Zen ADSL Max From ISDN Order Problem

Gibber · 17 Apr 2006 at 18:57

Hmm I think that straight line distance measurement is just the geographical distance from your premises to the exchange, not the actual cable length.
If you take the cable length into consideration it's usually longer, sometimes quite considerably longer too.

Using that checker it claims that I am 5.26km away from my exchange, however I know for certain the length of my line exceeds 6.5km.

It sounds like your line has similar characteristics as mine, so either you have aluminium in part of your line or your line length is considerably longer than 6.5km or possibly corroded wire is causing you to have a noisy line which is filtering out the DSL signal.

AMDX23800+ · 17 Apr 2006 at 19:06

That isnt straight geographical distance , that is the actual line distance (maybe a little off). Samknows gives you the geographical straight distance (2.8km for me). I do get quite crackly lines, i will report a line fault to BT (again).

tolien · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:15

So it's working out your loop length from a postcode?
I don't think so.

Their results are way off from expected loop length (based on attenuation) for me, and their guess at what I can get is jibberish too:

FixedRate: Amber (possible 2Mbps/1Mbps, can get 500kbps))

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                 Interleave             Fast    Interleave              Fast
Speed (kbps):             0             2272             0               288

AMDX23800+ · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:31

From driving in the car i know that the line is roughly 4-5km long, well in range for adsl :confused:

Burbleflop · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:37

AMDX23800+ said:
From driving in the car i know that the line is roughly 4-5km long, well in range for adsl

What on earth has that go to do with it?

AMDX23800+ · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:30

hahaha sorry i didn't really write it correctly.
I mean, i set the distance measurer thing on the dashboard to 0 and then drove to the exchange and it was roughly 4.5km.

Burbleflop · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:31

AMDX23800+ said:
hahaha sorry i didn't really write it correctly.
I mean, i set the distance measurer thing on the dashboard to 0 and then drove to the exchange and it was roughly 4.5km.

I'll repeat myself, what on earth has that got to do with it?

AMDX23800+ · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:33

Toilen was saying how inaccurate this checker http://www.fmn.uk.net/checker.php was, basically i'm saying that it aint THAT far out for me, probs bout 1/2km out and personally i think BT should make me able to receive ADSL.
Gibber said he has about 6 and a half km of cable from him to the exchange and he has 512k adsl :confused:

lols

Burbleflop · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:35

AMDX23800+ said:
Toilen was saying how inaccurate this checker http://www.fmn.uk.net/checker.php was, basically i'm saying that it aint THAT far out for me, probs bout 1/2km out and personally i think BT should make me able to receive ADSL.
Gibber said he has about 6 and a half km of cable from him to the exchange and he has 512k adsl lols

So what has the distance by road got to do with anything?

I'm not trying to be obtuse, but you seem to be putting far too much weight onto what you think is the route the cable takes.

tolien · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:35

And once again, what's that got to do with anything?

The distance between you and the exchange is near enough irrelevant.

AMDX23800+ · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:37

So you're sayin that it's mainly the line quality and if Alum. is present etc?

AMDX23800+ · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:38

Burbleflop said:
So what has the distance by road got to do with anything?

I'm not trying to be obtuse, but you seem to be putting far too much weight onto what you think is the route the cable takes.

The cables are overhead and follow the whole road round to the exchange.

tolien · 17 Apr 2006 at 23:59

AMDX23800+ said:
So you're sayin that it's mainly the line quality and if Alum. is present etc?

Yes...