I purchased a 585V6 from ebay, which arrived yesterday, in an attempt to improve my stats from the DG834G.
First problem I had, was Tiscali branded firmware, although it did accept my ISP details(madasafish). After much digging around, I upgraded to the latest 6.2 firmware and no more Tiscali pages.
The first sync was lower than the netgear, so I restarted a few times and finally got a sync within my 4000 IP profile. At this time, the SNR margin was 12db as it was when the netgear started up. Then, suddenly, it resynced and came back with a 15db margin. It seemed like the DLM raised it at that very moment.
I've lost some speed, but the noise margin has been incredibly stable compared to the netgear. Since yesterday afternoon, the lowest has been 12.5db, even in the evening. During the day, it's a virtual straight line at 15db. I'm synced at 4128, attenuation 47db. Right now, the noise margin is at 14db. The netgear, even with the improved firmware, would normally be varying between about 10 and 4db in the evening, occasionally lower.
I'm impressed with the Speedtouch but clearly, with those stats, there is room for improvement in my speed. The question is, if it remains stable, can I rely on the DLM to reduce my target SNR margin at some stage or should I plead with my ISP to have it done manually?