Now migrated to Orange WBC and downstream rate reduced from 8053 kbps to 6758 kbps and Upstream reduced from: 1023 kbps to 888 kbps

Noise margin reduced from 11.4 to 9.3 and Attenuation reduced from 37 to 34

ADSL firmware version : A2pBT009c1.d17d
Connection mode : ADSL2
Type : Fast
Noise margin (dB) : 9.3
Attenuation (dB) : 34.0
Attainable download rate (kbps) : 6810
ADSL status : Connected [0]

Downstream Upstream
Rate (kbps) 6758 888


Also now connection mode ADSL2 ; previously ADSL2+

Hopefully the stats will improve within the next 12 days - I hope!

Edited by deleted (Thu 14-Apr-11 07:43:48)

Hate to tell you this but tales of the ISP trying out slower then faster then slower in the first 10 or so days are just urban myth.

All that happens is this

1. Line connections, negotiates best speeds
2. If system thinks line is unstable they slow you down

At 34dB attenuation you should be on ADSL2+, so ISP may have opted to force an ADSL2 mode, you need first to try forcing ADSL2+ from your modem and if no change, then pester support. ADSL2 to ADSL2+ at 34dB attenuation is lossing you 3 or 4Megs.

NOTE: Your attenuation has not really changes, under ADSL(2) 34dB is right and normal to see it rise by 3dB when switching to ADSL2+ (due to extra frequencies being included in the calculation)

Thanks MrSaffron for your advice.

I have now emailed Orange requesting they put me on ADSL2+.

Orange state on my account that I can achieve an average of 6Mbps if I change package.

At present I am getting 5.5 Mbps on the Thinkbroadband speed test. On LLU it was 6.5Mbps.

In reply to a post by Zak_:

I have now emailed Orange requesting they put me on ADSL2+.

Can't you just force ADSL2+ in your router? The Orange Siemens router certainly can.

You line is capable of Syncing at 10-11 Meg on ADSL2+.

Edited by XRaySpeX (Thu 14-Apr-11 18:08:42)

I have the old Livebox and had a look in the config and cannot find anything to allow me to force to ADSL2+

Edited by deleted (Thu 14-Apr-11 18:39:47)

A few things about the old Livebox: you can't change the ADSL setting from the router configs (or telnet the router); the figures (even error nos) reported by the router don't change whilst it is connected - they are set on connection and only revised on a reboot or reconnnection, and from my experience the ADSL2/2+ setting and Interleave/Fast reporting is sometimes wrong.

That being said have you tried rebooting the router: I found the reported speeds increased and the ADSL2 changed back to 2+, when I did so following the WBC transfer on my line. Only by several hundred kbps though. Perhaps give the router 10 minutes off to enable the line settings to clear properly (a reboot i.e. disconnect/connect by switching off the power NOT a factory reset!). Shouldn't affect the DLM on a single or once a day reboot.

Edited by deleted (Thu 14-Apr-11 19:47:08)

Rebooted as suggested - thanks.

Still on ADSL2 but downstream readings have increased to 7170 and upstream remains at 888.

Attainable download rate (kbps) : 7205 increased.

This is quite interesting, as only in the last few days SamKnows for Dawley Exchange has just shown up as having Orange LLU (previously only LLU at this exchange was TalkTalk (CPW).

Seems strange that they would just LLU an exchange when they're moving people of LLU.

In reply to a post by aramsay:

This is quite interesting, as only in the last few days SamKnows for Dawley Exchange has just shown up as having Orange LLU (previously only LLU at this exchange was TalkTalk (CPW).

Seems strange that they would just LLU an exchange when they're moving people of LLU.

Hi, I would take SamKnows with a pinch of salt, they have probably got it all wrong.
My exchange Knowle was Orange LLU January 2010, I had been waiting and watching for over a year for it to go live, so I could go on Orange LLU, which I did in June 2010.

Previously my exchange was Market 2, but with Orange LLU 2010, it changed to Market 3.

January 2011, I looked at SamKnows and see the date had changed for Orange LLU to 10/09/2008 now I know this to be wrong, as I had been waiting for Orange to be LLU. I email Samknows, point this out, they email me back, and say the date is correct.