I have one last possible plan, (Plan G). My BT neighbour has said that he, or either of his sons (both BT Engineers, I wonder what they talk about in the evenings?) would be happy to move the Master Socket for a very fair price. I no longer need the socket moved, but I might ask whether they would check the drop wire connections on the BT side of the Master Socket, as I notice we are getting some line noise recently, the dial tone is a little fuzzy.
Let me check I have got this right.
I may, or may not, get better speeds with MaxDSL, but those speeds are likely to vary much more than at present.
If I don't like what I am getting then I can revert to 2Meg, but will have to pay for this. At this point BT are likely to say "Oh no, not with that contention figure Squire" and knock me back to something even lower.
So I may well be better off staying as I am, bearing in mind that I don't do On-Line games or download music etc.
Total downloads struggle to reach 1 Gb per month, then only when I feel the need to download yet another Linux ISO than won't work.
I just checked the Router stats, Attenuation is still 51Db, SNR is 11. An hour ago it was 15.
As I am now connected direct from the modem into the Master Socket I assume the Attenuation is due to external factors, either the drop line or the away line.
See, I'm learning all the jargon.