Can I get an increase in upload?

[dankargo]

Hey guys, Im on the Unlimited plan and a frequent Youtube uploader. Here are my stats, is it possible that I could squeeze a bit more from my upload rate?

Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time
WAN PPPoA 4437112 6860401 0 89 0 152:12:30
LAN Up 6508300 4272281 0 7725 879 358:26:22
WLAN Up 5872397 4055454 0 355 326 358:26:00
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 3776 kbps 384 kbps
Line Attenuation 53.0 dB 31.5 dB
Noise Margin 9.9 dB 23.0 dB

[Shonk]

you can squeeze more on the downstream
and around 3 times as much on the usptream by the looks of it

[dankargo]

Thank you for the reply

If I phone Sky and ask them to increase my upload rate will this affect my download sync rate? (i.e. will they need to lower the downstream rate to gain a higher upload?)

[Shonk]

No
they can also set your downstream rate higher

[dankargo]

Just phoned Sky and asked if they could tweak a few things, got through immediately to CST who worked some magic. does things look any better?


Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time
WAN PPPoA 5132 6612 0 8 0 0:04:11
LAN Up 312150 183695 0 7930 1012 25:01:28
WLAN Up 297491 208985 0 131 123 25:01:06
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 3872 kbps 864 kbps
Line Attenuation 53.0 dB 31.5 dB
Noise Margin 7.7 dB 7.0 dB

[Scubbie]

It may not look it, but that certainly does look a little better. Importantly the upload speed has also been increased as well.

Provided that it stays stable, you should manage a little better with that connection speed.

[dankargo]

It may not look it, but that certainly does look a little better. Importantly the upload speed has also been increased as well.

Provided that it stays stable, you should manage a little better with that connection speed.

Thanks Scubbie

I thought too about squeezing more from the download speed, usually if I reboot the router early in the morning it will give me between 4096-4224kbps but because I rang Sky at about 10pm and they resynced the connection, due to the time of day it would have possibly prevented me from squeezing that bit more.

I didn't realise how beneficial upload speed was before this, now I'm finding that I can actually use the internet to browse webpages while I'm downloading things. Before hand, it was much slower.

[Scubbie]

It certainly does make a huge difference. I generally advise people to cap the upload speed of any torrent program during the day so that 'normal' browsing can happen for that reason.

As for resetting the router, you may wish to let things settle down first as you've had a history of an unstable connection. See how it goes for a few days before resetting it again.