Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 linesThis is a discussion on Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines within the Sky & DLM forums, part of the Sky Broadband help and support category; How long will this procedure take/ how long will we have no intenet?
Edit: Is this for LLU customers?...
 |
|

25-04-08, 04:46 PM
|
 |
Sky User Member
Exchange: Thurnby - EMTHRNB
Broadband ISP: Max
Router: Netgear V1 DG834GT
Sky TV:
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 136
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
How long will this procedure take/ how long will we have no intenet?
Edit: Is this for LLU customers?
Last edited by Topkidben; 25-04-08 at 09:28 PM.
|

25-04-08, 07:25 PM
|
 |
Sky User Member
Exchange: Ilkeston
Broadband ISP: Max
Router:
Sky TV:
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Ilkeston
Posts: 14
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
I wonder if this is happening because of the router firmware update. I have installed the update myself and found I get a much faster and stable connection.
I wonder if I can get higher and Sky did cap the speed a while back due to evening drop outs.
It will be really good if they find my line / router can now cope with a faster speed
|

27-04-08, 06:23 PM
|
 |
Sky User Member
Exchange: Ripon N Yorkshire
Broadband ISP: Mid
Router: Netgear V1 DG834GT
Sky TV:
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 15
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
I wonder if this has started. SNR shot up to 30 from 16 at around midday after a disconnect, speed plummeted from 5700 to 2700. I'm on the Ripon exchange ..... we were one of the first to get a firmware upgrade so perhaps they're rolling it out in the same order.
....Just rebooted and back to normal, so possibly not!
Last edited by AnnM; 27-04-08 at 06:37 PM.
|

27-04-08, 07:45 PM
|
 |
Sky User Member
Exchange: 01905
Broadband ISP: Sky Max/Unlimited
Router: Netgear V1 DG834GT
Sky TV: Sky Multiroom
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Worcestershire
Posts: 265
Thanks: 11
Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
Interesting. I got V1.03.87 at about 05:30 on 02/04/2008 and my uptime is now just over 614 hours - which is a new record personal best for me!
The connection has been very stable since getting V1.03.87 - it was pretty good before, but I always seemed to end up rebooting the router after a couple of weeks or so (if it lasted that long, sometimes it would just drop after 7 - 10 days).
My next benchmark is 28 days - I wonder if it can stay online until then?
Or have I just jinxed it? Probably!
To infinity (or at least 30 days) and beyond...
|

27-04-08, 09:51 PM
|
 |
Sky User Beta tester
Exchange: wigan
Broadband ISP: Max
Router: Netgear V1 DG834GT
Sky TV: Sky Basic
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lancs
Posts: 64
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
My speed had dropped from 16M to 423kbs and it stinks, after the router firmware upgrade everything was good, and then my snr dropped to 8.2 which was still o.k for my line, but now my download speed has plummited downhill to 432kbps.
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 16383 kbps 765 kbps
Line Attenuation 18.5 db 11.6 db
Noise Margin 7.9 db 11.5 db
As you can see, my connection speed is top dog.
|

28-04-08, 12:24 AM
|
 |
Sky User Member
Exchange: NIGGY
Broadband ISP: Base
Router: Sagem F@ST 2504
Sky TV:
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Belfast
Posts: 5
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
If anyone is worried about their speed and is on the connect package check te up and downstream speeds. If they are both 288 then you are on IP Home 250 and will need regraded to Max. If it is coming up as 488 then what has normally happened is that BT have placed a Cap on the line which is due to the fact that they dont think your line can handle any more. Again this can be removed by calling through to the tech line
|

28-04-08, 11:48 AM
|
 |
Sky User Member
Exchange:
Broadband ISP: Sky Mid
Router: Netgear V1 DG834GT
Sky TV: Sky+ HD
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 54
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
 I hope they don't "shoot themselves in the foot" doing this! While I appreciate some customers have connectivity and stablisation problems, I myself have enjoyed a very stable connection for a year or so as I understand a good many others have too, if that all changes for me after they have done their "tweaking" I wont be very happy!!
I personally would like them to put their time and money into looking into the prospects of fibre optic technology that promises very high speeds rather than let the competition (Virgin) get "streets ahead" first and have to play catch up later when all their customers have switched!!
|

28-04-08, 12:06 PM
|
 |
Sky User Member
Exchange: SELBY
Broadband ISP: Max
Router: Netgear V1 DG834GT
Sky TV: Sky+
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Barlby, North Yorks
Posts: 44
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
Im on the Selby exchange, my ping has been at 46ms for the past 7 days (increased from 32ms). It has been confirmed by TS that my max delay is still set at 8, would the latency increase have anything to do with the reprofiling?
I havent had any probs with my connection for the past year (2848Kb down, 640Kb up, 7.2db-13db down, 14db up, 32ms-33ms latency, jolt/bbc).
__________________
|

29-04-08, 03:50 PM
|
 |
Sky User Member
Exchange: Leics Central
Broadband ISP: Not on Sky
Router:
Sky TV:
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Leics
Posts: 61
Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
Bad news as far as I am concerned, profiling is a weakness of BTs wholesale system and sky got various customers who simply wanted to escape profiling. Are sky going to be profiling customers who are happy with their lines how they are and have reported no faults?
|

29-04-08, 03:54 PM
|
 |
Site Founder
Exchange: Marshalls Cross
Broadband ISP: o2 Standard
Router: Non Sky Router
Sky TV: Sky+ HD
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: St Helens
Posts: 16,640
Thanks: 75
Thanked 479 Times in 417 Posts
|
|
|
Re: Sky to perform a spot of ADSL line management on some 300,000 lines
tbh I don't think this has even started yet. We certainly have not been tipped off that it has.
__________________
~ Never, ever, argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience ~
You can now use Tapatalk to view or post on here, search for SkyUser.
|
 |
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 07:28 PM.
|