ADSL MAX 8 Meg service switchover..

[dangel]

So I was on 2mbps and er.. I still am apparently..

Synched at 7.6mbps yesterday - upload speed is faster but downloads 'capped' at 2mbps (240k/sec) which appears to be part and parcel of the 10 day 'training' process.

Patience isn't a virtue at times like these and I was reallly hoping to see big download speeds last night - but it's just as it was before.. I wonder how long it will be before it considers my line 'safe' enough to ramp it up?

[badass]

So I was on 2mbps and er.. I still am apparently..

Synched at 7.6mbps yesterday - upload speed is faster but downloads 'capped' at 2mbps (240k/sec) which appears to be part and parcel of the 10 day 'training' process.

Patience isn't a virtue at times like these and I was reallly hoping to see big download speeds last night - but it's just as it was before.. I wonder how long it will be before it considers my line 'safe' enough to ramp it up?

3 days
IP rate downgrades trail 1/2 day behind synch rate decreases, IP rate upgrades take 3 days.
Aren't BT great

[dangel]

Thanks for the info - yes that's what i've read. I've also been told to turn off the router for 5 mins each day to force a re-synch to be added to the profile (if the synch is constant the rate is accepted).

So blinking annoying tho!

[Pie_uk]

7.6 !!

well im sync at 180kpbs..... yet paying for up to 8mbps

[dangel]

Well I'm still synched at 7.6 (it's never dropped, slowed etc at _ALL_) and still my cap is 2!!! It'll be ten days tomorrow, and after that i can log a complaint

[chuckskull]

Apparently BT are rolling out a load of ADSLmax upgrades this month. We're supposed to be getting it here, not heard anything yet though. Knowing BT you'll probably have to cough up some cash to get the full speed.

Theres also the possibility your router just cant handle 8mbps. Quite likely if you have a cheapo BT free one.

[dangel]

Apparently BT are rolling out a load of ADSLmax upgrades this month. We're supposed to be getting it here, not heard anything yet though. Knowing BT you'll probably have to cough up some cash to get the full speed.

Theres also the possibility your router just cant handle 8mbps. Quite likely if you have a cheapo BT free one.

I've got a Draytek 2800V - it should be okay The point is, i'm sat synched - 100% reliably - at 7.6 the _only_ thing limiting my speed is the IP rate at BT's end which hasn't moved from the default 2.0 since day 1. It's confusing because there are TWO limits on your line - the synch rate and the IP rate - the IP rate is determined by the DLM which sets the bRAS profile for your line. My thoughts are that there's a problem their side and i'm literally stuck with a lower IP rate than is necessary (remember i've had no synch issues and resynching achieves the same rate constantly). I'm about 100m from my exchange. The DLM should allocate a profile rate of around minus 500kbits/sec from your synch rate after three days of error free use - it's clearly not doing that and i've the line stats and uptime to show it.

Upspeed: 48000
Downspeed: 7616000
SNR : 14.0 (sometimes 14.5)
Attenuation: 5.0

UP Time (DSL): 130:18:04 (since i last turned the box off to try and shift my rate)


You can find out what profile you have allocated to your line by going here:

http://test.speedtester.bt.com:50301/

Note that you have to do it from the line your testing and that the service is a bit flaky so if you get an error try again later.