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[sheddyian]

About a month ago I sucumbed to the TalkTalk Youview offer, and within a few days got the YouView box AND a new modem/router, the HG533.

In this brief review that I posted at the time, http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php/topic,12502.msg235944.html#msg235944 I note that as part of the setup, TalkTalk increases your Signal/Noise Margin to improve reliablilty, with the downside being a reduction in line speed.

I also noted that there was a further drop in line synch speed when switching from my existing TalkTalk supplied DSL-2780 to the HG533.

Yesterday I upgraded the firmware on the HG533 from 1.13t to 1.14t and have found that this has improved the synch speeds somewhat. 

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Router               Speed down
===========          ==========
DSL-2780 2.02t       18748
DSL-2780 2.02t       18858

HG533 1.13t          17550
HG533 1.13t          17275
HG533 1.13t          17021
HG533 1.13t          17100
HG533 1.13t          17316
HG533 1.13t          17236
HG533 1.13t          17474
HG533 1.13t          17462
HG533 1.13t          17490
HG533 1.13t          17493
HG533 1.13t          17295
HG533 1.13t          17346
HG533 1.13t          17147

HG533 1.14t          18099
HG533 1.14t          18091
HG533 1.14t          18071
HG533 1.14t          18071
HG533 1.14t          18294

Note that all these measurements were taken whilst on the same profile (9db).  I was previously on the 6db profile and could get 20/21K synch!

I've left the dates and times off, this data is where I've just noted the speed after a reboot for whatever reason.  (The modem is usually left online 24/7)

The jump in synch speed has corresponded with an increase in the download speed, as measured by speedtest.net, so this seems to be a "real" improvement.

Obviously, 24 hours isn't very long to prove anything, but consitently every reboot has given me faster synch speeds than I was getting with the previous firmware.

If it's of use to anyone, the firmware for the TALKTALK HG533 ONLY is here
http://downloads.talktalk-labs.com/RFU/Huawei/HG533/

But be sure to read the comments on the TalkTalk support forums http://talktalkmembers.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=111, as some users have reported problems following an update to 1.14t, specifically being no longer able to access the router's configuration web interface!

Ian

[burakkucat]

That was interesting to read. Hopefully the improvement will be persistent.