Is there any router settings for adsl2 if I where to use my own router, as I've found this page

http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/hardware/broad...

which seems to point to adsl and not adsl 2

Do you mean ADSL2, or ADSL2+? Those are right for all three variants, but specifying ADSL2 would be elsewhere. Those are simply the login instructions.

Do you think we should be suggesting people run Plusnet's own speed test at www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk to get an idea of the speeds they might get on Plusnet?

pity we don't have a "I am being a stirring so and so" smiley

Guilty as charged!

Sorry let me put this a different way I'm on O2 which use LLU (pppoe 0 101 llc settings) do plusnet have LLU exchanges or is it 21CN using pppoa 0 38 vc and if so which is better has I've got a bit of a long line and getting about 4mb my exchange is adsl/adslmax/21 CN enabled. with some LLU operators.

Sorry for more questions just getting my head round it all, been on O2 for far to long

Plusnet is not LLU. It is BT Wholesale based and yes it is 21CN. Except 21CN is no longer the correct term. It is ADSL2+ via BT Wholesale WBMC (Wholesale Broadband Managed Connect).

I was on O2 LLU for years with the settings you quote, at 5-6Mbps. Attenuation around the 50dB area. The settings you found for Plusnet are correct - just they ought to update the wording from ADSL to ADSLx.

....... with some LLU operators.

Would that be TalkTalk and Sky who have taken over tbe O₂ consumer home broadband and home phone?

In reply to a post by Apprentice:

....... with some LLU operators.

Would that be TalkTalk and Sky who have taken over tbe O₂ consumer home broadband and home phone?

The LLU people on my exchange is

AOL
O2/BE
Sky
Talk Talk.

Thanks for that Robert so should my speed stay roughly the same then on PN, I have Attenuation of 49 db and Noise margin of 5.4 syncing at 4790.

Assuming there are no issues either side of the master socket you could in theory get speeds in the range of 3950Kbps to 6500Kbps using ADSL2+ mode according to this:- http://ipsite.org/1s4g

I've not got any LLU providers in my 20CN exchange so can't comment from experience, plenty of users with TT and Sky are probably happy enough whereas others are not.

So far my Plusnet connection has been reliable I don't get fast speeds as the exchange is so far away (61.5dB downstream attenuation) but that has nothing to do with the ISP.

Support from PN staff / Digital Care Team via the PN Community forum is very good - especially just now with a CS and phone line revamp happening resulting in 20 to 60 minute periods waiting to get your call answered.

Edited by Apprentice (Fri 20-Dec-13 18:44:43)