Curious...

Y'know I posted about this tiscali service my friend has..

well...here it is.

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 2112 kbps 832 kbps
Line Attenuation 53.0 db 31.0 db
Noise Margin 15.5 db 7.0 db

I told him to to ask WTF tiscali/BT were doing running at 15db SNR..

according to Tiscali 'the exchange is having issues and BT have set
everybody low'

Is this BS-spik for 'we haven't bought enough exchange bandwidth' or what?

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:21:05 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Y'know I posted about this tiscali service my friend has..
>
> well...here it is.
>
> ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
> Connection Speed 2112 kbps 832 kbps
> Line Attenuation 53.0 db 31.0 db
> Noise Margin 15.5 db 7.0 db
>
> I told him to to ask WTF tiscali/BT were doing running at 15db SNR..
>
> according to Tiscali 'the exchange is having issues and BT have set
> everybody low'
>
> Is this BS-spik for 'we haven't bought enough exchange bandwidth' or what?

Might explain why my usual 2M has been down to 1.5 - 1.7 for 3 or 4 days
now.
Don't have any figures - on a USB frog.
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

Ato_Zee wrote:
>>> according to Tiscali 'the exchange is having issues and BT have set
>>> everybody low'
>
> What did Tiscali say when asked how much longer the exchange
> "issues" were going to take to resolve, as the service is unsatisfactory
> and the next step is to migrate to someone who can give
> plain straightforward answers, and possibly a better service.

in the sort of week or two timeframe iirc.

> Don't have any figures - on a USB frog.

This any good ?

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.php

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:48:39 -0000, Colin Wilson wrote:

>> Don't have any figures - on a USB frog.
>
> This any good ?
>
> http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.php

Thanks. I did try Dr. Speedtouch and, for some reason, it didn't work.

Given the distance from the exchange and the type of modem, it's about as
fast as it'll go anyway.
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

> >> Don't have any figures - on a USB frog.
> > This any good ?
> > http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.php
> Thanks. I did try Dr. Speedtouch and, for some reason, it didn't work.

That's a shame - if you have any freecycle groups near you, you'd be
surprised how often wired routers are given away though ;-)

"Martin²" wrote:

> >WTF tiscali/BT were doing running at 15db SNR
>
> That seems to be new (since May in my experience) BT policy.
>
> Presumably dead slow, but stable connection lets them ignore any complaints
> as apparently anything above 125Kb/s is "broadband" and thus OK !

LOL I'm syncing right now @ 8096kbps and my SNR margin on each upate fluctuates
between 3.6dB and 6.5dB. Average seems to be about 4.8dB and no probs.

Graham

Eeyore wrote:
>
> "Martin²" wrote:
>
>>> WTF tiscali/BT were doing running at 15db SNR
>> That seems to be new (since May in my experience) BT policy.
>>
>> Presumably dead slow, but stable connection lets them ignore any complaints
>> as apparently anything above 125Kb/s is "broadband" and thus OK !
>
> LOL I'm syncing right now @ 8096kbps and my SNR margin on each upate fluctuates
> between 3.6dB and 6.5dB. Average seems to be about 4.8dB and no probs.
>
> Graham
>
Ditto moi, running ~4Mbps between 4 and 6db.

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:34:39 -0000, Colin Wilson wrote:

>>>> Don't have any figures - on a USB frog.
>>> This any good ?
>>> http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.php
>> Thanks. I did try Dr. Speedtouch and, for some reason, it didn't work.
>
> That's a shame - if you have any freecycle groups near you, you'd be
> surprised how often wired routers are given away though ;-)

Have considered one but not sure it'd be any better and it'd use (waste)
several units of electricity every year and need yet another wallwart.
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.