How long for 02 BB speed to settle ?

cagney_2010

Hi

I signed with the 'up to 20 meg package'; 02 says my line is capable of 19 meg (obviously not really going to get that), but after doing a couple of speed tests, the average I'm on is about 9 meg.

BB was activated only yesterday, so do you think it's going to take a bit of time for the speed to increase ? (if indeed it does) ?

Thanks in advance.

kwikbreaks

No ADSL "settles" - that is a myth - what you are getting now is what you will continue to get unless something changes.

That something may be you tidying up your internal wiring and increasing the speed (although 9 - 19Mbps is very unlikely)

or

If your line is unstable DLM may impose a higher target noise margin slowing you down. That is unlikely on O2 though.

You need to post up your router stats for anybody to have a clue what if anything may be wrong.

spike7451

cagney_2010 wrote: »

Hi

I signed with the 'up to 20 meg package'; 02 says my line is capable of 19 meg (obviously not really going to get that), but after doing a couple of speed tests, the average I'm on is about 9 meg.

BB was activated only yesterday, so do you think it's going to take a bit of time for the speed to increase ? (if indeed it does) ?

Thanks in advance.

O2 told me I can get 20Mb while I know I can get 5Mb on ADSL & 6Mb on +2,I'm getting 6.19+/-Mb!
What speed does the checker below say your line can handle?

http://www.btwholesale.com/pages/static/Community/Broadband_Community/Coverage/ADSL_Availibility_Checker.html#

MsRed1

I'm with Be which is owned by O2. BT says:
Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL2+ broadband line rate of 6Mbps or greater. Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL 2+ Annex-M broadband upstream line rate of 500Kbps and downstream line rate of 4Mbps.

Router says 15Mbps. Was originally told I'd get 12Mbps and I'm 2.5kms from the exchange.

cagney_2010

kwikbreaks wrote: »

No ADSL "settles" - that is a myth - what you are getting now is what you will continue to get unless something changes.

That something may be you tidying up your internal wiring and increasing the speed (although 9 - 19Mbps is very unlikely)

or

If your line is unstable DLM may impose a higher target noise margin slowing you down. That is unlikely on O2 though.

You need to post up your router stats for anybody to have a clue what if anything may be wrong.

How do I get the stats ?

spike7451 wrote: »

O2 told me I can get 20Mb while I know I can get 5Mb on ADSL & 6Mb on +2,I'm getting 6.19+/-Mb!
What speed does the checker below say your line can handle?

This is what it says :

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 fixed line rate up to 2Mbps.

Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL Max broadband line rate of 6.5Mbps or greater.

Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL2+ broadband line rate of 9Mbps or greater. Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL 2+ Annex-M broadband upstream line rate of 750Kbps and downstream line rate of 6.5Mbps.

Any insight ? <confused>

MsRed1

Can you get some stats from your router/modem-eg:

Uptime: 0 days 18:39:42
Bandwidth (Up/Down)
[kbps/kbps]: 1,126 / 14,934

jem16

cagney_2010 wrote: »

How do I get the stats ?

Follow these instructions.

What does the O2 checker say for your number and post code?

https://www.o2broadband.o2.co.uk/getBroadband.do

I've just joined O2 last Friday. O2 quoted me 7Mb - so far I'm syncing around 6.2Mb using an extension socket. The BT checker said 4Mb for me. I did have to remove the bell wire from my extensions as I was getting around 3.5MB before i did this.

cagney_2010

MsRed1 wrote: »

Can you get some stats from your router/modem-eg:

Uptime: 0 days 18:39:42
Bandwidth (Up/Down)
[kbps/kbps]: 1,126 / 14,934

Sure :

Uptime: 0 days, 1:34:08

Bandwith (Up/Down)
[kbps/kbps]: 1,274 / 16,349

cagney_2010

jem16 wrote: »

Follow these instructions.

What does the O2 checker say for your number and post code?

I've just joined O2 last Friday. O2 quoted me 7Mb - so far I'm syncing around 6.2Mb using an extension socket. The BT checker said 4Mb for me. I did have to remove the bell wire from my extensions as I was getting around 3.5MB before i did this.

I get an error message :

Order already exists against this number in system.

jem16

cagney_2010 wrote: »

Sure :

Uptime: 0 days, 1:34:08

Bandwith (Up/Down)
[kbps/kbps]: 1,274 / 16,349

According to that you should be getting 16.3Mb.

Where are you measuring your speed from?

jem16

cagney_2010 wrote: »

I get an error message :

Order already exists against this number in system.

Of course - I forgot it would say that now.