I think my Sky Broadband unlimited is capped at 4 Meg.

[joss]

The OP is on DLM best not to disconnect until DLM has finished!

[dwranson]

Ok, thought id give an update on my sky broadband service. In "My Sky" it is now says the following:

Line connection testing completed on 15/07/2009

Download Speed
Your connection has been set to a download speed of up to
8.0Mb (8192Kb)

Upload Speed
Your connection has been set to an upload speed of up to
0.8Mb (800Kb)

I was expecting better.... I reckon my lines can do more. Does anyone know what I should do next in order to get sky to try faster speeds?

[Jabbed]

Ok, that is probably around the maximum you an get at the moment with your current level of noise, maybe you could squeeze another 1mb of download but thats unlikely.

We need to make your noise margin as high as possible so you can get the speeds that you were expecting, make sure that you have a fitted a micro filter to every telephone socket including the master socket (unless it is already filtered) where there is a device connected.

This should improve your noise margins if you have not already done so.

[dwranson]

Thanks for the reply Yeah i have 1 nte5 master socket and 3 extensions all filtered. I just tried the router in the test socket and im getting much better noise margin. I also disconnected the bell wire. But whilst im getting over 21db noise margin on 8 meg with the test socket, im only getting 7 or 8db when all my devices are connected. So i know its my internal setup and not outside wiring. My house was wired about 8 or 9 years and seems to be wired well. Rewiring is an option i really want to avoid. im not sure if my lines are daisy chained. What are the next steps i need to take in order to get similar noise margin to the test socket?

[Jabbed]

Right leave your router plugged into your master socket whilst you ring sky as they will ask you to do that anyway.

They should increase your speed but make sure you get to tier 2 as they will be the only ones who can do that.

Alternatively, you could perhaps buy homeplugs if you leave your router in the master socket OR, buy a set of telephones that requires only 1 of them to be plugged into a phone socket and then make sure its plugged into your master.

I dont know whether it would be practical for yourself but it is an option

[dwranson]

ok, but I need to have more ammo for sky tech if you know what i mean. I can already see how the convo would go with tier 1, they will blame my internal wiring, which IS probably the problem. What im thinking is that i might have an extra filter on the upstairs socket which could be daisy chained. I need some help trying to diagnose whats causing the noise. I got my phone and router plugged into the test socket with a filter now, and all 3 boxes disconnected (in breach of sky contract) until this problem is resolved.

[Jabbed]

You wont need more ammo :P

Ok, if you want to begin i suggest disconnecting EVERYTHING from every phone scoket in your house and only leave the internet / phone in the master socket.

Once done post your stats.

Then i would connect 1 device to a phone socket and repost stats (make sure filters are on)

Rinse and repeat and you should see which socket is causing the problem if there is one due to the decrease in noise or increase in attentuation. If a socket is not correct simply dont use it

[dwranson]

thanks, im on it now, ill post my results when im done.

[Jabbed]

Np, i just hope we find the cause of your problem

[dwranson]

Oh dear..... I appear to be getting 7db on the master socket with everything else disconnected??!!. I tried the router in 2 other extensions and get abour 4 db better noise margin than on the master socket. This socket only got installed a few weeks ago. Im getting a good noise margin with the router connected to the test socket on the same nte5 master though.