am i getting the max speed?

hi there i have been with tiscali they have moved onto LLU with talktalk. am i getting the full speed 4 my line? im not happy with talktalk at all and thinking of moving too plusnet or bt.

there customer service is [censored] n they speak too ppl like [censored].

thanks thomas

Visit http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.php select your modem/router and post the ADSL stats or feed them into http://www.farina1.com/adsl and you will get estimates as to what the line is capable of, based on the actual data.

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 15833 kbps 992 kbps
Line Attenuation 17.0 db 6.5 db
Noise Margin 12.2 db 12.6 db

my stats. thanks

Ideal world where everything is perfect I would expect 20000Kbps

If your stats are with the modem on the end of an extension cable etc, then not bad really.

Always worth checking what you get using the test socket on the master socket, i.e. which removes any influence from your in house wiring.

im in the master socket. is plusnet LLU or do they use adsl max? i really want too move away from talktalk as i dont like there customer service. as you say i shud get 20meg on my line. thanks

Plusnet is not LLU, and in fact ADSL Max is now dead anyway. It has been replaced by IPSC on non 21CN WBC exchanges, and WBC on WBC-enabled ones.

IPSC is very like ADSL Max, with up to 8Mbps. WBC is up to 24Mbps like most LLU.

If you check your exchange through this link and post the URL of the result, we can tell you which you will get.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

im in the master socket.

The test socket is inside the master socket, and can make a big difference if there is anything the matter with the wiring in your house. See the socket on the wall at the back in this pic.

Using the samknows exhange checker it says that on our local exchange BT still uses the old ADSL Max, not IPSC. Fortunately, we also have the CPW LLU.

Just curious: What is IPSC anyway? Never heard about it before.

Edited by deleted (Tue 20-Sep-11 19:15:58)

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LCROC

i have plugged into the test socket and now stats are

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 15775 kbps 987 kbps
Line Attenuation 17.0 db 6.5 db
Noise Margin 12.1 db 13.1 db

the throughput speed is not very good at all. im using a wired connection.
can talktalk capped my throughput speed?? because thats what looks likes happening. http://www.speedtest.net/result/1493113872.png

thanks

ps i h8 talktalk

In reply to a post by JNeuhoff:

Using the samknows exhange checker it says that on our local exchange BT still uses the old ADSL Max, not IPSC. Fortunately, we also have the CPW LLU.

Just curious: What is IPSC anyway? Never heard about it before.

http://www.robertos.me.uk/html/wbc-wbmc-ipsc.html

That will just be that samknows has left the title unchanged, as from the user point of view there is no technical difference. Big difference at the ISP end though, and all the way through the BT backhaul to get there.