In reply to a post by shaneosborne:

Line Attenuation 23.5 dB 14.0 dB

So the line is about 1.5 km, if the cabinet was a lot closer to the exchange than to you it may not give much extra download speed but if the cab is 1km from the exchange and 500m from you the estimate would be pessimistic. Do you know where it is ? Your cab number (from the BT Wholesale availability checker) and most of your postcode may help someone point it out.

In reply to a post by StephenTodd:

For many people the upstream benefit is much greater than the downstream improvement. Anything like online backup, ...

Seconded, when I do upgrade to FTTC it'll be solely because of that. As I'm not a gamer, the ping isn't that important to me (as long as it's not problematic of course...). I realise that fibre has definite advantages over ADSL2+, even at a very similar synch speed, but when weighing the cost up, for me it's the upstream which is the clincher.

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The Cab is approx 400 yds (straight line). That's if indeed running off that cab..

If the line length is anything like 400 yd you should get a lot better than 30Mbps. The BT wholesale checker tells you what cabinet you are connected to if you enter your telephone number.

Try a few postcodes from where the cabinet is located in the address checker, if they are getting 80mbps estimates then you know that address is very near to the cabinet, then see if the cabinet number matches yours.

I'm only 450 meters from my cabinet, yet the checker estimates 36, it used to be 57, and I'm currently getting 47 on fast path.

Well a property where the cab is directly outside gives a result of 52.4Mbps (same cab6).

Hmm, they do seem to have got a tad over-cautious with these estimates now. I'm about 450m from the cabinet, my estimate is now "up to" 54.5/15.7, I get (real-world speeds, not sync speeds) about 67/17.5.

In reply to a post by kasg:

Hmm, they do seem to have got a tad over-cautious with these estimates now. I'm about 450m from the cabinet, my estimate is now "up to" 54.5/15.7, I get (real-world speeds, not sync speeds) about 67/17.5.

Not necessarily because the line may not go straight to from the PCP to the property.

The line to the property closest to my cab is tied in to the FTTC cab on the opposite side of the road, the line from the PCP then goes to a pole on the opposite side of the road next to the fibre cab then back across the road again to the property.

In reply to a post by simon194:

The line to the property closest to my cab is tied in to the FTTC cab on the opposite side of the road, the line from the PCP then goes to a pole on the opposite side of the road next to the fibre cab then back across the road again to the property.

Unless it's an extraordinarily wide road, that should not have much effect on the speed.