Others network connections near me are to SKY and BT Openzone - I can sometimes see these when I look at available connections..

Do you mean other peoples' wireless networks that your picking up, it could be a signal from say a neighbour's router?

Edit > which exchange is the line connected to?

Edited by Apprentice (Thu 21-Oct-10 15:35:37)

Sam Knows says our exchange (Wellington, Shropshire) has SKY LLU. SKY reckon I could have SKY Broadband Unlimited.

I sometimes see SKY or BT Openzone when I click on the small network icon at the bottom of the screen but I can't pick them up; presumably they are security protected.

More likely too weak, otherwise it would invite you to provide passkey.

You also have TT, AOL and C&W LLU don't you?

What is the amount you are happy to pay per month for a BB connection?

Don't go near O₂ as you can't get any of their LLU based packages from your exchange.

As your exchange is classed as market 3 then Plusnet products (BT IPstream based not LLU) would be cheap to use each month but they Traffic Manage their network which would slowdown any p2p use.

Do you have Sky TV as you can get Sky Broadband LLU packages without having to subscribe to Sky TV.

There are also reseller ISPs like Xilo/Uno and Vivaciti who can supply LLU based packages using the C&W network.

Don't know what I would pay? I can get BT Total Broadband option 3 for £20 a month and I've been reasonably happy although occasionally we lose our connection and have to restart to get it back. I had been considering o2 and Plusnet extra but, given what I now know about their p2p policy since coming on this site, I will not move to either of those networks.

I have SKY TV and my son, who does not live here, uses SKY broadband but he has found recently that his download speed for p2p football matches has been poor - I wonder if SKY is deliberately slowing them down given that they might not want people watching football without paying to view?

I have at last managed to find some stats which may help someone to point me in the direction of better performance of my internet connection - I'm not sure what is and is not relevant so here goes:

VPI/VCI 0/38
Type PPPoA
Modulation ITU-T G.992.1
Latency Type Interleaved
Noise Margin (Down/UP) 12.8 db/16.0 db
Line Atenuation " 53.0 db/31.5 db
Output Power " 17.8 db/12.3 db

Additional information from my ADSL settings (see previous post for main stats):

Loss of Framing (local) 18
Loss of Signal (local) 3
Loss of Power 0
FEC Errors (Down/up) 108423
CRC Errors " 4528/2147480000
HEC Errors nil/0
Error Seconds 5

The connection time was 6 hours:28:56

That huge CRC figure is nothing to worry about - it is a reporting error in the router firmware.

The rest of the stats require a re-read of the thread to see what the problem is, and being very tired and red wine happy it wouldn't be a good time for me to do that.

Tomorrow!

You've omitted the most important figures; what speeds does the router say it is connecting at? Post the whole set again with these that they apply at that moment.

Still missing the all important connection speed values, usually have the units Kbps

Would expect this to be around 4000Kbps on your line. O2 all rounder and Plusnet will connect at similar speeds.

What may be happening is that the line is not totally stable, the hint in is the 12dB noise margin figure, can you check this figure over the next day or so, at night and during daylight. How much does it vary by? 2-3dB variation is normal, 6dB or more suggests a wiring issue