Any ISP's who do manual upgrades?

Have been with BTY for the last 2 years with no problems at 512K an
have tried to get upgraded to 1mb, but always hit a brick wall with th
normal 'Computer says No' syndrome.

Line stats from my router show a snr of 26db and line attenuation o
55-56db which are well within BT's published limits.

Are there any ISP's out there who can get a manual upgrade to 1m
processed? - Its time to switch from BTY and find a technicall
sympathetic ISP

Thanks for your assistance, Andy

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> Have been with BTY for the last 2 years with no problems at 512K and
> have tried to get upgraded to 1mb, but always hit a brick wall with
> the
> normal 'Computer says No' syndrome.
>
> Line stats from my router show a snr of 26db and line attenuation of
> 55-56db which are well within BT's published limits.
>
> Are there any ISP's out there who can get a manual upgrade to 1mb
> processed? - Its time to switch from BTY and find a technically
> sympathetic ISP
>
> Thanks for your assistance, Andy.
>
>

If your readings are accurate, then you should be able to handle 1Mb.
It's a big IF though. I've had two routers give 29db and 40db
anntenuation - within 5 mins of each other. I have a 2Mb connection,
with between 29 and 40 db annenuation, (depending on which router you
believe!) and snr of around 26 (both routers report similar values).
Around a year ago, the BT checker said I could get 2 meg, no problem
(and I've had no problems), but now for some reason, the same checker
says, I cannot get 2 meg, and MIGHT be able to get 1. Very strange
indeed. You would think they would check what speed I am actually on....

Back to the point in hand. Most ISPs would be reluctant to upgrade you,
because if it doesn't work, then they have to raise a fault with BT
Wholesale to get it sorted. Which costs them money. What you could
perhaps try, is ask your ISP (has to be your own ISP) to do a One Shot
Check - a BT Wholesale tool that gives anntenuation figures, amongst
other things. Say to them, that if the OSC shows anntenation below 60db,
then this would show your line is suitable for 1 meg. The figure is
coming from BT - not your own router - so in you ISP's eyes, this might
be more accepable than you just telling them what your router says.
Might be a complete waste of time however - depending on who you speak
to!

Good luck

George

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:09:46 +0000, navigator
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>Line stats from my router show a snr of 26db and line attenuation of
>55-56db which are well within BT's published limits.

go to <http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=general>
there's a sticky at the top of the forum that explains how to get
wrong checker messages fixed.

Phil
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