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leewilson78
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Registered: ‎21-04-2009

Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

BT came out today, fitted a new cable from the telegraph pole to our house, he also fitted a master socket in the lounge, the telephone line is much better now, I'm guessing the broadband will too.
Thanks for the help.
jelv
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

That's good news! Smiley
Has he connected up your extension sockets as well? If he has is the router now plugged in to the new master socket or one of the extensions?
Can you post the stats shown by your router (sync speed, attenuation and noise margin) please. It's going to take a few days for BT's systems to recognise your improved line and we'll be able to predict what sort of speeds you should see. We'll also make sure you get the best possible out of your line.
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler)
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leewilson78
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

He didn't change the socket upstairs where my modem is plugged into, I will move this downstairs and into the master socket.
I will post back.
Thanks
jelv
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

What I think you will now find is that if you remove the lower half of the new master socket to reveal the test socket inside you will find that the wire to the extension socket is connected to the back of that faceplate. The extension socket will then be dead.
If you can post the router stats from where you normally have the router and then when it is plugged in to the test socket we will be able to tell how good the internal wiring is (I guess it doesn't look like he touched that).
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler)
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leewilson78
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

Apologies for the stupid question but how do I collect router stats?
Oldjim
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

leewilson78
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

Is this the bit of data you need?
leewilson78
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

It shouldn't be a problem for me to have the router downstairs at the master socket, if this helps?
Oldjim
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

exactly that - and those results are excellent.
i think you are speed limited to 7616 because interleaving is switched on
leewilson78
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

So there is no problem with my connection upstairs.
With regards to interleaving, should I switch this off?
leewilson78
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

Just read up on Interleaving here: http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/interleaving.htm
Guess I should leave it on.
Oldjim
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

If you aren't into on-line gaming I would agree
leewilson78
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

Funny enough, I bought my wife a WII for Christmas, we do plan on playing online in the future. To be honest though, the main reason for good speeds is so that I can upload high res. images to my server, I have been working with a 3D modeling company, we have been uploading files via Dropbox, at times mine can take over a day to upload, whereas he takes a couple of hours.
Just to confirm though, would putting the router downstairs not make a difference? I suppose I need to see how I get on with the connection for a day or two?
leewilson78
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

There doesn't seem to be any improvement though this afternoon.
gswindale
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Re: Unacceptable connection speeds

It will take a little while for the speeds to increase and you need to leave the router plugged in, connected and turned on otherwise the system will see disconnections and drop the speed again.