Potential Broadband Speed

s-j-cooper_2

Hello!

I have been on Supanet 2mb service for a while, and I have just upgraded to their 8mb service. When I check my speed with adslguide it comes up as 1.9mb, so I was wondering if my line could only cope with 2mb max, or if I should be able to get 8mb. Is there any way of testing/ finding out the maximum speed of my line?

Cheers!

s-j-cooper_2

I have just gone into my netgear router and the test page states:

Modem
ADSL Firmware Version 3.02.06.00
Modem Status Connected
DownStream Connection Speed 8128 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 448 kbps

So what should I believe - the 8128 kbps (which I assume is 8.128 mb) from the router, or the 1.9 mb from adslguide?

primeramikey

8128 is the speed at which your router syncs with the phone exchange.. when synced at this speed a therorectical max download speed of 7.15 is possible..

how long has it been since the line was upped to 8mb, as it takes 10days training for the line to stabilise at a good and stable speed where it doesnt drop connection.. if still within the 10 days then just hang around and see what happens.. if after the 10 days its still at 1.9 then it could be a stuck BRAS profile and i would get onto ya ISP about it

s-j-cooper_2

primeramikey wrote:

8128 is the speed at which your router syncs with the phone exchange.. when synced at this speed a therorectical max download speed of 7.15 is possible..

how long has it been since the line was upped to 8mb, as it takes 10days training for the line to stabilise at a good and stable speed where it doesnt drop connection.. if still within the 10 days then just hang around and see what happens.. if after the 10 days its still at 1.9 then it could be a stuck BRAS profile and i would get onto ya ISP about it

Thanks for that - I tried clicking your thanks but it won't let me! I only upgraded today so I will give it a couple of weeks - I didn't realise I had to wait!

toonfan

Had similar experience immediately after 10 day stabilisation period after migrating to ADSL max new ISP provider.
There is a strong possibility that your BRAS profile is stuck. I experienced similar. A call to my ISP support and it was sorted within 24 hours.

toonfan

oh right - if u migrated today speeds will vary for a while but should stabilise

Older_but_not_wiser_2

You could also try another speed test site, as the ADSLguide one sometimes gives me a VERY low reading, whereas other sites give me a reading more akin to my max speed ( only512K, cos I'm so far from the exchange :mad: )

Lorian

Older_but_not_wiser wrote:

You could also try another speed test site, as the ADSLguide one sometimes gives me a VERY low reading, whereas other sites give me a reading more akin to my max speed ( only512K, cos I'm so far from the exchange :mad: )

Here's a good one, as it shows you upstream too:

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/

and the latest BT speedtester will show your BRAS rate too:

http://test.speedtester.bt.com:50301/

Tharweb

I wouldn't worry too much about the speed at this stage. You have to be patient with "Max" :whistle:

Try the BT tester though as it will prove if your profile is still at 2 Meg. It's likely that you will see a speed increase after 3 days.

You must have good line stats to sync at 8 Meg from day 1 anyway

dazed

It all depends if your local BT exchange can handle 8mb if it cant then you will be 'stuck' at its limit.

alikat_3

This site has alot of info & should tell you what you what your line is achievable of getting etc. http://www.samknows.com/broadband/index.php