It is using the lower frequencies that are less prone to attenuation

Downstream also is in the AM radio range, so radio stations sometimes don't help by interfering

The main downsides of mobile are that it won't work in a power cut if you rely on VOIP, and the speed can be variable and in many peoples' cases practically unusable - just like ADSL it can be useful or useless depending on location.

The data costs more but if you can get by with 15GB/mo then Three's deal might work for you if you get a decent enough speed. I'd try the PAYG option unless you're certain it will work.

Here we get around 3Mbps most of the time, others can get 7Mbps on some cells - it does vary - but it's pretty well never as slow as ADSL (we dropped the phone line too and went all 3G). But then if e.g. a new school opened between the cell and where I am, it might become useless overnight thanks to the extra load.

Just come back from my next door neighbours house. Also on sky, also connected within 24 hours of me. Once I disconnected his house wiring which was worse than mine he gets 3.5Mb! His stats are as follows:

55ms ping
Connection Speed
3552 kbps down
768 kbps up

Line Attenuation
57.5db down
31.5db up

Noise Margin
7.8db down
7.0db up

This is what I was given to expect at my house so I feel a call to sky may be worth a try

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Just come back from my next door neighbours house. Also on sky, also connected within 24 hours of me. Once I disconnected his house wiring which was worse than mine he gets 3.5Mb! His stats are as follows:

55ms ping
Connection Speed
3552 kbps down
768 kbps up

Line Attenuation
57.5db down
31.5db up

Noise Margin
7.8db down
7.0db up

This is what I was given to expect at my house so I feel a call to sky may be worth a try

Are these your stats?

Line Attenuation
72.5 dB down
46.7 dB up

Noise Margin
9.3 dB down
7.3 dB up

If so, his attenuation is very much lower than yours which accounts for the speed difference.

Get them to send you a replacement router to try. Or have you got one, and could try that if they give you the logon details?

Ha! His is exactly on the nose!

There's your answer:

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

Line Attenuation: 57.5db down

almost the same as the 55 dB I predicted you would need to get your speed in that range.

No use talking to your ISP. Your line is just too long to get his speeds. Why don't you believe us that you will never get them and your line takes the scenic route?

You are living in cloud-cuckoo land

But they are next door - could be something else.

True, could be!

I like the idea of trying another router; it could be misreporting/faulty.

Yeah, me too

Stats off a different router:

Connection Speed
1193 kbps down
691 kbps up

Line Attenuation
63 db down
21.5 db up

Noise Margin
7 db down
7 db up

A step in the right direction in attn? Not enough for the full 3.4Mb I suspect though. Dynamic line stabilisation running no doubt so will leave second router plugged in for a while to see what happens.