moving to max?

[zulander]

Hello im on a fixed 2meg line at mo which is nice and stable and pretty quick. As i pay the same for this as an ADSL Max line im wondering if i should give max a try - i think i might see a small increase in speed but not sure my line is good enough for it. these are my stats:

noise margin    UP:+26.0 DOWN:+10.1
Attenuation      UP+27.5  DOWN +48.9

What do people think?
thanks

[Rik]

Hi Zu

That d/s margin is very low for a fixed-rate connection at that attenuation. Could you post your sync speeds please, I'm wondering if you're actually on a Max connection which is throttled to 2Mbps.

[zulander]

cheers for that, didnt even think of being of throttled line. Where do i pull my sync speed from? From my modem?  - i should know really but just to make sure im getting the right bit of info. thanks

[Rik]

The modem or router should give you the speed. Check the Kitz site http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.htm if you're not sure how to extract the info.

[zulander]

Annoyingly i dont seem to be able to get the sync speed out of my old Origo ASU 8000 modem. I tried installing a mates modem but that just wouldnt play ball. If i go into the Origo control panel all i have is Bytes recived and transmitted, Receive Rate which is 2272kbits/s and transmit rate wich is 288kbs.

[Rik]

TBH, it's probably not worth moving. You are on fixed rate at the moment, but because of that low noise margin, you're not going to gain any significant d/s speed. If you upload a lot, you might just benefit, but in your shoes I'd probably plump for stability and stay with the fixed rate product.

[zulander]

thanks for that. U have been v quick at replying! Ill stick with a stable line for now

[Rik]

NP.