OK - BeUnlimited users, what speeds are you getting?

NeilF · 24 Apr 2007 at 14:26

Connected yesterday and connecting at about 11,500kbps, and seem to be downloading on tests around 8,500->9,500kbps...

Will be trying to up this though if I can... I was hoping to get around 13,000kbps...

ps: Tried using both the BeBox and my Netgear DG834Gt router, and they were the same...

Windle · 24 Apr 2007 at 14:35

People telling you what they get won't make any difference. You are limited to speed by the "Last Mile" copper BT line and the distance to your exchange. If your synched at 11.5mb but downloading at 8ish i suspect that's your maximum. You may see a slight speed increase if they drop your line down to 10mb for synch, you might be able to max it out then.

Fr0dders · 24 Apr 2007 at 14:57

NeilFawcett said:
Connected yesterday and connecting at about 11,500kbps, and seem to be downloading on tests around 8,500->9,500kbps...

Will be trying to up this though if I can... I was hoping to get around 13,000kbps...

ps: Tried using both the BeBox and my Netgear DG834Gt router, and they were the same...

co-incidentally im getting exactly the same

connecting about 11.5meg, getting just over 8meg downloads depending on server.

thanks for the tip about a 3rd party router, i was wondering if it was worth upgrading the bebox, somebody said they could sync higher with it.

NeilF · 24 Apr 2007 at 14:57

Windle said:
People telling you what they get won't make any difference. You are limited to speed by the "Last Mile" copper BT line and the distance to your exchange. If your synched at 11.5mb but downloading at 8ish i suspect that's your maximum. You may see a slight speed increase if they drop your line down to 10mb for synch, you might be able to max it out then.

Just interested what people are getting

I'm about 1.69km from the exchange...

Fr0dders · 24 Apr 2007 at 14:58

NeilFawcett said:
Just interested what people are getting

I'm about 1.69km from the exchange...

according to ?

Windle · 24 Apr 2007 at 15:02

www.samknows.com

Then availability checker and Locality. For reference i'm estimated 15mb if i switch to Be at 777m Straight line distance. Sounds about right as i max out my 8mb LLU from F2S

Fr0dders · 24 Apr 2007 at 15:06

1.5km as the crow flies

but i know my line length is going to be a lot longer than that due to the way our streets are spread out.

NachT · 24 Apr 2007 at 15:35

I'm getting 12 meg,

mate dont use speedtest.net, I cant get that over 9meg ish, and i've tried both servers closest to me, i get 9 meg down on london ( sometimes ) and 4 meg on that other one.

Downloading from sites thou, I always get the full wack, 1.1 - 1.2MB/s.

NeilF · 24 Apr 2007 at 15:37

It seems that the lower your downstream attenuation figure (mine is 37), the better your ADSL2+ speed should be.

In simple terms what is your "downstream attenuation"?

eg: http://www.dslzoneuk.net/maxspeed2.php

Attenuation.............Approximate Line Length............Potential Connection Speed
32db...................................2.3km.....................................16000kbps
35db...................................2.5km.....................................14500kbps
40db...................................2.9km.....................................11800kbps
45db...................................3.2km.......................................8500kbps
50db...................................3.6km.......................................6500kbps
55db...................................4.0km.......................................4500kbps
60db...................................4.3km.......................................3200kbps
65db...................................4.7km.......................................2000kbps

bad_ass_neil · 24 Apr 2007 at 16:04

I am 1.3ish km from the exchange as the crow flys and i sync at 13.5mb
if i use my test socket i can sync at 15mb

but its not like i will ever use the test socket!

i can download at 1.3-1.4 max but its got to be a fast server.

i sync at 1.3mb down as well

its good enough for me i can almost stream 720p trailers with out a wait from quicktimes site which is nice! role on HDTV over the internet

NeilF · 24 Apr 2007 at 16:06

bad_ass_neil said:
I am 1.3ish km from the exchange as the crow flys and i sync at 13.5mb
if i use my test socket i can sync at 15mb but its not like i will ever use the test socket!

i can download at 1.3-1.4 max but its got to be a fast server.

i sync at 1.3mb down as well

its good enough for me i can almost stream 720p trailers with out a wait from quicktimes site which is nice! role on HDTV over the internet

Yeh, so seems my attentuation is a little high given my distance from the exchange... I'll keep an eye on it and see what Be have to say out of interest...

NachT · 24 Apr 2007 at 16:21

The lower your attenuation, the short the cable to the exchange. If your noise margin is above 6, you could get Be to lower it to 6 and that'd give you a little bit more speed.

Connecting your router to the main BT socket will also help, try not to use any extension wires to your router.

I think, this is just a think, i'm not 100% sure!

Some routers might give you a lower line attenuation. My old netgear gave me 37, and the Be Box gives me 41. But the speed difference in that is like 300 - 500k, basically nothing to me.

bad_ass_neil · 24 Apr 2007 at 16:22

yea my attentuation is 33 as well, so yours is a little high.

but it could all be down to BT's good old copper wires that are playing with you?

have you tryed using the test socket on the master socket? just to see what you could get if you took out all the house wiring

how to HERE

just plug it in to that socket you can see behind the face plate and see what you can get!

Fr0dders · 24 Apr 2007 at 16:41

bad_ass_neil said:
yea my attentuation is 33 as well, so yours is a little high.

my attenuation is 33.5

SNR 6.5

but im still only syncing at 11.5mbs while plugging directly into the master (and only) socket without extensions.

NachT · 24 Apr 2007 at 17:06

MrLOL said:
my attenuation is 33.5

SNR 6.5

but im still only syncing at 11.5mbs while plugging directly into the master (and only) socket without extensions.

umm >.O

You should be getting a little faster than that..

I dont know how much of a difference it would make, but are you using the included RJ11 modem cable? You can get ADSL+2 mega ultra speed cables ( lol ^_< ) that might make a difference.

I don't know if the weather could effect the speed.

Other than that, i'm out of idea's

Vegetarian · 25 Apr 2007 at 13:07

Just connected today to Be* after orange said the max speed my line could take was 0.5meg...

Im syncing at 15.5meg
downloading at 13meg

att 29.5db - 1km crow fly line

Will tweek soon with new faceplate etc

Been downloading off uTorrent all day at 1000kbs steady! Been as high as 1400's but I capped it to 1000kbs.

Psypher5 · 26 Apr 2007 at 02:46

Vegetarian said:
Just connected today to Be* after orange said the max speed my line could take was 0.5meg...

Im syncing at 15.5meg
downloading at 13meg

att 29.5db - 1km crow fly line

Will tweek soon with new faceplate etc

Been downloading off uTorrent all day at 1000kbs steady! Been as high as 1400's but I capped it to 1000kbs.

dont cap it, crazy fool!

Vegetarian · 26 Apr 2007 at 03:11

Wanna save my bandwidth for other stuff as well - other pc's in home use this connection!

xb8browney · 26 Apr 2007 at 07:53

I'm due to be activated on the first. One site says I should get between 6-10meg. Be said 9meg and I got told 7 meg from a Be forum member

iMacMart · 26 Apr 2007 at 11:43

be sure to let us know what you DO get once it's settled