Question about LINE ATTENUATION

[solidstan]

Can my internal wiring affect my line attenuation?

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 3200 kbps 384 kbps
Line Attenuation 60.0 db 31.5 db
Noise Margin 7.6 db 13.0 db


A friend of mine, lives about a 2 minute walk(oppisite direction fron the telephone extchange), and connects at 5500kbps...
How can that be?

[Postman Pat]

Line attentuation measures distance to the exchange. Sadly just because your live marginally nearer it doesnt mean that your line follows the same route as his one, which may be more direct

[Brian69]

To answer your question, Yes your internal wiring can effect the attenuation of your broadband connection.
Now I'll try and answer the other question "why is my friends connection faster?" There are lots of reasons, he may have better internal wiring, his line to the exchange may be a lot shorter, (your "as the crow flies" distance means nothing, phone cables may take a differant route)
For you to get the best performance you can, you need to follow the advice in cables and faceplates on this site.

[solidstan]

Thanks, Since my first post, and while I was receving 2 very quick replys (thanks again)..
I tryed the remove my face plate, and connected my router directly into the internal connector of the BT main socket..
Nothing changed (well except my connection speed is about 3700kbps), and since changing it back to normal, my connection is still about 3700kbps, so I guess it's about that time of day (for faster connection speeds).

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 3744 kbps 384 kbps
Line Attenuation 60.0 db 31.5 db
Noise Margin 7.3 db 14.0 db

[Postman Pat]

Sky LLU products do not suffer from faster connection speeds(traffic shaping) at any time of the day. With your high attentuation a speed of 3700 is probably slightly above normal

[moleman]

But they do suffer from interference in the evening, which I assume is what the OP was referring to.

[Postman Pat]

Possibily though i think he was refering to the afternoon lol

[solidstan]

Thanks, Since my first post, and while I was receving 2 very quick replys (thanks again)..
I tryed the remove my face plate, and connected my router directly into the internal connector of the BT main socket..
Nothing changed (well except my connection speed is about 3700kbps), and since changing it back to normal, my connection is still about 3700kbps, so I guess it's about that time of day (for faster connection speeds).

Yes, it was an afternoon, sunday afternoon..
Which im guessing is why im connecting at 3700kbps, and not my usual 3200kbps?

so I guess it's about that time of day (for faster connection speeds).