Do I need a newer Router for 8Mb ADSL?

Goumet · 15 Nov 2006 at 20:30

I've just moved from Plusnet to Newnet,, with th hope of actually getting somewhere near 8Mb as I'm only 1/2 mile from the Exchange.

Now on plusnet the most I got was 3Mb.

Now I know I'm still in the first 10 Days, but currently the max I've ever got is 3.9MB and thats only once.

Now, I know if I remove the extension from my house, and go straight to the master socket, I get a but more, maybe 1/2Mb, but my mate over the road with a Draytek Router (New) is getting 7Mb.

Is it just that my BT Voyager 2100 is past its sell buy date, and not supporting ADSL Max properly? or is there something else I need to do?

Thanks in advance.

marc2003 · 15 Nov 2006 at 21:33

the 2100 is fine for adsl max and supports the full 8mb. you shouldn't have any issues with it at all.

El_Watcher · 16 Nov 2006 at 13:02

Try and get your Attenuation and SNR from the modem and post it. Maybe that is what is limiting it.

meghatronic · 16 Nov 2006 at 14:33

Can you not 'borrow' his router for 40 secs?

Goumet · 16 Nov 2006 at 17:23

El_Watcher said:
Try and get your Attenuation and SNR from the modem and post it. Maybe that is what is limiting it.

Statistics Downstream Upstream
Line Rate 7136 448
Noise Margin 12.3 dB 26.0 dB
Line Attenuation 14.0 dB 8.0 dB
Output Power 12.1 dBm 19.8 dBm
K (number of bytes in DMT frame) 224 15
R (number of check bytes in RS code word) 16 16
S (RS code word size in DMT frame) 1 8
D (interleaver depth) 32 4
Super Frames 352280 352278
Super Frame Errors 24 0
RS Words 23955108 2994363
RS Correctable Errors 3100 0
RS Uncorrectable Errors 378 0
HEC Errors 24 0
OCD Errors 0 0
LCD Errors 0 0
ES Errors 0 0

davidstone28 · 16 Nov 2006 at 19:55

You never get anything close to 8mb anyway - its a theoretical maximum

Also line quality, quality of wiring in the house etc has a big effect on speeds.

Goumet · 16 Nov 2006 at 20:01

davidstone28 said:
You never get anything close to 8mb anyway - its a theoretical maximum

Also line quality, quality of wiring in the house etc has a big effect on speeds.

Yeah but my neighbour gets between 6 and 7, which I would be happy with.

tolien · 16 Nov 2006 at 20:59

Line Rate 7136 448

You're getting 7Mbps. Your IP rate should increase to match it, assuming that sync rate is stable.

Goumet · 16 Nov 2006 at 21:36

tolien said:
You're getting 7Mbps. Your IP rate should increase to match it, assuming that sync rate is stable.

By IP rate you mean my download speed from speed tests etc? Thats what I'm after.

What do you mean sync rate?

tolien · 16 Nov 2006 at 21:38

Goumet said:
By IP rate you mean my download speed from speed tests etc?

Yup.

What do you mean sync rate?

What I quoted.

Goumet · 16 Nov 2006 at 22:08

tolien said:
Yup.

What I quoted.

In that case my Sync rate has always been fairly consitant, even when on Plusnet.

I guess have I have to wait till the end of my 10 days and see what the speed tests are like then.

Currently there anywhere between 1Mb and 4Mb.

Clarkey · 17 Nov 2006 at 00:55

davidstone28 said:
You never get anything close to 8mb anyway - its a theoretical maximum

BS, I know loads of people with a full 8mb sync rate. I get 7.6 myself.

Goumet · 17 Nov 2006 at 18:49

So....

If I wait till my 10 days are up, I should be able to get 7Mb on a speed test....

If not...what should I do?

DDave · 17 Nov 2006 at 18:53

Clarkey said:
BS, I know loads of people with a full 8mb sync rate. I get 7.6 myself.

8mb sync rate doesn't mean 8mb download speeds.

tolien · 17 Nov 2006 at 18:54

You should see full rate at off-peak times within 3 days of activation (the new BT Speedtest will give you your IP rate) - you almost certainly won't see it at peak times thanks to congestion either at the ISP or within the BTw network.
If it's still stuck, you need to contact your ISP.