RE: [OT] ADSL Max

["Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, the people who haven't had any issues are the ones who can throw
rocks
at their local exchange - in those cases, the amount of line training
required is negligible. It seems to be the people in the outlying areas
that
are hit worst.

It's fair enough if it actually produces a better service - personally, I
think I had a clear idea of what I was going to get on day 2, with the BT
speedcheck account, and the resultant days worth of outage/poor performance
are just an annoyance.

Ian.

Ps> unless, of course, this is BT's plot to stop everyone from
downloading
half the internet in their first few days ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gale
Sent: 27 April 2006 08:20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] ADSL Max

Some people have had problems, others haven't according to adslguide.org.

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Ian Lowe
> Sent: 26 April 2006 21:57
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] ADSL Max
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> Be aware, it will screw your connection for ten days - we migrated a
week
> ago, and the line is still shafted - I'm with Eclipse's Evolution
service,
> and went from a 1Mb max line to *probably* about 3.5Mb down 448k up.
>
> I say probably, because the best download speed I have had since the
> regrade
> is about 200kbps, and that for a minute or so, before it dropped back
to
> 20k
> a second.
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> Yep, ADSL Max turns your line into ISDN * 2 for ten days while the
profile
> is trained. (it seems that people on marginal lines have a worse
> experience
> as the system tried to figure out your baseline maximum speed without
CRC
> errors.
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> I'm patiently waiting for the ten days to end so that I can see what
we
> get.
>
> Ian.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Neil Ball
> Sent: 26 April 2006 16:33
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] ADSL Max
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> Any ADSL Max users out there yet?
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>
> I had my office changed (Eclipse Internet) and am happy with the
results -
> only 3.5Mb downstream on this particular connection but it is still
> cheaper
> than the old 2Mb business rate previously charged so faster/cheaper
than
> before.
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> I'm particularly interested in the results from anyone on list who had
a
> 512K or 1Mb service before due to their distance from the exchange. At
> home
> I have a 1Mb service and although my SNR is good my line attenuation
is
> sitting in the mid 50's. I'm wondering if I will get any improvement
by
> changing over to ADSL Max. It's a few quid a month extra compared to
the
> fixed service I'm on just now so financially only worthwhile if I do
see a
> speed increase.
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