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Sync speed vs download/upload speed (Max) ?
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Sync speed vs download/upload speed (Max) ?
I've been on Sky Max for about a week, and have been sync'd at 6464/768 for the last 5 days. What download/upload speeds should I be seeing at this sync rate ? I understand that max doesn't quite work in the same way as "plain vanilla" ADSL, so no line profiles as such.
Here's a speed test I did recently.....
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Re: Sync speed vs download/upload speed (Max) ?
Not really an expert, but those download speeds look about right, maybe a tad slow but hardly worth noticing. Generally I find that you get about a tenth of what you sync at, so for you syncing at 6.5mb should have a max download speed of 650k\s (8mb should give you 800k\s etc.)
550k\s is reasonable when you consider times of day and bandwitdh available across the network etc.
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Re: Sync speed vs download/upload speed (Max) ?
Originally Posted by jim5000 
I think this conclusion is probably right but isn't the maths a bit dodgy?
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Re: Sync speed vs download/upload speed (Max) ?
Have you checked your Attenuation and SNR figures? If you have just 'plugged in', and have not optimised your connection, there is a good chance you can do better. You usually find that your download speed will be about 85% of you sync rate, due to overheads. ie don't expect your sync and download to be the same.
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Re: Sync speed vs download/upload speed (Max) ?
Hi again,
I've already done about as much tweaking as I can. I have the router directly connected to an ADSLNation filtered faceplate, and I'm tweaking the (Speedtouch 546 v5) router with DMT for a 5.5dB noise margin. Attenuation and noise figures are....
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 29.5 / 48.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.0 / 5.5
I was getting a similar performance with the supplied router, but the Netgear runs way too warm, and it would be sitting on a sunny window sill, so the Speedtouch is better for me.
Thanks for all the help and comments - I was forgetting about the overheads
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