Still not sure what relevance that had to being a new build.

if youre 470 metres then i dont think you wlill get 60, and you have to also have to take into account crosstalk, which means the more people who join the quicker the drop will be on the max attainable.

im 300-350 metres away and get 70, i used to get 80 but as i say crosstalk.

if you do want fibre then i would go with bt, considering it says you can get a max of 53, their lowest package is 52/10, every other isps is 40/10, get that extra 12Mbps without having to pay a ton more.

In reply to a post by arronlowley:

if you do want fibre then i would go with bt, considering it says you can get a max of 53, their lowest package is 52/10, every other isps is 40/10 ....

Uh uh!!!

TalkTalk and Plusnet are 40/2. Probably some others as well.

In reply to a post by arronlowley:

if youre 470 metres then i dont think you wlill get 60, and you have to also have to take into account crosstalk, which means the more people who join the quicker the drop will be on the max attainable.

im 300-350 metres away and get 70, i used to get 80 but as i say crosstalk.

I'm 600 metres from the cabinet, which I was the fourth connection to. That was in 2011 so I'm sure there will be many more now.

Max: Upstream rate = 14201 Kbps, Downstream rate = 65850 Kbps
Bearer: 0, Upstream rate = 14193 Kbps, Downstream rate = 65258 Kbps
............Down Up
SNR (dB): 6.1 6.2
Attn(dB): 19.0 0.0
Pwr(dBm): 13.7 7.4

I pray I'm as lucky. I'm about 550m from ours

If you have ADSL at present, I would recommend you to tidy up etc including Quiet Line Tests, to first get the maximum from that - as it is good preparation for any later upgrade to VDSL.

What do you mean by "Quiet Line tests"?

Dial 17070 if you're on BT.

There is a facility available on most BT lines and on SKY lines, to test the lines for excess noise in the AUDIO Spectrum; but which if present, of ten affects ADSL and VDSL.

With the simplest, preferably corded phone available to you, plug it in to the Master Socket, also often described as an NTE, Network Terminating Equipment, preferably directly without the usual "dangly" xDSL/Modem Filter.

With recent NTEs, this may involve taking off the top which generally has a built-in equivalent, giving access to the otherwise hidden Test Socket.

Plug the old, simple, corded phone in.

On hearing the Dial Tone, Dial 17070

Assuming you get an answer, select Option 2 on BT or Option 4 on SKY, both described as "Quiet Line Test".

Basically, the line should go very Quiet, with possibly an extremely faint constant hum at most.

Listen for at least 5 repetitions of the QLT announcement, about 1 minute total.

(The SKY one is slightly different but achieves similar results.)

Hopefully your line will be "quiet"/clean.

If you hear "SNAP - CRACKLE - POP" or Engineering Tones etc, report is a PHONE LINE Fault to your PHONE Supplier - ie the Company that you pay PHONE Line Rental and any Call Charges to.

AVOID mentioning Broadband in any shape or form.

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If the Line is quiet, reconnect it back to normal, then try the QLT again from any sockets within your house.

If quiet - good.

If noisy, you need to try to locate the source, as generally it will be either faulty equipment somewhere in your house, or faulty phone or electric wiring or possibly induced from TV sets etc.

This may involve working progressively through any such equipment, switching off and preferably unplugging individual items, until hopefully you find the cause.

As the "noise" is not coming in on the phone line, it is for you to sort it out, although your local computer shop may offer the service, at a cost.


It may seem a nuisance and lengthy procedure - it generally is actually very short, from a few minutes to possibly an hour.

And it is highly advisable to sort such aspects out BEFORE upgrading to VDSL - the much higher frequencies involved are much more affected by such faults.

If you check the BT and SKY Web sites, the QLT is mentioned very early in their fault-finding procedures for Customers.