RE: [OT] ADSL Max

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Ian.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Ian Lowe
> Sent: 27 April 2006 09:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] ADSL Max
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> 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.
>
>
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> > -----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.
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----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
> > >
> > > Any ADSL Max users out there yet?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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