Firstly
>> on which I got a fail on the automatic testing procedue, so presumeably something is amiss.
Naww... I fail that too and there is nothing wrong with my line
Ive tried it a couple of times and it still doesnt complete. :/
Raised this as a fault to PN direct.
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Can I just ask those speeds in your first post were they your sync speeds or the results of speed tests? (I had at first assumed they were sync speeds).
Honestly your MSR should affect your throughput speeds although your bRAS profile will. If your data rate is set at 8000 then there there shouldnt be anything on the PN side of things that is throttling you either.
Have you done any a
BTw Speedtest to see what speed that gives you?
I have a horrible feeling that it may be contention at the exchange that is causing your problem. Since max I dont think Ive seen anyone on any ISP who has been able to get full speeds during peak time, and its more likely to be in the 4Mbps region
Believe it or not BTw state that they consider a measly 400kbps (nope I havent missed a zero out) as
acceptable speeds during peak time due to the fact that IPStream adsl is sold as a contended product :/
Since the advent of max BTw are happy to let contention kick in on the VPs
When I first got max I got some good speeds, but as more users on my exchange have also been maxed Ive noticed this speed gradually decline as more users share the same backhaul capacity.
Finally you could try
MTU/RWin tweaking for 8Mb - I got an extra 400kbps when I changed my MTU and RWIN to 1430 / 166800. Different settings work best for different people and theres a few on that page if you want to try.