Can we have the post code? I want to check it against the fibre cabinet rollout.

That site says:

"For Telephone Number **** on Exchange NEWINGTON

Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a fixed line speed up to 2Mbps.

Our test also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL Max broadband line speed of 5.5Mbps; typically the line speed would range between 4Mbps and 8Mbps.

Our test also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL2+ broadband line speed of 7.5Mbps; typically the line speed would range between 5.5Mbps and 12Mbps. Our test also indicates that your line could support an estimated ADSL 2+ Annex-M broadband upstream line speed of 1Mbps and downstream line speed of 7.5Mbps; typically the downstream speed would range between 5.5Mbps and 12Mbps.

Your cabinet is planned to have WBC FTTC by 30th June 2012. Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a fibre technology with an estimated WBC FTTC Broadband where consumers have received downstream line speed of 40Mbps and upstream line speed of 10Mbps."

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My postcode is EH8 9DH.

Charlie -

Edited by deleted (Tue 06-Mar-12 15:59:04)

That's better. Starts to make sense.

(By the way, both exchanges have Be LLU presence, so why the ADSL24 checker isn't showing it as available is strange).

Two cabinets serve that postcode. Cab 34 has 46% of the lines and goes to Newington. Cab 36 has the rest and goes to Waverley. So the postcode checker won't know which is correct.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

What is certain is that one way or another, probably by setting the "target noise margin" to 12dB instead of the standard 6dB, Orange are unfairly capping your speed.

Surely BTw wouldn't run a tailored DLM for Orange? Or do they?

I think the WBC DLM has ISP-selectable Standard, Stable and Super-Stable. How else did yours get set high at first? Which of them is the ISP in that respect is another question.

Hi Everyone,

Just thought I'd update you on my situation. Today I switched over to ADSL24's service. I am seeing speeds of 1.5x or so what I got with Orange.. 8mb, now about 12-13, as was predicted on this forum.

I am on the 24Mb service from them, but obviously I am not getting 24Mb, so am debating whether to switch to the 12Mb service... from what I remember of our conversation that would probably lower the speed to more like 10 rather than just to 12? Or am I mistaken?

Thanks for all your help everyone, much more satisfied broadband user here now, and also, ready to switch to fibre as soon as it appears in my area

Charlie -

Depends on your line stats for Attenuation, sync speed, Noise margin, etc.

Who is the underlying ISP?

Edited by deleted (Tue 20-Mar-12 20:23:08)