Just Ordered Sky Max (What do you think my speed will be)

[Four_X]

Hi Everyone

this is my first post here and im looking forward to lots more. anyway
Im currently on BT BB ADSL 2meg but have just ordered sky BB MAX
thay told me that my migration would be on 2nd of april. (Still waiting for router

(it was a pain getting my MAC code from bt)

just wanted to know if anyone can tell me what my speed might be i currently
have a netgear DG834G v3 router so i can show you my statistics.

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed: 2272 kbps 288 kbps
Line Attenuation: 46 db 15 db
Noise Margin: 13 db 26 db

thanks guys and gels



Hi

Just a quick follow up (25/03/08)

I received my Router today it's the re-branded NetGear DG834G
(Sky’s own DG934G the black one with sky written on the front)

Just waiting for my letter from sky now then its all systems go
On the 2nd of April hopefully Woo Hoo

Just a quick follow up (28/03/08)

Got my BT BB Letter today telling my service would be terminated
on the 02/04/08 So it looks like sky BB Migration date will be
02/04/08 as sky predicted.

Only 5 days left on BT BB so i'm going to download eveything I
can get. What are they going to do cut off my BB Connection
Ha Ha Ha

[reddwarfcrew]

There's a speed estimater under the tools link at the top.

for 46db attenuation (as i have) you'll get around 6Mb (you can get over 8Mb, but the connection becomes very unstable so i prefer a stable 6Mb).

[Athelus]

Hehehe going to jump in and ask the same question rather than making a new post,

Stats are
[DSL Modem Stats]
US Connection Rate: 288 DS Connection Rate: 2272
DS Line Attenuation: 32 DS Margin: 23
US Line Attenuation: 63 US Margin: 31
US Payload : 34001088 DS Payload: 35278939
2
US Superframe Cnt : 8588237 DS Superframe Cnt: 8588237
US Transmit Power : 11 DS Transmit Power: 16
LOS errors: 0 SEF errors: 0
Frame mode: 3 Max Frame mode: 0
Trained Path: 0 US Peak Cell Rate: 679
Trained Mode: 3 Selected Mode: 1
ATUC Vendor ID: 1095516994 ATUC Revision: 1
Hybrid Selected: 1

[Upstream (TX) Interleave path]
CRC: 0 FEC: 0 NCD: 1
LCD: 0 HEC: 0

[Downstream (RX) Interleave path]
CRC: 0 FEC: 0 NCD: 0
LCD: 0 HEC: 0

[Upstream (TX) Fast path]
CRC: 10 FEC: 34 NCD: 0
LCD: 0 HEC: 0

[Downstream (RX) Fast path]
CRC: 2 FEC: 0 NCD: 0
LCD: 0 HEC: 0

[ATM Stats]
[Upstream/TX]
Good Cell Cnt: 708356
Idle Cell Cnt: 98461475


[Downstream/RX)]
Good Cell Cnt: 7349779
Idle Cell Cnt: 774989971
Bad Hec Cell Cnt: 8
Overflow Dropped Cell Cnt: 0

[SAR AAL5 Stats]
Tx PDU's: 212442
Rx PDU's: 320030
Tx Total Bytes: 24607722
Rx Total Bytes: 344870925
Tx Total Error Counts: 0
Rx Total Error Counts: 14


[OAM Stats]
Near End F5 Loop Back Count: 0
Near End F4 Loop Back Count: 0
Far End F5 Loop Back Count: 0
Far End F4 Loop Back Count: 0

The Reason i ask is as you see my speed isn't great at moment and Current ISP says i am able to get 8mb which i obviouslly can't.

So who can guess what i might be able to connect at when i switch over to Sky Max on 4th of April?

[Brian69]

Hi Athelus.
Use the time you have to wait to check out your internal wiring and filters, or you will be dissapointed with your max performance.

[Athelus]

As far as i know all the wiring is fine (certainly hoping since my father and my self worked in the Data communication field for a while) I do have a new face plate coming in a few days, minor delay due to easter weekend and all, So nothing much to do just now until the parts arrive and test out my options.

Keep your fingers crossed for me

[richone54]

DS Line Attenuation 32
US Line Attenuation 63

the above look a little odd to me, when you get conected post your router stats

[Brian69]

Hi Athelus.
There is one sure way to get the best performance out of your line.
(1) Get a filter faceplate.
(2) Put your router as close to it as possible and use a nice short twisted pair cable to connect to the filter. As you know, it is important to get the DSL sig into the router as soon as you can after it has entered your home, to keep it as clean as possible.
(3) I'll leave you to sort router to computer connection, just try not to use wireless, it's performance is poor.

[Athelus]

the above look a little odd to me, when you get conected post your router stats

Will do

It looks very strange to me too, When i first joined my Current ISP 512 was the best they could offer in my area (many years ago i think back in 2000) so i was satisified with the service, then a few years later they offered upto 1 meg but i stayed at 512, then 2mb came and i was still stuck on 512 so i complained and mysteriously i was able to connect at 2mb, of course now a days 8mb is available but i never bothered to complain after the hassle first time, so I have a nasty feeling i'm being limited by my ISP (a major reason for me leaving).

Of course i could be wrong and i may have a bunch of loose wires sitting behind my walls since we had a lot of renovation done on the house in the last 8 months.

Time will tell though.

[Athelus]

Hi Athelus.
There is one sure way to get the best performance out of your line.
(1) Get a filter faceplate.
(2) Put your router as close to it as possible and use a nice short twisted pair cable to connect to the filter. As you know, it is important to get the DSL sig into the router as soon as you can after it has entered your home, to keep it as clean as possible.
(3) I'll leave you to sort router to computer connection, just try not to use wireless, it's performance is poor.

Yeah my PC is currently set up approximately 18 inches from the Master Point so connecting shouldn't be an issue hehehe, My PC is always hard wired to the router, the pc upstairs is wireless but i never use it so i'm not overly fussed about it's speeds.

I have an XTE-2005 in the post so have the faceplate part sorted.

So hopefully things should be smooth sailing once everything arrives.

Thanks for the tips though

[Brian69]

Jolly good all will be well. Just one more thing, when you remove the faceplate from the master to expose the test socket, make sure that any extension sockets that you have are dead. This is important for the filter faceplate to work properly. If any still have a dial tone you will need to get them sorted.