Connected at 18000kbps. That will be the best you have ever had, even compared to when on ADSL24. The wonders of the ring wire.

What time of day was it when you made the connection? If it was dark or near dark that could explain the 6.9dB noise margin. A daytime reconnection might give a slight improvement.

Trying the offered loan Draytek may be a good idea if you want to turn into a speed freak like most of us , but as I said - your real life speed I bet is now better than it has ever been.

All the best. Enjoy!

I took the stats about 07.10am this morning not from the "hidden test socket" but from the connection on my computer. I'm incapacitated at the moment, busted ligament in my knee, so can't move the computer down stairs to take a reading. I was thinking the stats I gave you this morning were not bad am I wrong? I'm very happy with the speed I am getting. You were right, more than I got with ADSL24 and more than I ever got with the other isp I was with. Matt even got me a bit more by guiding me to do this and that.

Caley.

Downstream attenuation is now good at 18.5dB on the extension - probably means that the bellwire was causing the problems but happily your extension wiring seems to be good quality twisted pair

Edit: BTW the uno PPP link (internet) has dropped a couple of times for short periods on my line over the last week: this was not a DSL drop since my router remained sync'd to the exchange. There can sometimes be confusion between PPP link and DSL issues which can appear the same, i.e. the computer's internet connection, if one doesn't check the router.

Edited by 4M2 (Mon 28-Apr-14 11:32:43)

In reply to a post by caley:

... busted ligament in my knee ....

!Expletives deleted!

All the best with getting that sorted. Keep in touch.

In reply to a post by caley:

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Link Rate 18023 Kbps 1023 Kbps
Line Attenuation 18.5 dB 11.3 dB
Noise Margin 6.9 dB 13.2 dB

That's much better from the extension socket. The bell wire did the trick. A resync during daylight might gain you a bit more, Well done!

Edited by XRaySpeX (Mon 28-Apr-14 19:09:00)

Fed up with ice packs and physiotherapy and crutches, got the orthopedic clinic tomorrow, hope they won't be looking at surgery

Caley.

Not the brightest I know, but what's a daylight resync?

Daylight - that stuff (sometimes) we live in when the sun is up .

Resync - reboot the router is the simplest, and the simplest way of doing that is to power it off for 5 minutes then power it up again.

The reasoning is that electromagnetic noise is higher during dusk, night and dawn than it is well inside daylight hours. The connection speed is affected a bit by that.

By connecting during daylight hours there is less noise so you get a slightly higher speed than if you connect at night, and it appears your latest connection was outside daylight hours. (Being cloudy doesn't matter, but thunderstorms within a few miles are bad news).

However, the higher the speed on your line the less stable it is. The lower the speed the more stable.

I think in your case, although IIRC I suggested a daytime resync earlier, given the improvement compared to the past I think I'd just let it stay as is for the moment .

In reply to a post by caley:

Not the brightest I know, but what's a daylight resync?

Doing a resync when that orange, round thing is or should be in the sky .
DrT

then I hope she does't live in Wales or Birmingham,lol