What speed after 10 day period?

hi there,

been activated today and capped at 4 meg, with these stats what speed am i likely to achieve? ive been told about 3 meg ish so already a bit better. I am about 1.5km from the exchange if that helps at all.



ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 4096 kbps 512 kbps
Line Attenuation 39.5db 23.5db
Noise Margin 18.8db 14.0db

8-12megs depending on if you're on g.dmt or ADSL2+

im on the llu if that helps? adsl2+? sorry i havent been on adsl for a very long time lol

Edited by deleted (Tue 01-Feb-11 19:47:22)

is this a regular thing on sky?

Tracing route to jolt.co.uk [84.234.17.86]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 49 ms 47 ms 51 ms cr3.ndtwe.uk.easynet.net [87.87.225.43]
3 252 ms 247 ms 246 ms 80.238.52.129
4 231 ms 231 ms 236 ms ip-89-200-131-195.ov.easynet.net [89.200.131.195
]
5 354 ms 415 ms 269 ms 195.66.225.116
6 217 ms 218 ms 218 ms hex-edge.netrino.co.uk [84.234.19.146]
7 232 ms 225 ms 228 ms bs1-core.netrino.co.uk [84.234.19.5]
8 236 ms 239 ms 244 ms www.jolt.co.uk [84.234.17.86]

Trace complete.

like being back on 56 k!!

Tracing route to jolt.co.uk [84.234.17.86]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 25 ms 24 ms 24 ms dr3.enlba.isp.sky.com [89.200.128.44]
3 25 ms 24 ms 25 ms ip-89-200-131-74.ov.easynet.net [89.200.131.74]

4 32 ms 32 ms 38 ms linx-extreme1.netrino.co.uk [195.66.227.18]
5 32 ms 31 ms 52 ms thn-edge.netrino.co.uk [84.234.19.142]
6 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms hex-edge.netrino.co.uk [84.234.19.146]
7 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms bs1-core.netrino.co.uk [84.234.19.5]
8 33 ms 34 ms 32 ms bruce.ferrago.net [84.234.17.86]

Trace complete.

That's regular for Sky

Give CS a call and ask them to put you on the gaming profile. You can wait until the 10 day training period is up if you want but I rang them 20 minutes after being activated and they were more than happy to swap my profile.

Edited by Finguz (Tue 01-Feb-11 21:47:22)

Will my ping times improve if i ring and ask to change to the gaming profile?
I havent yet but pings seem a bit more stable now.


Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.244.69]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms <1 ms 4 ms 192.168.0.1
2 27 ms 28 ms 27 ms cr3.ndtwe.uk.easynet.net [87.87.225.43]
3 22 ms 25 ms 22 ms 80.238.52.129
4 26 ms 26 ms 26 ms te0-1-0-2.er11.thlon.ov.easynet.net [89.200.135.
99]
5 25 ms 24 ms 24 ms 212.58.238.189
6 25 ms 25 ms 24 ms 212.58.238.129
7 26 ms 25 ms 24 ms 212.58.239.58
8 26 ms 25 ms 25 ms 212.58.251.44
9 24 ms 25 ms 24 ms www.bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.69]

Trace complete.

speeds up to 7 meg but attenuation has raised from 39 is this normal? can i expect anymore speed or am i stuck now?

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 7004 kbps 796 kbps
Line Attenuation 43.5db 23.8db
Noise Margin 6.9db 11.0db

They may do but they are already good for Sky. The tech people have always been more than happy to change the profiles and they will probably run through all the different ones to see which suits your line best

Not sure about the change in attenuation, I never noticed it here, and it doesn't look like your speed is going to increase.

Edited by Finguz (Thu 03-Feb-11 20:14:47)

thanks for the reply. Well its better than the 3 mb i was quoted so im happy

Could still go up further.
Sky appear to start off at a lower power output, so the link has a lower margin available.
If you download the Sky D-Link password extractor from http://pathogenrush.blogspot.com/2010/10/dsl-2640s-p... it also has a button to obtain advanced stats. Within that it'll state the downstream and upstream power.

It'd probably be easier to just ring them and convince tier 1 to pass you over to tier 2 so you can get the gaming profile applied to your line.

I phoned up on the evening after my install and the updated me to gaming profile without any questions or passing me over to another tier of tech support. The whole process took 3 minutes during which I could see the router resync at a different SNR.

had the gaming profile activated but ping times have gone from 25 up to 45 is that normal? also download and upstream have lowered:

Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.244.71]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 47 ms 46 ms 46 ms cr3.ndtwe.uk.easynet.net [87.87.225.43]
3 43 ms 43 ms 43 ms 80.238.52.129
4 45 ms 45 ms 45 ms te0-1-0-5.er11.thlon.ov.easynet.net [89.200.135.
37]
5 44 ms 42 ms 43 ms 212.58.238.189
6 44 ms 45 ms 42 ms 212.58.238.129
7 44 ms 43 ms 45 ms 212.58.239.58
8 44 ms 44 ms 43 ms 212.58.251.44
9 44 ms 43 ms 44 ms www.bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.71]

Trace complete.

The gaming profile isn't always the best profile for everyone. Call them back and explain you were better off previously as they have several profiles to choose from. If ping isn't important to you though, just stay as you are

Edit: Just noticed your first hop and it looks like you are on the old easynet network. This is different with regards to profiles and hopefully someone else will be along to explain how exactly

This forum is a good place to ask while you're waiting.

Edited by Finguz (Fri 11-Feb-11 19:30:23)

well ping isnt too important but download and upload have been lowered. Well i think ill change back.I'll leave it till tommorrow as the guy i just spoke to didnt understand, thought i would like to lower my broadband package even after saying profile several times!

Edited by deleted (Fri 11-Feb-11 19:44:59)

Heh yeah some are great, while others are clearly in the wrong job

well rang up this morning and got passed through to somebody who knew his stuff! has got my download and upload up to higher than before and ping times down!

Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.244.69]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 27 ms 26 ms 27 ms cr3.ndtwe.uk.easynet.net [87.87.225.43]
3 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms 80.238.52.129
4 26 ms 26 ms 24 ms te0-1-0-7.er11.thlon.ov.easynet.net [89.200.131.
3]
5 24 ms 24 ms 25 ms 212.58.238.189
6 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 212.58.238.129
7 25 ms 24 ms 24 ms 212.58.239.58
8 25 ms 25 ms 25 ms 212.58.251.44
9 25 ms 24 ms 24 ms www.bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.69]

Trace complete.

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 7486 kbps 864 kbps

That's more like it!

Edited by Finguz (Sat 12-Feb-11 15:18:37)