Re: Advice wanted for new ADSL service on very long line

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> Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line
> indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband
> service that provides a line rate up to 512Kbps. However, due to the
> length of your line, an engineer visit may be required, who will, where
> possible, supply the broadband service.
> Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential
> ADSL Max broadband line rate of 500Kbps or greater.
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That is not the most accurate place to go to find out about the speed
he could get. You only really know when then service is activated.
For line length go to http://www.samknows.com/broadband/ , type in the
phone number and post code, and it will give you a an straight line
distance, although it will show the same speed at the bt wholesale
checker, because it gets speed information from there you may find the
line is not as long as it suggests.
I get exactly the same reading with my number, despit being 2.3km from
the exchange and having an actually speed of around 3mbps. Not the
highest but higher then what the wholesale check was stating.
You will only really find out when the service is you.
ISP who appear to be good would be O2 and BE at the moment, so he may
as well try them. If they have unbundled the exchange then you should
get better speeds then if your were connected the the BT DSLAM's. No
ISP can change the laws of physics so unless there is a fault, most
ISP cant do anything. Of course most of the bigger ones will ignore
you anyway even if there is a fault on the line.
The rule is simple, you get what you pay for, with broadband, and what
you really pay for a Customer service.


naza