My exchange has been upgraded

[DarkStar]

Noticed in my portal this morning that my exchange has been upgraded, however - with an attenuation of 61 I wonder if it is worth moving over. Bandwidth wise I never get anywhere near my new Peak allowance of 10GB so the extra bandwith is not a factor here. I have a very stable line (see RouterStats screen shot) although at the moment I have an IP Profile of 2000kbps. It was 2500kbps but a couple of weeks ago some nice people decided they had a better use for my phone line and removed 4 miles of cabling during a Wednesday evening. Zilch for 4 days and when BT got us reconnected my profile and Noise Margin were well up the spout but have stabilised over the last week 
With a nice stable line do I stand a better chance of getting a decent WBC connection or would the advice be to wait awhile.

BT Speedtester result:

Download speed achieved during the test was - 1869 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds  is 400-2000 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :2816 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 2000 Kbps

Stats from my Netgear DG834v4 and RouterStats:



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[Rik]

Your stats are not too dissimilar to mine, Ian, so you could gain 500k-1M with a bit of luck. If it doesn't work out, you can be switched back to ADSL1 modulation, so the risks are small.

[Steve]

Or wait you'll probably get there by default,once your exchange has been upgraded its not economical for any ISP to keep you on adslmax.

[Rik]

Indeed and, sooner or later, BT will move everyone to MSANs anyway.

[DarkStar]

I think I probably will move over but have been rushed off my feet just lately so will sleep on it for a week or so and make sure my connection stays stable before I make any decisions.

[D-Dan]

I gained about 1 Mb on my line switching to WBC, but it seems less tolerant. My sync (by which I mean my profile, over the course of a few months) can steadily rise to 7,150 before unexpectedly dropping to 5,000 and then takes weeks to climb up again. I'm currently at 6,500 - still recovering from a January drop.

The highest I got before switching was a profile of 6,000.

Steve

[Rik]

I agree, Steve, DLM on 2+ seems to have a hair trigger. The recent trial, allowing ISPs to override DLM, has been a great success though, allowing some lines to be run with a 1db NM. We just have to hope that BT roll it out soon.