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barrymacp · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:06

Is this far from the exchange or will i get a good connection 3.91km from the exchange.

BT Wholesale ADSL
BT Wholesale ADSL Max
Bulldog LLU

I get whats showen up above but will i get a decent connection.

derfderfley · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:12

barrymacp said:
Is this far from the exchange or will i get a good connection 3.91km from the exchange.

BT Wholesale ADSL
BT Wholesale ADSL Max
Bulldog LLU

I get whats showen up above pretty ****but will i get a decent connection.

At that distance you should be able to get at least 2mb, but at the end of the day line quality counts for more than line length.

Oh and edit the sweary out before a passing Don gives you a holiday!

tolien · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:20

The numbers from Samknows are for a straight line from your postcode to the exchange so they're worthless.
Even if you knew the actual loop length you wouldn't be any the wiser - as derfderfley says, the quality's much more important.

barrymacp · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:30

They said i could only get 1mb but i end up gettin 2.5mb downloading a stable 240kb per sec.

tolien · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:32

Assuming at least the attenuation you posted elsewhere is accurate, it's not surprising given you're out of spec for fixed rate 2Mbps, for reference you're nearer 6km from the exchange.

barrymacp · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:33

is there anything i can do or say to bt to get faster

tolien · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:34

You can move to a house with a shorter loop length, or say "here's a big sack of money for a leased line".

barrymacp · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:35

Well my m8 got 8mb and they said his line could only get about 3mb and he downloads 700kb per sec.

tolien · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:36

You could try a) a modem that gives reliable stats and b) connecting directly to the master socket with no extension wiring, but it's unlikely to change things by a large margin.
The planning records were evidently wrong for him, and they're pretty much bang on for you.

barrymacp · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:38

see if im on a contract from bt is there anychance i can still get a mac code.

tolien · 5 Sep 2006 at 20:40

Probably not without paying for the remaining contract term, or any deferred hardware/activation costs.
Migrating wouldn't help anyway - the properties of the copper pair between you and your exchange have nothing to do with your ISP.