Interpreting speedtest results

At some point today I'm supposed to have been LLU'ed, by Talk Talk, and should now be experiencing "upto 8meg", rather than the 2meg I've had upto now.
I don't see any difference, and my speedtest results seem to bear that out, although I never ran a test before.
Currently I'm getting between 1050 and 1062Kbps (Down) and between 191 and 207Kbps (Up)
Can anyone explain to me??

what are the modem sync speeds up and down ? you get these from the router status page or similar. Links in sig below may help.

Sorry I'm a total dork with this, and though I've looked on the router interface, I don't know what I'm looking for!
I've just connected with TT3, and went live last week using a speedtouch 585v6 wireessrouter, a used one from dsl depot, so no help there then!
I've been attempting to enable encryption WPA/PSK, supported by the router but I cannot find out if the Lan card in my PC also supports it, or indeed if it has to, it's an intersil prism, no model number or other distinguishing features mentioned on the properties screen.
Upshot is, I seem to have set up a Lan with my chosen SSID which was protected, alongside the generic Lan, speedtouch xyz... unprotected. Then found the computer could "See" the two of them but couldn't connect to the one with my SSID, and come hell or high water, would not look for the other one! even when I promoted it to the top of the "order of connections" list.
After loosing connection several times and taking 4 Hrs to re-connect the first time, I improved the next two times, 2hrs each but I've no idea how I achieved it. I'm learning nothing from the experience!!
Any words of wisdom?

See if your modem is in this list.

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/adsl_line_stats.php

Two LANs? Are you seeing a neighbours network? Change your SSID to something memorable like SIXHNET to eliminate this possibility.
The user guide for your router is available here.
I believe that your wireless adapter is capable of using WPA but it may need a driver update.

Do not attempt to set up the router over a wireless connection! Use a hard wired connection.

Edited by Deadbeat (Fri 27-Apr-07 22:47:38)

Thanks for that John,
This is what it points me at!
Perhaps it makes sense to you? : -


Link Information


Uptime: 0 days, 18:15:28

Modulation: G.992.3 Annex L Mask 1

Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 245 / 1,213

Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]: 6.95 / 34.18

Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 11.0 / 0.0

Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 30.5 / 52.5

SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 17.5 / 15.5

Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB /

I'm afraid if up to 8 Mbps is a movable feast you are not at the banquet.

The most interesting figures are your sync rates, attenuations, and SNR Margins upstream and downstream.

For you these are 245 / 1,213 kbps, 30.5 / 52.5, and 17.5 / 15.5.

If you look here

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/adslmax_explained.php

you will see that your profile will be set at 1 Mbps if you keep that downstream sync rate. If it drops slightly your profile will be set to 500 kbps.

Check your internal wiring, it can make quite a difference.

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/socket.php


You may be better off with a fixed 2 Mbps link rather than Max ADSL.

Edited by deleted (Sat 28-Apr-07 00:00:34)

You may be better off with a fixed 2 Mbps link rather than Max ADSL.

- Supposing the BT Checker says they can get fixed 2mb, as their line is out of the fixed limits for 2mb now. Unless they can get TalkTalk to regrade them back to fixed 2mb.

If you look here

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/adslmax_explained.php

you will see that your profile will be set at 1 Mbps if you keep that downstream sync rate. If it drops slightly your profile will be set to 500 kbps.

They have been LLU'ed by TalkTalk so BT's profile system is irrelevant, hence why they could get about 1056kbps on a speedtest. If they were on ADSL MAX with a 1mb profile, speedtests would be around 900-930kbps, and no higher, just like on a fixed 1mb connection.

Edited by deleted (Sat 28-Apr-07 10:11:53)

I originally wrote 1 Mbps link but edited it to 2 Mbps when I noticed the original post mentioned being on that rate.

If you were definitely on 2Mbps before, then a possible reason for you now being down to 1.2Mbps is that in switching over they've put you on quite a high margin - 15.5 dB. You might try asking for that to be reduced to 10dB. The risk is that you'll see more errors, but at the moment your error rate is very low so there's room to experiment.

Probably of little interest to you, but your stats also show that TalkTalk are using reach extended ADSL2 (G.992.3 Annex L) for your connection which should actually improve things further as you have rather a long line (52.5dB attenuation). That's the first I've heard of any ISP using RE-ADSL2. It's a shame that TalkTalk's innovation with the use of ADSL isn't matched by their customer service.