ADSL2+

[Clive]

Following on from a previous thread, I've bitten the bullet and upgraded to ADSL2+ which will give me an estimated download speed of 18 Mp/s.  My exchange is already enabled so there will not be a charge to transfer over.  The time scale is 24 hours and my Netgear router should work without any change of settings.  I'll keep you posted.  Thanks Nick and Simon Mulliss.   

[Simon]

Good luck! 

[Lance]

I'll keep you posted.     

Assuming you have a connection! 

[Simon]

Don't tempt fate, Lance! 

[nowster]

When you do get your fast new connection, bear a thought for those on the end of 4 miles of knotted wet string who can barely get 3Mbps on a good day, with no hope of ADSL2 or FTTC ever.

[Tacitus]

..........bear a thought for those on the end of 4 miles of knotted wet string who can barely get 3Mbps on a good day.........

You should think yourself lucky your connection is that good....

[Den]

I live about 2.5miles from my exchange. 

[Simon]

Dennis! 

[Clive]

When I was with BT I was paying £24 a month for 104 kp/s - on broadband!  That's what I call suffering!  Tomorrow is the acid test.   

[Den]

 

[Clive]

And a result!  No problems with the router and my speed according to Namesco is 12.7 Mp/s so that's doubled.  I'm happy enough with that. 

[Simon]

It would be interesting to see your router stats, including SNR.  Do you know how to find them?

[Clive]

Rick once made me find them.  But you will have to talk me through it.   

[Simon]

It's a while since I used a Netgear, so I can't remember off the top of my head, but this should help:

http://documentation.netgear.com/dg834g/enu/202-10155-01/DG834Gv3_RM01-06-09.html

Just don't forget to mask your IP address when you post them. 

[Gary]

remember adsl2+ is a bit more finicky on frequency as its more susceptible to REIN, and general RFI so make sure your cabling is good, also from memory you will be in a new 10 day training period. My ADSL2+ ran fine for ages then I was hit by REIN, now I have had fibre for a year its been a godsend. In fact contract is up in a few days.

[Den]

Great news Clive, well done 

[Clive]

SNR is 3dB.  Is that good or bad?     The router says my download speed is 19.6 Mp/s but Namesco claims 13.6 Mp/s. 

[Simon]

The SNR is very low.  That might change over the training period, assuming there is one. 

[Clive]

I can see that anything under 6 is life threatening!   

[Den]

From memory I think the training period was 10 days for ADSL2+ so it should sort itself out by then. 

[Clive]

Thanks for the encouragement Den.  Simon is so gloom and doom.   

[Steve]

The router is giving you the sync speed with the exchange ie 19 which is excellent. If you've got a quiet line it will hold at 3db on ADSL2+ sometimes. So all looks good so far, throughput is a bit down but I think that's due to other factors ie are you using WiFi to test with Namesco?

[Clive]

Yes, I'm using WiFi which I know is not ideal! 

[Steve]

I think it's possibly the WiFi that's limiting the throughput then, if you try with an Ethernet cable you may find your near the router sync of 19

[Simon]

Yes, I'm using WiFi which I know is not ideal!