Cannot upgrade speed of b/band due to phoneline

L400ras

I have a 512 connection atm, but using the BT number checker on their site, that says i cannot get more speed due to my line length ie distance to my exchange- i do live out in the sticks. Is there anything i can do - or BT to upgrade my line?

thanks
RS

heatherw_01

I am in the same position and cannot get 1mb.

adr0ck

if you paid more for your broadband

you could get a better contention rating (is that the right word)

i'm not sure if this actually helps....not done it myself

Hunnymonster

What you need to do is some how reduce the attenuation on your exchange line. If that looks like "blah blah blah blah" - don't worry..... the only way to do that significantly is to reduce the length of your line to the exchange (which is seriously impractical).

If you can see the technical properties of your connection (eg in your router console, or modem control application - not the dial up networking status) - for a 1M connection the attenuation needs to be less than 60dB, for 2M less than 43dB.

I'll edit this later and show an example from mine here (at work now).

edit1: The joy of broadband - remote desktopping back home

Operation Data Upstream Downstream
Noise Margin 30 dB 31 dB
Attenuation 26 dB 23 dB

As you can see my Attenuation figures are both well below 43dB so I can get a 2M connection (should think so too - the telephone exchange is visible out of the back window)

edit 2: http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/linestats.htm tells you more about it, http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.htm tells you how to get the statistics from many popular routers and modems.

Woby_Tide

move house?

steve_r123

Get satellite broadband? Fairly impractical really....

Unless you are downloading lot's, then the difference between 512 and 1 or 2meg isn't as great as some people would have you think

kazd

steve_r123 wrote:

Get satellite broadband? Fairly impractical really....

Unless you are downloading lot's, then the difference between 512 and 1 or 2meg isn't as great as some people would have you think

I agree, we can't get 2mb but have got 1mb, my neighbour got it first and said it was like doing a No 2 through the eye of a needle. Slight exaggeration, you can't see any difference.

suki1964

Im going to be in the same boat when I move and I was all of a panic, till I realised that it was just over a year ago that I was more then happy with 512

Debt_Free_Chick

L400ras wrote:

I have a 512 connection atm, but using the BT number checker on their site, that says i cannot get more speed due to my line length ie distance to my exchange- i do live out in the sticks. Is there anything i can do - or BT to upgrade my line?

thanks
RS

Do you not get the option to book the upgrade? If you do, then BT come out and do a more accurate test. We were on the "unlikely to get BB" list using the checker, but when the engineer came out he confirmed the line was OK.

david29dpo

we live in the middle of nowhere and have just got bb. where told by bt we would only get 512. we are with plusnet which provides up to 2mb. i have found by getting rid of all the ropey extensions and only using the master socket and one filter with a multi handset cordless, we now get nearly 1mb. worth a try!