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[Steve]

After several days of no Internet in my new house, a BT engineer came and installed our line that had been disconnected, quite possibly be a Telewest engineer at some point.

I'm on NewNet 8020B 8Mbit broadband. Here's what my Vigor2800VG has to say:

--------------------------- ATU-R Info (annex A) ----------------------------
 Running Mode            :    G.DMT       State                : SHOWTIME
 DS Actual Rate          :  8128000 bps   US Actual Rate       :   448000 bps
 DS maximum Rate         :  8128000 bps   US maximum Rate      :   448000 bps
 DS Path Mode            :        Fast    US Path Mode         :        Fast
 NE Current Attenuation  :    17.5  dB    Cur SNR Margin       :    17.5  dB
 DS actual PSDM(C)       : 00000000       US actual PSDM(R)    : 00000000
 ADSL Firmware Version   : E.38.2.23
-------------------------------- ATU-C Info ---------------------------------
 Far Current Attenuation :    11.0  dB    Far SNR Margin       :    20.0  dB
 CO ITU Version[0]       : 00000000       CO ITU Version[1]    : 00000000
 DSLAM CHIPSET VENDOR    : < Unknown >
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I've only managed 4Mbps so far but it fluctuates a bit. I reckon the bRAS is still reconfiguring and that there's contention to deal with.

Still, I was rather annoyed to find the phone line dead when I moved in. The BT engineer daren't say who'd chopped the wire pointlessly, but all evidence points to Telewest from where I'm standing (the master socket near where the old line came in seems to be re-run to the Telewest box).

Anyone else had cable/phone related wiring issues?