Hello everyone
Am on the 1mb fixed ADSL service with Virgin Media at the moment and all is well.
However, I will be switching over to the Max service on Thursday this week and would like to know what speeds I can expect with my line stats:-
I'm more than happy with my fixed service, yet, as I said, I have also switched to using a Netgear DG834GSP router.
What do you think?
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 1152 kbps 288 kbps
Line Attenuation 53 db 15.5 db
Noise Margin 12 db 25 db
What speeds can I expect with these stats, and is there any room for improvement?
The downstream Noise Margin changes at various times of the day, and I have seen it go upto 21db...should this not be static, and is all this changing up and down normal?
My phone and other bits and pieces are set up as follows:-
1. Cordless phone - plugged into filter.
2. Fax machine - plugged into filter (rarely used though, and it's only switched on when needed)
3. Sky box - filtered as per the above.
4. Router - plugged straight into phone socket via the cord using a plugin lead/socket...no filter used. (Should I be using a filter here or not?)
I have also noticed that there is a Block Terminal Connector by the front foor of the property - am I able to open this or not to see if this is all wired OK, or is this BT property and only they can check?
http://kitz.co.uk/adsl/btsockets.htmHave also checked round the house at the weekend and checked the BT sockets to see how they are.
As I don’t have a BT Master socket, it's just one of the ordinary type ones and it was put in by a BT engineer mate of mine, so I know that one's OK.
However, I opened up the socket that the fax machine is connected to and found that wire 3 was connected. I snipped that one out carefully.
All the other sockets are newly wired, so they are all okay.
Please feel free to add any other information that you think may be relevant.
Thanks for your help - look forward to your response.
Regards
happy37