Line testing has begun again over 2 years since it had previously finished, why is this?

[Isitme]

There is still room for improvement on the download. Your upload is one of the highest I have seen on Sky.

[Tal71]

There is still room for improvement on the download. Your upload is one of the highest I have seen on Sky.

In that case I hope the downstream goes back up again

[Tal71]

DLM must have rebooted again last night and the downstream speed has increased slightly

[gymno]

That's interesting.
What are your ping times like to bbc.co.uk? (212.58.241.131)

When DLM last ran on my line, a 50kbps drop in upstream speed from 1212kbps to 1160kbps coincided with a drop in pings from 22/23ms to 15ms.

[Tal71]

That's interesting.
What are your ping times like to bbc.co.uk? (212.58.241.131)

When DLM last ran on my line, a 50kbps drop in upstream speed from 1212kbps to 1160kbps coincided with a drop in pings from 22/23ms to 15ms.

PING 212.58.241.131 (212.58.241.131): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=6244.413 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=25.892 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=2 ttl=246 time=25.668 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=3 ttl=246 time=24.947 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=4 ttl=246 time=25.948 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=5 ttl=246 time=25.640 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=6 ttl=246 time=26.256 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=7 ttl=246 time=25.387 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=8 ttl=246 time=24.841 ms
64 bytes from 212.58.241.131: icmp_seq=9 ttl=246 time=25.252 ms

--- 212.58.241.131 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 24.841/647.424/6244.413/1865.663 ms



When I do a speedtest via speedtest.net, my ping is usually in the 40-50ms range. I have just done one now and it was 34ms.

[Tal71]

DLM must have rebooted my router again during the early hours, here's my current stats, upstream has increased by 12 kbps. Downstream has increased by 380 kbps

[gymno]

That's interesting too.
I always thought that the only 'target' downstream noise margins DLM could use were 3, 6 & perhaps rarely 7db.

Does your d/s margin naturally fluctuate by 1db or so, depending on time of day?
If not, maybe the intermediate 4 & 5db targets are available after all.

[Tal71]

That's interesting too.
I always thought that the only 'target' downstream noise margins DLM could use were 3, 6 & perhaps rarely 7db.

Does your d/s margin naturally fluctuate by 1db or so, depending on time of day?
If not, maybe the intermediate 4 & 5db targets are available after all.

My downstream noise margin does go up & down at varying times of the day, not sure if its by 1db though.

DLM must have rebooted me again in the early hours, here's my current stats:

[Isitme]

That is very good. A couple of years ago 19 Mb on a 25.5db attenuation would have been near impossible. In your case Sky's line management system is working very well. It looks like you are on a 6db setting, but the actual reading will vary according to the time of day. If you don't have many errors DLM may take you down to 3 db, which would push your speed over the 21 Mb mark.

[Tal71]

Another reboot in the early hours, downstream has decreased slightly, and upstream has increased slightly.