My exchange is going ADSL2+ .....will I benefit ?

Hi,

I've just discovered from the Samknows site that my exhange is getting ADSL2+ at the end of the month. I'm currently with EE (Orange) and get about 6Mbps from my ancient Inventel Livebox.

Does anyone know whether I am likely to suddenly get faster speeds once my exchange upgrades, or will I need a different router / have to pay EE more money (!). The Samknows site reckons my line will support "17Mbps or greater".

I'd love a faster connection. 6Mbps is usually fine but lately it's felt more like 512kbps !

Many thanks !

Depends on how long your line is from exchange. Post your current router stats and we will be able to tell.

In reply to a post by aneng:

The Samknows site reckons my line will support "17Mbps or greater".

Better to look here:BT BROADBAND AVAILABILITY CHECKER

you're likely to benefit at 6M. ADSL2+ is worth about 0.3 - 0.5M to most lines but more (a lot more) to the shorter ones.

My current router sync's at 8192Kbps and I'm quite near to the exchange. The BT availability checker said my line could get up to 17Mbps with a line range of 10 to 19.5.

My question wasn't really about whether my line would be able to support the higher rate but more to do with whether Orange will just give me the faster speed for free once my exchange adds the new ADSL2 kit at the end of the month, and either way, whether my ageing Inventel livebox will work with ADSL2.

What's your current downstream attenuation (db)? Take this value add 3 db to it (atten on ADSL2+ lines usually increase by a few db) and then pop it here and that should give you a good indication.

21CN (ADSL2+) services are cheaper to provide so they are likely to migrate you, even if they retain an arbitrary 8M cap - you might do better asking in their section of the forum what has happened to others.

Some ISPs migrate customers automatically to ADSL2+ services, others do so if you recontract, etc.

I believe the livebox is ADSL2+ compatible (mainly from French data) but they're likely to send you a new one if you recontract or opt-in to an upgrade.

In reply to a post by aneng:

more to do with whether Orange will just give me the faster speed for free once my exchange adds the new ADSL2 kit at the end of the month

What exchange? Whether Orenge do it auto or require you to take a new contract could depend on whether you are in Orange's historic 'network area'. I have a list of these.

You can also find out from your Orange online a/c, https://membercentre.orange.co.uk/MCPres/, 'Change my Package' when ADSL2+ becomes enabled at your exchange.

Samknows said that our exchange would be upgraded to 21CN on 29th May 2013.

IT NEVER HAPPENED !

It disapeared from Samknows, and I can't get an answer from BT as to what happened or if anything may happen.....
Shambles !
Regards,
Martin

Post deleted by XRaySpeX

It's not meant to be a reply to your Q !
I merely clicked REPLY to last post, AFAIK one has to click 'a reply' to comment.....
Martin