Trifid said:
IIRC, ADSL2+ is 21 Century Access. The two are related but separate.
Fibre to the Kerb/Fibre to the Home (the latter is extremely unlikely to happen in the next 50 years), and you're unlikely to gain the 3Mbps that AOL claim.
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IIRC, ADSL2+ is 21 Century Access. The two are related but separate.
Fibre to the Kerb/Fibre to the Home (the latter is extremely unlikely to happen in the next 50 years), and you're unlikely to gain the 3Mbps that AOL claim.
Between 50-55dB is where ADSL2+ and ADSL converge in terms of speed so with your line at 53dB the odds are you'd see no improvement at all with ADSL2+ and you are pretty close to the point where a provider like BE for example wouldn't offer you an ADSL2+ service at all.
Just for clarity, your line should be capable of a faster connection right now, but it looks like your earlier problems have caused your SNR target to be raised, that is why your sync is as low as it is.
If that problem was removed you'd have a faster connection on ADSL but even then going to ADSL2+ would not make much of a difference.
If your attenuation was lower then there would be an advantage in ADSL2+ but unless the internal wiring in your house is really poor I doubt you can do much about the attenuation. You can try plugging into the test socket behind the master socket face plate to see if that changes the attenuation but if not then you are pretty much stuck with that.
If your line is a lot more stable than it was you could try to get your ISP to request a reduction in the SNR target but that isn't easy to achieve with a lot of ISPs.
If that problem was removed you'd have a faster connection on ADSL but even then going to ADSL2+ would not make much of a difference.
If your attenuation was lower then there would be an advantage in ADSL2+ but unless the internal wiring in your house is really poor I doubt you can do much about the attenuation. You can try plugging into the test socket behind the master socket face plate to see if that changes the attenuation but if not then you are pretty much stuck with that.
If your line is a lot more stable than it was you could try to get your ISP to request a reduction in the SNR target but that isn't easy to achieve with a lot of ISPs.
The test socket only connects to the outside world and removes any effect that may be there from internal wiring in the house.
In your case you may find that just removing the 10m router cable will help, but start with a check connecting to the Test Socket using a short cable not the 10m one.
You'll see in another thread here it is suggested that it is better to use CAT5 cable for a long RJ11 run rather than the often poor quality extension cables you can buy
In your case you may find that just removing the 10m router cable will help, but start with a check connecting to the Test Socket using a short cable not the 10m one.
You'll see in another thread here it is suggested that it is better to use CAT5 cable for a long RJ11 run rather than the often poor quality extension cables you can buy