will downgrade to the 16meg.

Tripnologist · 15 Aug 2008 at 16:58

Depending on what your errors are like, with fastpath and a lower SNR, I wouldn't be surprised if you hit 16MB+.

muon · 15 Aug 2008 at 17:07

I have similar stats on be*

Modulation: G.992.5 Annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,313 / 14,586
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 18.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 16.0 / 32.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 6.5 / 4.0

My SN margin used to be similar to yours but using DMT ive managed to reduce it without instability and gained ~1.5mbps.

Remember your attenuation will be slightly worse on ADSL2+.

muon · 15 Aug 2008 at 17:10

Aekeron said:
o2's 20 meg - cheaper than be's 24 meg.

I'd personally not think that 16 meg is that likely for you. Prob more like 11-15.

Be* upto 24mbps - £18 a month
o2 upto 20mbps - £20 a month

Scooby_WR1 · 15 Aug 2008 at 18:29

OK, well the 20meg is out of the question o2 say i can only get 16meg
and at £10 a month ill be saving £11 so im pleased with that.

Tripnologist · 15 Aug 2008 at 18:39

Read through the O2 thread on here. There was an O2 employee offering a nice discount.

Messiah Khan · 16 Aug 2008 at 10:56

ghost101 said:
Be* upto 24mbps - £18 a month
o2 upto 20mbps - £20 a month

O2 upto 20mbps with discount - £7.50 a month

leoncc · 16 Aug 2008 at 12:24

yeah bout 14-15meg easily ang 16-17 through tweaking.

leoncc · 16 Aug 2008 at 12:25

i have a 35db line and get 14-15.5 consistently.

Wicksta · 16 Aug 2008 at 18:39

Tripnologist said:
Read through the O2 thread on here. There was an O2 employee offering a nice discount.

It was z0mbi3.

The O2 20mbps service is the same as the Be 24mbps one, it's just marketed as 'up to 20mbps' instead.

Tripnologist · 16 Aug 2008 at 19:35

Wicksta said:
It was z0mbi3.

The O2 20mbps service is the same as the Be 24mbps one, it's just marketed as 'up to 20mbps' instead.

It's the same?
So even though they say up to 20MB, I'd be able to keep my current 24.5MB sync if I switched over from Be?