vm line stats help

[Psypher5]

ok our vm 20meg connections is stupid, we dont even get 10meg. or 5meg.. or 1meg sometimes.

Now i know the exchange is crowded (students..) but i want to take this further and start hassling VM so need to get my facts straight.

I know nothing of the modem stats meanings so help? I'll post them below:



Acquire a Downstream Channel 402750000 Hz Locked
Connectivity State OK Operational
Boot State OK Operational

Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Channel Id : 0
Downstream Frequency : 402750000 Hz
Downstream Modulation : QAM64
Downstream Symbol Rate : 5056.941 Ksym/sec
Downstream Interleave Depth : taps32Increment4
Downstream Receive Power Level : -9.0 dBmV
Downstream SNR : 30.3 dB

Upstream Lock : Locked
Upstream Channel ID : 2
Upstream Frequency : 29200000 Hz
Upstream Modulation : QAM16
Upstream Symbol Rate : 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream transmit Power Level : 42.5 dBmV
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 2


This is also constant too:

Tue Feb 10 17:43:20 2009 Tue Feb 10 17:43:20 2009 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - ...
Tue Feb 10 14:02:22 2009 Tue Feb 10 14:02:22 2009 Warning (5) DHCP RENEW WARNING - Field invalid in response
Tue Feb 10 08:43:00 2009 Tue Feb 10 08:43:00 2009 Critical (3) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - ...
Sun Feb 08 01:35:40 2009 Sun Feb 08 01:35:40 2009 Information (7) CableModem software upgrade failed
Sun Feb 08 01:35:40 2009 Sun Feb 08 01:35:40 2009 Error (4) SW upgrade Failed after download - Incompatible SW file
Sun Feb 08 01:35:40 2009 Sun Feb 08 01:35:40 2009 Information (7) SW dload: Invalid image signature!
Sun Feb 08 01:35:37 2009 Sun Feb 08 01:35:37 2009 Notice (6) SW Download INIT - Via Config file cmreg-ntlhm250-rts22.cm
Sun Feb 08 01:35:37 2009 Sun Feb 08 01:35:37 2009 Information (7) CableModem software download started
Sun Feb 08 01:35:36 2009 Sun Feb 08 01:35:36 2009 Information (7) Software upgrade has started.
Sun Feb 08 01:35:35 2009 Sun Feb 08 01:35:35 2009 Information (7) A software upgrade filename was specified in the config file.



to mee the downstream power levels seem low, and snr seems high?
upstream power level seems high too?

Thanks for any info or help

 

[Psypher5]

Network Access : Allowed
Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 20480000
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 768000
Maximum Upstream Channel Burst : 1600


stupid question.. (never done it so, not that stupid) how would i access the news group?

oo think ive got it throguh windows live mail