- Line attenuation 58db down
- Posted by Beck on September 17th, 2004
I finally upgraded the firmware on my router (speedtouch 530) and have managed
to get a db reading.
It says my downstream attenuation is 58db which is within the limits of the
previous 512 limit. So I wonder why I could not get adsl before now.
Are router figures reliable?
- Posted by Stephen Stewart on September 18th, 2004
"Sunil Sood" <news@soods.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2r1836F14us74U1@uni-berlin.de...
I had an engineer install as I had to be converted from ISDN and the
engineer measured my dB reading accurately at the main phone socket as
9.6dB.
My SpeedTouch 530 reports it as 13dB so the figure reported is probably
quite accurate.
Stephen
- Posted by Michael Chare on September 18th, 2004
"Beck" <becksgames@removegmail.com> wrote in message
news:cifo12$90n$1@titan.btinternet.com...
BT had quite an elaborate procedure for assessing lines. Most of the assessment
was done be examining their records. They only actually measured lines in a few
marginal cases. Maybe their assessment was not accurate in your case!
No excuse though!
Michael Chare
- Posted by Beck on September 18th, 2004
"Sunil Sood" <news@soods.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2r1836F14us74U1@uni-berlin.de...
hehe I am happy with what I have, but £2 extra a month would get the 1mb, why
not?
But then BT database says no, so its not an issue, just curious as to the
difference in figures.
Interesting that, so if someone did want Broadband at higher speeds and BT
definitely says no due to different figures, they are stuck and don't really
have an option but to be thankful for what they have :-)
- Posted by Beck on September 18th, 2004
"Ian Stirling" <root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:414b6b53$0$82231$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
The figure they gave me before I think it is 65db
- Posted by Edward on September 18th, 2004
Beck wrote:
perhaps it had been raining?
- Posted by Beck on September 18th, 2004
"Edward" <edwardthornton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:cigujl$fvd$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
Possibly, but having failed to get broadband for 3 years with about 6 different
orders and they all fail, then they obviously had me marked over the limit
through sun, rain and snow.
- Posted by Sunil Sood on September 18th, 2004
"Beck" <becksgames@removegmail.com> wrote in message
news:cigtdq$dt6$1@sparta.btinternet.com
Could have been an error in BT's planning records, your Home Highway causing
an odd reading or BT have done some work on your local loop..
If you wanted to apply for 1MB - get BT Yahoo to submit a "manual order" to
overide any incorrect/old reading stored in BT Wholesale's systems and
override the checker
Regards
Sunil
- Posted by Ian Stirling on September 18th, 2004
Sunil Sood <news@soods.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
By this do you mean that when the dialtone is turned back on, the dB loss
rises?
If the dialtone is turned off, does the modem use more bands?
- Posted by Beck on September 18th, 2004
"Sunil Sood" <news@soods.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2r2hglF14vc8qU1@uni-berlin.de...
I don't think BTYahoo know what manual orders are, I tried that with them before
and they said no such thing exists.
- Posted by Beck on September 18th, 2004
"Michael Chare" <Michael_Chare@deletethis.btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:fcKdnViz5dZJZdbcRVnyhQ@pipex.net...
Yes that is possible, and yes it is no excuse. I wonder how many customers they
lost through that procedure.
- Posted by Sunil Sood on September 18th, 2004
"Beck" <becksgames@removegmail.com> wrote in message
news:cih9pf$445$1@sparta.btinternet.com
I think if you bug their "order management" department they will do it..
As long as your SNR is high enough you should have no problems at 1MB
Regards
Sunil
- Posted by Beck on September 18th, 2004
"Sunil Sood" <news@soods.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2r2q9oF1534mfU1@uni-berlin.de...
Think I will stick with what I haveat the moment. Try it out on the xbox and
see how it goes.
- Posted by robert w hall on September 18th, 2004
In article <2r2hglF14vc8qU1@uni-berlin.de>, Sunil Sood
<news@soods.freeserve.co.uk> writes
the router _all_ to agree the attenuation is 58db, and still be told the
line will not support 1Mbps.
--
robert w hall
