IS MY ROUTER/PHONE LINE OK?

ekam · 14 Jul 2009 at 19:58

I'm on sky broadband 2 meg but i only get 1.7 meg, ive removed the bell wires but there may be more arround the house but what i want to know is are these statistics ok for my router or are they slowing my internet down?

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 2048 kbps 416 kbps
Line Attenuation 45.0 db 28.5 db
Noise Margin 22.5 db 13.0 db

siumatfung · 14 Jul 2009 at 20:04

it depends on ur distance to the exchange

satriani1412 · 14 Jul 2009 at 20:19

my exchange is 2 miles away, i get 'up to' 8mb.

currently getting 1.4 -.-'

siumatfung · 14 Jul 2009 at 21:21

just lol

chuffnut · 14 Jul 2009 at 22:49

Yeah those stats look about right.
You have to take 15% off your connection speeds for overheads.
In other words if you connect at 2000kbs your max download will be about 1700kbs.
I'm also with sky on the max package with worse line stats then you and i connect at 6000kbs.
It would be worth upgrading to the mid package.

westom · 14 Jul 2009 at 23:06

ekam said:
... but what i want to know is are these statistics ok for my router or are they slowing my internet down?

We look at that two mile distance to know what it should be. And then we also measure signal strength to know what exists. Your signal strength suggests the wiring is OK.

However I routinely avoid your concern. For example, an unidentified POTS device may create intermittent problems later. So I usually route the DSL directly to the service entrance. Then filter all other phone lines using one filter at that same location. If any wire or unidentified device exists, the one filter better located at the service entrance eliminates that problem AND makes future troubleshooting easier.

MiNxYyY · 14 Jul 2009 at 23:19

Ive just had my 50meg virginmedia package done

average speed through out the day has been 49 meg

so happy

Mattus · 15 Jul 2009 at 02:37

You're connected at 2048Kbps, which is exactly 2Mbps - if you're on a 2Mb package, your connection is working exactly as it should. As chuffnut says, you lose some of the speed to overheads.

It seems like it'd be well worth upgrading your package, though. Your other stats suggest that you could connect much faster if you were on a higher package - probably about 4-6Mbps.

tolien · 15 Jul 2009 at 02:58

How do you "only get 1.7Mbps"?

If it's up to 2Mbps, you should really expect to connect at 2272kbps because you'll lose ~12% to overheads.

pennywise · 15 Jul 2009 at 10:40

tolien said:
How do you "only get 1.7Mbps"?

If it's up to 2Mbps, you should really expect to connect at 2272kbps because you'll lose ~12% to overheads.

Likely speedtest.net :rolleyes: