Is slow broadband upon activation normal?

[Ryster]

Hello one and all!

I have been with Sky for two years now and have recently moved into a new house.
Finally after 2 weeks my broadband was activated today, but its painfully slow!

I couldnt for the life of me remember if at my old house, upon activation, the internet was just as slow.

I have optimised TCPs and got myself upto 2mb, but Im wondering is the next few weeks going to be like a testing period, after which my broadband will be wacked up to the full amount the line can handle? Or is this it?!

Thanks in advance for your help, I have attached some stats for people to have a look at. Activation only occured at 9am.





Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time
WAN PPPoA 3 3 0 0 0 00:00:00
LAN 100M/Full 11499 0 0 73 0 07:41:28
WLAN 11M/54M 314462 229063 0 13935 1010 07:41:16
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 4096 kbps 512 kbps
Line Attenuation 25 db 13 db
Noise Margin 20 db 14 db

[Scubbie]

You are currently on the starting speeds, so don't worry.

Once DLM kicks in, you should gradually build up to a connection speed of between 16-18Mb according to the tool on this site. Although it does say up to 24mb, experience teaches me that a max of 18mb is more likely.

SkyUser - Potential ADSL2 Line Speed Checker & Calculator

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-d...need-know.html

[Ryster]

Thanks for the quick response!

I did think it would gradually speed up, so thank you for answering my questions.

[IWasNotTheEnemy]

It's on your welcome letter, if you read it