Possible to get some more speed?

[Gaz85]

I was just wondering if it possible to get some extra speed from Sky. Here are my router stats:



My sister lives just down the road from me and is getting 19*** downstream and 1*** up. Surely there shouldn't be that much difference in 2 places only a few doors apart?

[IWasNotTheEnemy]

Depends on her attenuation. If she has a shorter line then she'll get more

[Scubbie]

Could you plug your router into the Test Socket with just a micrfilter and the short grey ADSL lead supplied with the router by Sky and post the router;s stats from that position please?

Also is there a chance that you can post your sister's stats as well?

As silly as it sounds, those stats actually show that your speed is too high for the line at the moment. Sky uses a default noise margin of 7dB and those show that the noise margin is lower than this.

AS things are though, noise margin aside, you are getting the correct speed for your line attenuation according to the tool available on this site.

SkyUser - Potential ADSL2 Line Speed Checker & Calculator

[Gaz85]

I cant ry to get my Sisters stats when she is there. She works nights and by the time I get home, she has gone to work.

Here are my stats when plugged into the test socket:



The Noise Margin was actually at 7db when I first plugged it in but dropped to 5 again. Sometimes, it actually drops to 3 as you can see here which was taken a few minutes after the screen above:

[Isitme]

Your line is getting too much speed, you need to resync when the noise margin is low to give you a stable speed. In most cases this will give a better connection with a higher actual throughput. With the noise margin so low you are bound to be generating a lot of errors, meaning that the data has to be resent, thus slowing your connection.

[Gaz85]

Your line is getting too much speed, you need to resync when the noise margin is low to give you a stable speed. In most cases this will give a better connection with a higher actual throughput. With the noise margin so low you are bound to be generating a lot of errors, meaning that the data has to be resent, thus slowing your connection.

I am not getting any trouble at all with the connection. When I download from most sites it's going at 1.4mb/s and completely stable.

[Isitme]

That's pretty good. Your router must be performing very well. Normally you would get a reduction with a low noise margin, but if you are happy, that's all that counts.

[Gaz85]

Its been the same with the default router from Sky and my own Netgear DG845G that I'm using now. I just wondered how I had a slow connection compared to my Sister a few doors away? What causes the low noise margin?

The phone line in the house is not the best. The socket is not even fixed to the wall and there are wires hanging out from it everywhere. It was like that when I moved in. Could that have something to do with it ?

[Isitme]

It may do. Bad wiring can cause a high attenuation which in turn will reduce your sync speed. Attenuation depends on the length, condition and quality of the line. If your sister has a very good line it is quite possible she could be further from the exchange than you and still have a lower attenuation. If she is getting 19Mb her attenuation is probably in the teens or low 20s, much lower than yours. Get your wiring tidied up and see if it makes any difference.

[Gaz85]

I wouldn't know where to start with the wiring to be honest. I can see there is the orange/white wire going into the back of the socket. The rest are all hanging outside and they are yellow, green and black it looks like.

The noise margin was at 7db this afternoon when I first plugged it into the test socket so what would cause it to drop to 3?