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    6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

    This is a discussion on 6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange. within the Speed tests and how to get better results forums, part of the Sky Broadband help and support category; Hello all, Signed up for Sky max back in December, initially I was getting d/l speeds of around 6mb but ...

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      6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

      Hello all,

      Signed up for Sky max back in December, initially I was getting d/l speeds of around 6mb but after getting new pc and some Homeplugs (great piece of kit BTW) I downloaded quite a lot of music (about 5 gig) and suddenly found the speed had dropped to about 1.5mb.

      I found this site and tried the main socket behind the faceplate and I'm back to 6-ish. Does anyone know why this might have happened? I initially thought Sky were maybe capping/throttling my connection after hammering the P2P but having done some research I believe they don't do that on Max. Nothing else has changed on the line, no new extensions etc - the only thing I could think is that we are on one of three new estates in the area, one of which is massive and maybe BT activated a batch of lines at once (??) BUT I'm now back at 6-ish.

      These are my stats before using the master socket:

      /usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
      Status: Showtime Channel: INTR, Upstream rate = 768 Kbps, Downstream rate = 7904 Kbps
      Link Power State: L0
      Mode: G.DMT
      Channel: Interleave
      Trellis: ON
      Line Status: No Defect
      Training Status: Showtime
      Down Up
      SNR (dB): 7.6 14.0
      Attn(dB): 43.0 26.5
      Pwr(dBm): 19.8 10.1
      Max(Kbps): 8512 1152
      Rate (Kbps): 7904 768
      G.dmt framing
      K: 248(0) 25
      R: 12 16
      S: 1 8
      D: 64 4
      ADSL2 framing
      MSGc: 1 1
      B: 246 25
      M: 1 8
      T: 1 1
      R: 12 16
      S: 1.0485 8.6153
      L: 1976 208
      D: 64 4
      Counters
      SF: 29911693 29911691
      SFErr: 7358 400
      RS: 4067990378 254249373
      RSCorr: 373292876 1644
      RSUnCorr: 68582 0

      HEC: 4815 314
      OCD: 5 58
      LCD: 0 6
      Total Cells: 889202761 0
      Data Cells: 20824389 0
      Drop Cells: 0
      Bit Errors: 0 0

      ES: 2780 0
      SES: 110 0
      UAS: 65 0
      Total time = 1 days 15 hours 6 min 37 sec
      SF = 33687161
      CRC = 8417
      LOS = 98
      LOF = 0
      ES = 2780
      Latest 1 day time = 15 hours 6 min 37 sec
      SF = 3199762
      CRC = 758
      LOS = 3
      LOF = 0
      ES = 325
      Latest 15 minutes time = 6 min 37 sec
      SF = 23407
      CRC = 0
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 0
      Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec
      SF = 52930
      CRC = 3
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 2
      Previous 1 day time = 24 hours 0 sec
      SF = 5082204
      CRC = 3844
      LOS = 4
      LOF = 0
      ES = 853
      15 minutes interval [-30 min to -15 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
      SF = 52930
      CRC = 3
      LOS = 1
      LOF = 0
      ES = 2
      15 minutes interval [-45 min to -30 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
      SF = 52931
      CRC = 5
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 3
      15 minutes interval [-60 min to -45 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
      SF = 52930
      CRC = 3
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 3


      and after conencting to master socket:


      /usr/sbin/adslctl: ADSL driver and PHY status
      Status: Showtime Channel: INTR, Upstream rate = 768 Kbps, Downstream rate = 7904 Kbps
      Link Power State: L0
      Mode: G.DMT
      Channel: Interleave
      Trellis: ON
      Line Status: No Defect
      Training Status: Showtime
      Down Up
      SNR (dB): 7.8 14.0
      Attn(dB): 15.5 26.5
      Pwr(dBm): 19.8 7.8
      Max(Kbps): 8480 1248
      Rate (Kbps): 7904 768
      G.dmt framing
      K: 248(0) 25
      R: 12 16
      S: 1 8
      D: 64 4
      ADSL2 framing
      MSGc: 1 1
      B: 248 25
      M: 1 8
      T: 1 1
      R: 12 16
      S: 1.0481 8.6153
      L: 1992 208
      D: 64 4
      Counters
      SF: 182550 182548
      SFErr: 1 0
      RS: 24826896 1551658
      RSCorr: 735 46
      RSUnCorr: 28 0

      HEC: 1 0
      OCD: 0 0
      LCD: 0 0
      Total Cells: 57845726 0
      Data Cells: 1573118 0
      Drop Cells: 0
      Bit Errors: 0 0

      ES: 1 0
      SES: 0 0
      UAS: 22 0
      Total time = 52 min 15 sec
      SF = 182550
      CRC = 1
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 1
      Latest 1 day time = 52 min 15 sec
      SF = 182550
      CRC = 1
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 1
      Latest 15 minutes time = 7 min 15 sec
      SF = 25642
      CRC = 0
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 0
      Previous 15 minutes time = 15 min 0 sec
      SF = 52930
      CRC = 1
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 1
      Previous 1 day time = 0 sec
      SF = 0
      CRC = 0
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 0
      15 minutes interval [-30 min to -15 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
      SF = 52931
      CRC = 0
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 0
      15 minutes interval [-45 min to -30 min] time = 15 min 0 sec
      SF = 51047
      CRC = 0
      LOS = 0
      LOF = 0
      ES = 0

      I notice that my attenuation is now a lot lower, can this account for the difference? Why would it have been ok to begin with and then drop, both while using the "normal" faceplate plus?


      Gotta say that overall I'm really impressed with Sky, but seem to be having problems with emails of late but that's another thread.

      Oh and anyone having problems piping net access around the house should look at Homeplugs, I got mine from SolWise, superb company.


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      Re: 6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

      Hi there SKY HAVE CAPPED YOU because you have downloaded 5GBS continuely in one go. phone them and they will say they DONT KNOW WHATS HAPPENED and they will TRY to get the best speed for you again tell them to lock the line and this is were they can not access your line again
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      Re: 6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

      In a word, sorry two words, bovine scatology.

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      Re: 6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

      Quote Originally Posted by commandercarr View Post
      Hi there SKY HAVE CAPPED YOU because you have downloaded 5GBS continuely in one go. phone them and they will say they DONT KNOW WHATS HAPPENED and they will TRY to get the best speed for you again tell them to lock the line and this is were they can not access your line again

      how do you know sky have capped him when hes connected at 7mbs+??

      it looks like he has loads of errors when he don't use the test socket ....

      SF = 5082204
      CRC = 3844
      LOS = 4
      LOF = 0
      ES = 853

      think some people download lots more than 5gbs in one go on newsgroups
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      Help traffic shaped users by enabling protocol encryption in Az or µT


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      Re: 6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

      max aint capped at all dont know about this 5 gig [i downloaded american army [2.5 gig and then a movie 3.7 gig ]and still had 1meg download speeds after that, it could be any number of reasons f,or example poor internal wiring ,busy exchange [although ur stats did have some errors on it ]if its fine now dont rock the boat as it may tip over
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      Re: 6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

      Thanks for the replies, any idea what might have caused the errors? The stats are confusing to me..... Could it be the issue of lots of new line activations by BT on the new estates? Can't think of anything else that's changed after I got the good speeds to begin with.

      I'll avoid ringing Sky if that's the consensus of opinion. Is there any way of me getting my 6Mb back with the normal faceplate (without replacing it, my DIY skills are lacking to say the least).

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      Re: 6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

      errors tend to be line noise [maybe try a new adsl filter [in case the old one is on its last legs

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      Re: 6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

      Thanks dtr42, will try a new filter then.

      Also thanks to Commandercarr and dflour69 for your help.

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      Re: 6mb down to 1.5, then back to 6. Strange.

      mine was up and down all over the place last night, decided to brave the dreaded cupboard where all my equipement is, armed with a new filter.
      Discovered most of the problem is line noise, unplugging everything else sovles the speed problem, but obviously is not a long term solution.

      Original filter = crap
      2nd filter = crap
      3rd filter = crap
      4th filter =

      personally i thought all filters were the same, but this proves me totally wrong.
      Now have decent speeds again even with all my other equipment still plugged in.
      So what have i learned, always try every filter i own whenever there is a speed problem.

     

     

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