RE: [OT] ADSL Max

["Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm at 3.4 Km - I had a 2Mb line originally, when we closed our business
and
swapped phone lines, the best I could get was 1Mb.

ADSL Max is probably going to give me 448 up, 3192 down.

Here's the speedchecker:

http://speedtester.bt.com/cgi-bin/home.page.pl

there's a link about halfway down the page which explains what do to.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gale
Sent: 27 April 2006 08:50
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] ADSL Max

How far are you Ian?

Oh, and what's the link to the 'BT' speed check?

Cheers,

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Ian Lowe
> Sent: 27 April 2006 08:43
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] ADSL Max
>
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Of
> > Ian Lowe
> > Sent: 26 April 2006 21:57
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] ADSL Max
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
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> > 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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