A 2Wire Dual SSID BT2700HGV BT Business Hub

[Simon]

Everything crossed for you, Les! 

[Sebby]

Same here!

[LesD]

Back in August we had our kitchen renovated necessitating the power to be switched off an on a number of times and needless to say I lost my 3424 kbps sync.  

It has taken me until Friday last to get it back so here I am back in the circa three day wait state to see if my IP Profile will go up again to 3000 kbps to give me that elusive extra 500 kbps download through put. From previous experience given time it will go up again. I saw an opportunity on Friday because round lunch time my downstream Noise Margin was 16 dB so with that sort of overhead I went for it. I was on 3392 so I thought it was worth a try and it paid off.  


A Modify edit because having heard about Hostlink I just had a thought, could the fact that I managed the 3424 kbps be anything to do with that?

So I have just done the following:

C:\>tracert www.idnet.com

Tracing route to www.idnet.com [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

 1     1 ms     1 ms    <1 ms  home [192.168.1.254]
 2    27 ms    27 ms    25 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
 3    64 ms   384 ms   387 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]

 4    27 ms    25 ms    25 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
 5    26 ms    25 ms    27 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
 6    26 ms    25 ms    25 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.

C:\>

Are there any clues in there?  

[Steve]

As I understand the Hostlink won't effect your sync with the local exchange as it takes off after that.

[Lance]

[Rik]

What's been said, Les, the hostlink only cuts in after your reach IDNet. The wait for the profile, btw, is likely to be 5 days.

[LesD]

Ah I see. Thanks for the information guys.

[LesD]

4-1/3 days and counting while still waiting for my IP Profile to go up by 500 kbps.
How do BT justify this annoying lag between syncing at the 3424 kbps and getting the benefit?
OK a rhetorical question but I know there are many who feel like me about it. 

[Rik]

They justify it as demonstrating stability, Les.

[LesD]

I have heard it before Rik in my cynical way I reckon its just a way of shedding load by the back door.

Anyway in just over 5 days I have realised an elusive IP Profile of 3000 kbps once again:

Download speed achieved during the test was - 2804 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :3424 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 3000 Kbps

[Lance]

 

[LesD]

Well here I am 32 days + with a sync of 3424 Kbps as shown below from my 2700HGV stats.

System Time: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
06:31:44 PM
GMT Standard Time
Time Since Last Boot: 32  days  04: 50: 38
Last ID Post: Saturday, December 12, 2009
03:03:46 AM

DSL                               Down  Up
Current Rate:             3424 kbs   448 kbs 
Max Rate:                  3424 kbs   1068 kbs 
Current Connection:
Current Noise Margin:   11.0 dB     25.0 dB 
Current Attenuation:    41.1 dB     26.0 dB 
Current Output Power:  18.8 dBm   11.9 dBm 

I have maintained my 3000 Kbps IP Profile but with this evening's Noise Margin down to 11 dB and still falling from daytime highs of 15/16 dB I dare not risk a re-sync even during the daytime high. If only I could have my 12 dB target Noise Margin back I just might make an IP Profile of 3500 once again.

I know from previous excursions in this direction that Support and BT agree to try 9 dB and it flirts straight back to 15 without not so much of a linger at 12 dB for the least little thing! Ah well I guess an IP Profile of 3000 is a lot better than the 2500 I have had for most of this year but it is a skin of the teeth job holding on to it.

[Rik]

I know how you feel, Les. BT's line management software seems to operate on a hair trigger.