any way if testing

What the max speed your BT line is capable of?

I have a 512k service (NTL), and I think my line can do up to 1 meg -
therefore, is it pointless subscribing to an 8 meg service? Or will the 8
meg company do the necessary for me if any changes to the line needed?

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:55:53 GMT, "Makara@Starfleet"
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>What the max speed your BT line is capable of?
>
>I have a 512k service (NTL), and I think my line can do up to 1 meg -
>therefore, is it pointless subscribing to an 8 meg service? Or will the 8
>meg company do the necessary for me if any changes to the line needed?
>

Most routers can tell you what the line attenuation and signal/noise
ratio are.

Currently they don't expect to get a successful 1Mb connection with
attenuation of more than about 60dB (Downstream). Or 43dB for 2Mb or
higher.

The S/N ratio needs to be as high as possible, and reduces with each
increment in speed. Generally, it should be at least close to double
figures for your connection to be reliable.
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Alex, many thanks.

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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:55:53 GMT, "Makara@Starfleet"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

Most routers can tell you what the line attenuation and signal/noise
ratio are.

Currently they don't expect to get a successful 1Mb connection with
attenuation of more than about 60dB (Downstream). Or 43dB for 2Mb or
higher.

The S/N ratio needs to be as high as possible, and reduces with each
increment in speed. Generally, it should be at least close to double
figures for your connection to be reliable.
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