Cheers BS,
having corresponded with you previously, in my "other" thread, I am aware that you and the original FTTC installation engineer appear to be of the same ilk.
He was very chatty & informative & explained everything he was doing.
It was all a bit alien to me at that time as my previous ADSLMAX connection had only once exceeded 1Mb (due to distance from the exchange) & I had no idea whatsoever regarding stats, attenuation, SNR etc. etc.
Prior to that I was on a 0.5Mb fixed rate & prior to that I was classed as too far from the exchange to have anything other than dialup.
He was more than willing to show me his gadget. (I didn't have a clue what a JDSU was at that time).
He didn't mention my distance from the cabinet & unfortunately, I didn't ask.
Unfortunately, I didn't make a note of the stats that he showed me.
How I now wish I had done so.
My most important memory of his visit is that he told me the connection had synced at around 35Mb, which looked about right for the distance.
We didn't look at any 'streaming', but he suggested we have a look at Namesco bbmax speed test.
That returned 1Mb DS & 1.67Mb US.
As my ISP is Plusnet, I had already been informed that they do not adjust profiles from ADSL to FTTC speeds until the installation engineer has confirmed a successful installation.
He must have confirmed that just after he left as within 1 hour I was seeing 33Mb download speeds.
That was on the original 8c profile, using my own shielded 20m "high speed data" extension cable to relocate the master socket instead of the BT "data extension" kit as it was apparently better quality than the cable the engineer had in his van.
I reckon if you carried out a straw-poll that 98% of engineers wouldn't have a clue about the Huwaei/ECI modems being 'Locked'.
Really? That genuinely surprises me.
Mind you, it could explain why none of the visiting engineers have subsequently expressed any sign of surprise when I have showed them the stats as displayed in the modem's GUI.
I'm sure no memos exist that state that end users must not be allowed to see the stats from a JDSU/EXFO.
However, from my "other" thread, you have seen me report that one engineer was happy for me to photograph the stats shown on his JDSU on arrival, but on his return from doing something at the cabinet refused to let me even see the stats, never mind photograph them.
He actually told me he could lose his job if anyone found out that he had let me see the stats!
Perhaps
demanding to see the stats is too strong a description.
Perhaps being insistently persuasive may be be a better description?
However, from an end user's perspective, unless we mess about & "illegally" unlock the modems, how on earth are we supposed to know how a connection is performing (at least at installation) when faced with an engineer who point-blank refuses to tell us/show us the stats?
Paul.