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Thread Author: Felix Replies: 86

 modem problem or isp? - Manatee
Can you explain further what was said Felix? At 17.14 you said BT told you that you had only 0.5Mbps not 5Mbps?

Does your router give you line stats? Look for the downstream attenuation which will give a steer to likely possible rate. My downstream attenuation invariably shows as 60dB, which makes me think it's the maximum for the display and it' actually a bit higher. 56dB or less is desirable for a "stable" service according to some sources.

Noise margin may be shown as well - 12dB or higher is the usual quoted requirement - mine is currently 11.7dB. Line rate is shown as 896Kbps down. That said, it's been up for 3 days, so it's reasonably stable, just not very fast.

If your line stats are much better than this, look to the ISP.

You have my sympathy - I don't think I'll see higher speeds for some time, unless I move house.

Last edited by: Manatee on Wed 31 Mar 10 at 22:42
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 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 06:15
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 10:00
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 20 Mar 10 10:38
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 11:33
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 11:37
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 11:59
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 12:06
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 20 Mar 10 12:39
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 12:44
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 20 Mar 10 12:48
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 12:48
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 14:36
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 14:40
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 15:06
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 16:28
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 20 Mar 10 15:07
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 20 Mar 10 15:45
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 19:17
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 07:54
 modem problem or isp? new Iffy 21 Mar 10 08:06
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 08:18
 modem problem or isp? new Iffy 21 Mar 10 08:27
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 21 Mar 10 08:37
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 08:53
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 21 Mar 10 09:17
  
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 09:25
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 21 Mar 10 10:01
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 10:15
 modem problem or isp? new swiss tony 21 Mar 10 10:33
 modem problem or isp? new John H 21 Mar 10 11:13
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 21 Mar 10 19:04
 modem problem or isp? new Stuartli 21 Mar 10 19:18
 modem problem or isp? new Stuartli 21 Mar 10 19:26
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 07:30
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 07:56
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 22 Mar 10 10:41
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 22 Mar 10 11:13
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 11:25
 modem problem or isp? new Stuartli 22 Mar 10 23:17
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 07:33
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 22 Mar 10 12:57
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 14:16
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 22 Mar 10 14:29
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 14:41
 modem problem or isp? new scousehonda 23 Mar 10 09:09
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 23 Mar 10 09:34
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 24 Mar 10 08:24
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 24 Mar 10 09:31
  
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 24 Mar 10 14:51
  
 modem problem or isp? new L'escargot 23 Mar 10 09:47
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 27 Mar 10 18:23
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 27 Mar 10 22:34
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 27 Mar 10 23:03
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 28 Mar 10 09:11
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 28 Mar 10 11:24
 modem problem or isp? new Aretas 28 Mar 10 23:30
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 29 Mar 10 07:43
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 29 Mar 10 08:33
 modem problem or isp? new Aretas 29 Mar 10 12:40
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 17:14
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 31 Mar 10 18:44
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 19:33
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 31 Mar 10 20:20
 modem problem or isp? new smokie 31 Mar 10 19:27
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 31 Mar 10 20:30
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 20:41
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 31 Mar 10 21:06
 modem problem or isp? new rtj70 31 Mar 10 21:39
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 31 Mar 10 21:57
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 22:09
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 31 Mar 10 22:14
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 22:13
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 31 Mar 10 22:37
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 31 Mar 10 22:41
  
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 31 Mar 10 22:43
  
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 31 Mar 10 22:40
 modem problem or isp? new smokie 1 Apr 10 00:00
  
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 1 Apr 10 06:14
  
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 1 Apr 10 06:10
  
 modem problem or isp? new Pat 1 Apr 10 07:23
 modem problem or isp? new smokie 1 Apr 10 07:26
 modem problem or isp? new Crankcase 1 Apr 10 09:54
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 1 Apr 10 07:36
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 1 Apr 10 08:25
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 1 Apr 10 11:37
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 1 Apr 10 12:37
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