Should I just accept Sky's speed

[heyho]

I am currenlty on the Sky 'Max' package but only get 3mbs. I've tried several things including

- upgrading the master socket to an built adsl microfiltered one
- disconnecting any extension cabling
- tested direclty in the master socket
- have router plugged into master socket

And still get 3mbs even afetr reboot of the router.

Now I was going to live with this seeing as the distance to the exchange is approximated 1.5 miles but last night I was at a friends house who live several hundred yards away from us (and further away from the exchange) and they had just upgraded to TalkTalk and when I looked at their router (after noticing there internet speed was considerably faster than mine) they were getting 7.6mbs.

Now I appreciate there are a lot of factors to take into account but is a 3mbs to 7.6mbs speed difference in such a small proximity justifiable?

[IWasNotTheEnemy]

Stats please...

[Isitme]

The stats from your friends router would also be interesting. If he is getting 7.6 his attenuation must be in the low 40s, yours is in the 50s, meaning although you appear to be nearer the exchange, his line is actually shorter.

[heyho]

Well sort of a result. Logged a call with Sky this morning. Just got home and checked speed to post stats on here and I'm now getting 4.8mbs

Stats are

Down 4800kbps Up 768kbps

Line attenuation Down 51.0db Up 31.0
Noise Margin Down 6.9 Up 15.0

Interesting I also had some stats from April 2009. They were:

Down 4608kbps Up 768kbps

Line attenuation Down 51.0db Up 31.5
Noise Margin Down 7.3 Up 9.0

[heyho]

Just checked emails and had this from Sky:

Thank you for confirming your setup.
I have made some minor changes to your line and it is now connecting at 4.8MB.
There are some errors building on your line which could indicate an issue with your filter.
I would suggest changing this and checking the speed again as I have the line configured above 5MB.
Click on the link below for a step by step guide on how to check the speed which your router is currently achieving.
Sky.com - Sky Help Centre>Product Help



Given I've upgraded the master socket to a XTE-2005 is this correct. I'm not using a filter on my only extension to the Sky HD box

[Isitme]

I would not worry about it. Although a bad filter could cause errors, I doubt if it is in your case. More likely to be the condition of the line. I think what has happened is that when you were upgraded you were moved to ADSL2+, which did not work well on your line. You have now been moved back to G.DMT and your stats are as they were before.

What you can try is plugging your HD box into a filter and see if you noise margin improves. The box should still be able to call out, but check that it can in the EPG settings.