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| Thread ID: 143114 | 2016-11-22 09:06:00 | ADSL2 Speeds, | Arnie (6624) | PC World Chat |
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| 1429076 | 2016-11-22 09:06:00 | I know factors can vary, but what would the max bps speed on a long copper phone line some 3 or 4 km from the exchange be. The last km is up our drive way serving 5 customers. My speed test shows only around 5 mbps down or 0.4 up on an old modem router. My neighbor got sent a Hauwie b315 and says he is getting 10 to 15 down. Could it be he has upgraded to Rural BB he says to his partner no? There fore would a new Modem Router such as a Fritz Box 7490 do the same? It is adsl or Rural BB only here at this stage although KiwiWiFi are looking. |
Arnie (6624) | ||
| 1429077 | 2016-11-22 10:22:00 | Do you have a master splitter installed? Your router can support adsl2? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1429078 | 2016-11-22 16:44:00 | Better to confirm with your ISP that you have ADSL2,looks like ADSL1 to me as I have just been through all this recently Get your ISP to do a line test |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1429079 | 2016-11-22 17:31:00 | Went from ADSL1 to ADSL2+ a few months back. Speeds went from about 4mbps (down) to almost 16mbps. No notification from ISP - just happened to look at the settings on my modem one day and saw the connection was now ADSL2+. Would check that your modem/router is ADSL2 compatible. I use a DrayTek Vigor 2700e - very happy with this. Note: don't think this is available any more but the DrayTek brand is (supposedly) very good. |
ManUFan (7602) | ||
| 1429080 | 2016-11-22 18:24:00 | At around 3.5 km it no longer matters what ADSL version you have, they all max out at around 5 Mbps www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk Of course as always it's more complicated than that and depends on the type of cable in the ground but that chart is for typical performance. You could log into your modem and check the line stats and compare the loss to the table on that page to see what you could theoretically get. Are you sure there's no cabinet between you and the exchange? wherever possible the Chorus try to get under 900M to the customer to allow VDSL to work well, not so much in rural areas and low population areas but it's true of a lot of the country now. When I moved here I was 3.5 km from the exchange and got 3Mbps on ADSL, then I was transferred to a cabinet installed 667M from my house and went to 8Mbps (ADSL max), then I got a new modem and went to 16 Mbps and stayed there for a few years. Then I switched to VDSL when it became available and got 30+ initially and over 40 when they changed the profile. That's been my broadband progression since 1999, fairly typical in an Urban area. Now I'm on 100 Mbps fibre :) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1429081 | 2016-11-22 19:39:00 | My neighbor got sent a Hauwie b315 and says he is getting 10 to 15 down. . google tells me thats a 4G router .so hes not on ADSL |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1429082 | 2016-11-23 00:24:00 | google tells me thats a 4G router .so hes not on ADSL Ding ding ding! We have a winner! I *think* that was the model that Skinny were sending out for their "4G-Only broadband" stuff. Basically they're not on a copper connection, you are. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1429083 | 2016-11-23 01:44:00 | Thanks guys, just a little more info. My Modem Router is an older dynalink DSL G604T ADSL2+ supplied by Telecom I believe. I know there is no cabinet for at least 2.5 km I am exactly 1 km up our ROW, The neighbor is about 200M further up. I guess I am asking if I went up to say a Fritzbox 7490 would it improve my speed. I am with Vodafone at this stage. Will log into my current Modem and have a look. The neighbor had his sent to him by Spark. Is it definitely only 4G? He says that he is still on ADSL2 Cheers |
Arnie (6624) | ||
| 1429084 | 2016-11-23 03:33:00 | It may do, those routers are old as hell and never actually sync'd terribly well. The DrayTek DV120 would be the go, or DV130 if you can't get that. You'll also want to check with Vodafone and ensure that you're on an ADSL2+ plan with Chorus. If you want to PM me your address, I can run a prequalification check and see what it comes back with for you, might help give you a bit more info about what you're on, vs what you can get etc. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1429085 | 2016-11-23 03:54:00 | It may do, those routers are old as hell and never actually sync'd terribly well. The DrayTek DV120 would be the go, or DV130 if you can't get that. You'll also want to check with Vodafone and ensure that you're on an ADSL2+ plan with Chorus. If you want to PM me your address, I can run a prequalification check and see what it comes back with for you, might help give you a bit more info about what you're on, vs what you can get etc. I've been trying to set up a DV120 at home and no matter what I do it won't sync at more than about 4.5mbps. My Netcomm router syncs at about 6.5mbps. I really wanted to be able to use the PPPoA passthrough on it! :( |
CYaBro (73) | ||
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