Determination of maximum internet speed available, small village

JonJ678 · 5 Aug 2009 at 10:53

Hey guys. Hopefully an easy problem to solve. I have a family friend who is annoyed by their internet connection speed, it's around 1mb and not particularly stable. I think the connection dropping is a result of the antique and dust filled router, so this I can probably solve.

However, how do I find out if it's possible to get a faster connection here? 8mb *if your line will do it* isn't that helpful if the fastest this place can cope with is 1mb. How do I find out what the line will do?

Cheers, and sorry for the vague terminology

Klo · 5 Aug 2009 at 10:58

Enter their number on this page.
http://www.btbroadbandinformation.com/broadband-speed-checker/

Its reasonabley accurate for me, it says 6.5mbps and I get around that

mp260767 · 5 Aug 2009 at 11:44

if it is a small village don't expect too much, i manage to get 1.5-1.7 but any checks i run show as 512 :rolleyes:

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Kmodo · 5 Aug 2009 at 11:54

lol I thought they banded together for fibre optics from thier houses to the exchange

Skidilliplop · 5 Aug 2009 at 12:01

If you put a decent router on the line and get the line stats at 1mbit it'll give you a reasonable Idea. It's not an exact science however.
In remote locations Cable kinda comes into it's own as it's not really affected by distance. IF cable is available that'll probably be the best option for them.

If they get 1meg on ADSL then ADSL2+ might give them a boost but likely only a few hundred kbit if that. ADSL technology just isn't designed for that kind of deployment i'm afraid.

JonJ678 · 5 Aug 2009 at 12:30

Bt think 1.5mb, thanks for the link
We're getting 1mb down, 1/4 up.

Not looking good

Cheers guys

slowrunner · 5 Aug 2009 at 12:42

deadkomodo said:
lol I thought they banded together for fibre optics from thier houses to the exchange

Sure I've heard of the odd village ganging up on BT to upgrade the equipment in their area, dont think many have gotten far with it though.

john_s · 5 Aug 2009 at 13:50

We're in a village and quite a way out from the exchange. Typical connection for the last 12 months or so used to be 1700Kb/s, with quite a bit of disconnection.

I've just changed the router; the new one connects at 3300Kb/s and is much more stable.

SlyReaper · 5 Aug 2009 at 13:58

BT reckon my maximum speed is 4.5Mb/s, but I'm getting at least 7.

Tripnologist · 5 Aug 2009 at 14:11

BT reckons I should be able to get up to 6.5. I'm currently synced at 24.5.

Skidilliplop · 5 Aug 2009 at 15:22

Tripnologist said:
BT reckons I should be able to get up to 6.5. I'm currently synced at 24.5.

Did you by chance use an ADSL test not an ADSL2+ one? It's not spot on but it's rarely THAT inaccurate.

marc2003 · 5 Aug 2009 at 15:37

Skidilliplop said:
Did you by chance use an ADSL test not an ADSL2+ one? It's not spot on but it's rarely THAT inaccurate.

well i'm guessing he used the checker linked to above which is bog standard adsl. and he's feeling the need to show off his LLU connection speed. it's just willy waving tbh.

ANDARIAL · 5 Aug 2009 at 21:32

john_s said:
We're in a village and quite a way out from the exchange. Typical connection for the last 12 months or so used to be 1700Kb/s, with quite a bit of disconnection.

I've just changed the router; the new one connects at 3300Kb/s and is much more stable.

Which make and model number please
I am in the same boat as the OP 3.3 miles from the exchange,cabinet in the next village over,strugle to get over 2 meg with dg834 gt with dgteam firmware,always on the lookout for a better router for my poor quality long line

john_s · 5 Aug 2009 at 22:27

ANDARIAL said:
Which make and model number please
I am in the same boat as the OP 3.3 miles from the exchange,cabinet in the next village over,strugle to get over 2 meg with dg834 gt with dgteam firmware,always on the lookout for a better router for my poor quality long line

Netgear DG834 (says v4 on the label) without any wireless, just running the firmware that it came with. Bought it from here.

ANDARIAL · 6 Aug 2009 at 06:56

john_s said:
Netgear DG834 (says v4 on the label) without any wireless, just running the firmware that it came with. Bought it from here.

Ahh i see mine is bettter then

.Have got one of those too and is not as good as the gt.
Thax for the reply though

Tripnologist · 6 Aug 2009 at 11:39

marc2003 said:
well i'm guessing he used the checker linked to above which is bog standard adsl. and he's feeling the need to show off his LLU connection speed. it's just willy waving tbh.

No, I'm pointing out that I would obviously (and did) receive the max adsl sync of 8MB while this test says my max should have only been 6.5 while on adsl. 1.5MB difference is still quite a bit imo. If I wanted to willy wave, I would have it in my sig along with my system stats.

Skidilliplop · 6 Aug 2009 at 11:53

Tripnologist said:
No, I'm pointing out that I would obviously (and did) receive the max adsl sync of 8MB while this test says my max should have only been 6.5 while on adsl. 1.5MB difference is still quite a bit imo. If I wanted to willy wave, I would have it in my sig along with my system stats.

It refers to the profile speed not the raw sync rate. It rates me at 5.5Mbit which is spot on for my profile and throughput. My actual sync rate was something like 7.2Mbit with some tweaking.

marc2003 · 6 Aug 2009 at 11:56

Tripnologist said:
No, I'm pointing out that I would obviously (and did) receive the max adsl sync of 8MB while this test says my max should have only been 6.5 while on adsl. 1.5MB difference is still quite a bit imo. If I wanted to willy wave, I would have it in my sig along with my system stats.

i'm sorry, you've lost me there.

Tripnologist said:
BT reckons I should be able to get up to 6.5. I'm currently synced at 24.5.

no mention here of the 8mb sync when you were on your standard adsl serice at all? :confused:

what purpose did your posting of your LLU sync speed serve in this thread?

GunRunner · 6 Aug 2009 at 18:06

ANDARIAL said:
Ahh i see mine is bettter then .Have got one of those too and is not as good as the gt.
Thax for the reply though

I have the DG834G V4 and the DG834GT and with the DGTeam software loaded on both, I have found the DG834 V4 to be faster on average all the time. There has got to be differences in individual hardware samples as well as the timing (differing sync speeds) of disconnecting one and reconnecting the other though.