doofus

how many times has this question been asked of you very patient peeps?

What is interleaving and how does it effect your broadband performance?

Be gentle with me.

Have a read of this: http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/interleaving.htm

Ooooh

That is interesting - but is it good or bad? Been reading some posts on here and some say good, some say bad and some ask for it to be taken off whilst others say be careful if requesting this.

Thanks for the link though - it was very interesting.

It is neither good or bad, it's a different way of doing things under certain circumstances. You opinion will vary depending on your view of this, (from the link)

"By now you may be asking if interleaving is so good, then why isn't it used by default?

The answer to that is that it can also have a downside - chopping up, rearranging and decoding of the data adds a small amount of additional time it takes for data transmission. Forward Error Correction will also add to the delay, since the check bytes will take additional transmission time.

BT state that interleaving can increase latency by an additional 20-40ms. Whilst this will not be noticeable to the vast majority of users, ardent gamers are the ones most likely to complain about additional latency and therefore prefer a slower synch speed than higher latency.
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Like I said - I am a doofus - but why do BT make it so blimmin difficult for people to get a straight answer from them when you enquire about things? Thanks for your help guys.

I have found that most isp's have interleave enabled by default, and some will not disable it for you, because it basically re transmits the data this will mask certain conditions, so saving support time on the phone, as for getting a higher sync with interleaving on, i found the opposite to be the case, web pages can take longer to load with interleave, and if on the bt network you will get spikes in latency at times ,due to congestion ect

Section 12 in this guide :

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/files/broadband-max-my...


John.

Latency - now there is another thing

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What effect does that have on the performance of your broadband?

If you are into 'gaming' then latency and the effects interleaving have are important as it will affect your gaming response time.

If you are a normal web user or on a long(er) line then interleaving (on) will help you to get the most out of your connection