Another convert to the 2wire 2700

[Gary]

Sad that, I think 2wire only sell in the tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands. More than IDNet could buy anyway, but ok for BT and AT&T

[Gary]

Gertcha, you wouldn't part company with it now Gary.

Your right Inactive, it would be like getting blood out of a stone 

[Inactive]

I did think about it, but they have to buy them in large quantities, so it was a non-starter.

They can get one from eBay like the rest of you.

[Gary]

Or just monitor our line stats 

[Simon]

I'm starting to feel jealous now.  I think I'm going to have to look at one of these in the new year.  Always a sucker for a new gadget! 

[Rik]

I've had a consistently higher sync speed (400K) plus a more stable noise margin (9db +1/-4) since I installed it Simon. The firewall seems more effective than the Netgear one.

The only problem I've found is that I can't get Inactive off my second desktop - see below. 

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[Simon]

[Gary]

I'm bound to lose sync in a minute, but its still holding at 7072 with 0db 

[Rik]

I'll watch for your light to go out then, Gary.

[Gary]

I'll watch for your light to go out then, Gary.

That went out years ago Rik 

[Glenn]

I havethe opposite problem - The lights are on but no one is at home 

[Rik]

My problem is that the lights are on - but they are all low-energy ones! 

[Gary]

My problem is that the lights are on - but they are all low-energy ones! 

Justina says mine are on but no one is home Rik, still on 7072 and that's after downloading windows updates and rebooting 

[Rik]

I'll bow to Justina's judgement then.

[Gary]

I'll bow to Justina's judgement then.

[Sebby]

I'm bound to lose sync in a minute, but its still holding at 7072 with 0db 

Does that not give you lots of uncorrected errors, and thus impact on throughput? I know it doesn't for everyone, but I used to get a lot of them (which adversely affected throughput) before I had BT manually set my target SNRM to 9dB. Now, the SNRM stays pretty solid through the day, and only falls to 8dB at night.

What causes you to get a 0dB SNRM anyway? Do you sync in the morning and it's degraded a lot come the evening?

[Rik]

I had BT manually set my target SNRM to 9dB. Now, the SNRM stays pretty solid through the day, and only falls to 8dB at night.

Snap.

[Ted]

What we need is a "forum 2700" for people to try and then pass on to the next member who would like to test.
I'll work on it

[Rik]

A circular router, Ted?

[Ted]

Got my eye on a few, on ebay (still looking for one to play with) if i get a good one at a good price, i'd be happy to donate it and people could test it for the cost of postage.

[Sebby]

I have to say, with all the praise the 2Wire gets, I've always been keen to try it, but I don't need to spend the money on another router, and I can't imagine it would be any better than my ST 585v6 on my line.

[Ann]

Be careful, this lot here are very good at encouraging people to spend money on new bits and bobs.  I would like to play with a 2Wire but they've put me off with all the techy talk.  It sounds too complicated to me.  This is a Good Thing as I really don't need to spend any more money.

[Glenn]

Ann, its simple to set up, you just need to follow these instructions http://bt2700hgv.tripod.com/ir1002700HGV.htm

[Ann]

Thanks.  I've bookmarked that URL and when I'm having a daft moment, I'll buy one and try it out.

[Ted]

Be careful, this lot here are very good at encouraging people to spend money on new bits and bobs.  I would like to play with a 2Wire but they've put me off with all the techy talk.  It sounds too complicated to me.  This is a Good Thing as I really don't need to spend any more money.

As Glenn said , they are easy to set up. Loads of information , on here and other places. If you're patient they needn't cost too much either.