How can I increase my download speed?

Hi All,

I have a demon ADSL 8mbs connection. My router reports 3.2mbs download.
I'm guessing I'm too far from the exchange for the full 8mb. Is there
anything I can do to increase this download connection? (other than move
closer to the exchange)

Thanks

Mike

Mike R wrote:
> I have a demon ADSL 8mbs connection. My router reports 3.2mbs download.
> I'm guessing I'm too far from the exchange for the full 8mb. Is there
> anything I can do to increase this download connection? (other than move
> closer to the exchange)

In a nutshell, improve what you can in your own wiring.

1. If you have extension wiring, remove it if it is unnecessary.
2. Replace internal extension cables with CAT5
3. Filter as close to the master socket as you can
4. Place the router nearer the master socket
5. Remove the ring wire from the extension cabling
6. Rearrange or shorten cabling
7. Disconnect your sky box from the telephone line
8. Replace your filters
9. Get a new router

Rationale
1. Unused extension wiring provides a length of cable through which noise can
enter the circuit.
2. Non-twisted-pair cable picks up far more noise than CAT5. For CAT5, read
CAT5e, CAT6, or similar solid-core cable
3. Less unfiltered wire means less noise
4. If you only need a phone line near the PC for broadband, consider replacing
the phone line with ethernet, and moving the router, = shorter cable, see 1,3
5. The phone line is a pair of wires, the ring wire is just one wire, and is not
needed if all analogue equipment is filtered (filters regenerate ring signals).
The signal pair should be two wires from the same pair in any twisted pair
arrangement (if they aren't, your speed suffers bigtime)
6. See 1,3. Consider RJ11 to BT431A leads to plug router direct into socket if
a telephone is not needed at that location. Avoid running cable next to
electrically noisy equipment.
7. Some models of sky boxes can be problematic, but the jury is still out.
8. Filters decay over time; cheap filters decay faster.
9. Similarly to filters, components in routers can decay, and power supply
components in particular; an old power supply may be introducing noise. You may
also find fitting RF chokes on power leads may help in a small way.


Visit www.samknows.com/broadband to see what BT think your line is capable of.
BT's stats are, atleast in my case, pessimistic, they suggest 2Mb, but I get 6
to 7. However, I have done 3,4,6,7,8,9 in the list above, and will shortly do 1.

Jim

"Mike R" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I have a demon ADSL 8mbs connection. My router reports 3.2mbs download.
> I'm guessing I'm too far from the exchange for the full 8mb.

> Is there anything I can do to increase this download connection? (other
than move closer to the exchange)

No, not really. If your modem is syncing at 3200kbps, then thats basically
what the exchange and your routre has settled on being a maximum speed on
your line.

If you think it could be better, you could try using a different (better)
micofilter, they can sometimes affect the maximum speed at which the
connection can sync.

Do a speed test here http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html and give us
the results you are getting...... (choose the 'europe' server.

Regards

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Steve <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
> No, not really. If your modem is syncing at 3200kbps, then thats
> basically what the exchange and your routre has settled on being a
> maximum speed on your line.
>
However, it can depend on the equipment to some extent. I have two routers
and one consistently synchs at a faster speed than the other.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Jim Howes <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> 5. The phone line is a pair of wires, the ring wire is just one wire,
> and is not needed if all analogue equipment is filtered (filters
> regenerate ring signals).

This needs clarifying a bit.

It is true that if you use plug-in filters at each extension point where
analog phones are plugged in, the filters generate the ring signal, so it
doesn't need to come from the master.

However, if you go for the technically superior solution of using a
faceplate filter in the master socket, you won't need to use plug-in
filters, and the analog extension wiring won't carry the ring signal unless
you use a third wire. Whether this is actually needed will depend on the
type of phone(s) you are using. Some phones generate their own ring signal
and only need a 2-wire connection. Some don't.

But, in my view, a filtered faceplate plus 3-conductor analog extension
wiring is still better than 2-conductor extension wiring and distributed
filters.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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Mike R wrote:

> My router reports 3.2mbs download.
> I'm guessing I'm too far from the exchange for the full 8mb.

downstream attenuation value ? Up to about 35 dB you should get full
downstream speed (often 7616 on Demon with interleaving).

Phil

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"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Mike R" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:epcjdc$lj8$1$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a demon ADSL 8mbs connection. My router reports 3.2mbs download.
>> I'm guessing I'm too far from the exchange for the full 8mb.
>
>> Is there anything I can do to increase this download connection? (other
> than move closer to the exchange)
>
> No, not really. If your modem is syncing at 3200kbps, then thats
> basically
> what the exchange and your routre has settled on being a maximum speed on
> your line.
>
> If you think it could be better, you could try using a different (better)
> micofilter, they can sometimes affect the maximum speed at which the
> connection can sync.
>
> Do a speed test here http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html and give
> us
> the results you are getting...... (choose the 'europe' server.
>
> Regards
>
>
>
>

Hi Steve,

I'm getting 2399kbps from the europe test.

Thanks

Mike

"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:epdobe$5he$2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Mike R wrote:
>
>> My router reports 3.2mbs download.
>> I'm guessing I'm too far from the exchange for the full 8mb.
>
> downstream attenuation value ? Up to about 35 dB you should get full
> downstream speed (often 7616 on Demon with interleaving).
>
> Phil
>
> --
> Testing SuSE Linux on a Sony laptop

My downstream att value is 41db with a noise margin of 14db

Thanks Roger,

So, If I replace my standard faceplate in my office with filtered
aceplate - this will improve things? Any recommendations on which one?

Thanks

Mike


"Roger Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> Jim Howes <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> 5. The phone line is a pair of wires, the ring wire is just one wire,
>> and is not needed if all analogue equipment is filtered (filters
>> regenerate ring signals).
>
> This needs clarifying a bit.
>
> It is true that if you use plug-in filters at each extension point where
> analog phones are plugged in, the filters generate the ring signal, so it
> doesn't need to come from the master.
>
> However, if you go for the technically superior solution of using a
> faceplate filter in the master socket, you won't need to use plug-in
> filters, and the analog extension wiring won't carry the ring signal
> unless you use a third wire. Whether this is actually needed will depend
> on the type of phone(s) you are using. Some phones generate their own ring
> signal and only need a 2-wire connection. Some don't.
>
> But, in my view, a filtered faceplate plus 3-conductor analog extension
> wiring is still better than 2-conductor extension wiring and distributed
> filters.
> --
> Cheers,
> Roger
> ______
> Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly
> monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks.
> PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP!
>

Mike R wrote:
> Thanks Roger,
>
> So, If I replace my standard faceplate in my office with filtered
> aceplate - this will improve things? Any recommendations on which
> one?
> Thanks
>
> Mike

I've found the one sold by ADSLNation to be marginally better than the one
supplied by BT (model number is XT 2005)