Yes and hopefully the line won't melt over the coming years

Although I live in a rural area I will probably have to make the router sync lower than 4Meg later on in the year as that signal noise margin might not be enough to battle against the noisy darker nights and the dreaded Christmas lights especially as the outdoor ones have become so popular with some folk, there are quite a few holiday homes nearby

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OP may have an Virgin ADSL MAX service though...are you on ADSL2?

I thought we were on ADSL2 but this morning the Virgin Tech Support assistant said it looked as though our exchange had not been upgraded. I just don't know whether this is the case or not since different engineers and operatives tell very different stories. Is there any way I can check this myself?

I usually check from the router stats but maybe the N150 doesn�t display that info? However an upstream connection rate of 448Kbps suggests ADSL MAX...

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Yes and hopefully the line won't melt over the coming years

Although I live in a rural area I will probably have to make the router sync lower than 4Meg later on in the year as that signal noise margin might not be enough to battle against the noisy darker nights and the dreaded Christmas lights especially as the outdoor ones have become so popular with some folk, there are quite a few holiday homes nearby

It�ll be alright

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In reply to a post by MinnieMinno:

In reply to a post by 4M2:

OP may have an Virgin ADSL MAX service though...are you on ADSL2?

I thought we were on ADSL2 but this morning the Virgin Tech Support assistant said it looked as though our exchange had not been upgraded. I just don't know whether this is the case or not since different engineers and operatives tell very different stories. Is there any way I can check this myself?

I usually check from the router stats but maybe the N150 doesn�t display that info? However an upstream connection rate of 448Kbps suggests ADSL MAX...

If your exchange becomes 21CN and your ISP is Plusnet then the downstream speed should automatically increase if all is well with the connection but you have to contact them to get an increase in the upstream speed from 448kbps.

Non-LLU

As in your connection appears from info we have seen to be a BT Wholesale based service, rather than LLU, where Cable and Wireless have their own hardware in the telephone exchange, and it is C&W who actually run the Virgin National service.

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If your exchange becomes 21CN and your ISP is Plusnet then the downstream speed should automatically increase if all is well with the connection but you have to contact them to get an increase in the upstream speed from 448kbps.

Yes an upstream sync of 448Kbps is not always a very reliable indication that a connection is 20CN.

OP is using a MAC so I'm not sure how to check for DSL type using the CLI Terminal?

Edited by 4M2 (Fri 14-Sep-12 17:19:14)

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http://www.robertos.me.uk/html/what_is_llu-.html

Which exchange is it please?

Exchange is DINAS MAWDDWY, between MACHYNLLETH and DOLGELLAU. The code is 01650 531xxx.

http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Telnet-on-Mac-OS-X

This info says that there are no LLU providers within the exchange and that it has not been upgraded to 21CN, and there is no Virgin cable service.

Therefore your ISP is providing you an ADSL Max (up to 8Megs) connection from the 20CN exchange using the BTW equipment within it.

A friend of mine is on a Market 1 exchange just like that one - best service that he's had has been with BT, although his attenuation is a lot less