Router now working properly

dogfish12

Hello moneysavers, in a recent post I described how that in order to get my thomson 585 v7 modem on the talk talk network to work I repeatedly had to pull out the phone line from the back of the modem for the 5 lights to come on giving me a connection. I've had to carry out this performance every day since before christmas.

Today, expecting the same deal I sat in the chair ready to pick the router up when all lights come like they used to do. Doing an experiment it has fired up unaided every time. Also using no 1 broadband speed checker my speed has gone back up to the 13mb I was getting before christmas. A talk talk representative was looking into this case and if this welcome news is down to him, many thanks. Is it all related?

Can isp's alter line speed with the flick of a switch and does quicker line speed allow routers to pick up the signal more easily? Maybe its the wet weather giving me a better connection! Many thanks.

stubbyd

dogfish12 wrote: »

A talk talk representative was looking into this case and if this welcome news is down to him, many thanks. Is it all related?

Is it related? Guess you're going to have to ask the talktalk rep that one ....

Can isp's alter line speed with the flick of a switch

They can alter what's known as your line profile at the "flick of a switch" but your line speed is very much dependent on a number of factors from ....

• your cabled distance to exchange
• the quality and type of cabling in use
• local factors (environmental, roadworks, etc)
• your internal wiring
• your physical connections
• the make & model of your router modem
• the settings you apply

And possibly others I've forgotten for now.

To give you an idea my line falls well within the length specified that would allow me to get somewhere around 6Mbps. However I am sat at the other end of an aluminium backbone running through the estate I live in.

In short aluminium is great for voice but cannot carry the high data rates required for broadband - consequently I only get 4Mbps.

However that 4Mbps is constantly re-training (line drops, reconnects, etc) to the point where it is unusable. Consequently my ISP have altered my profile to restrict me to 2Mbps - after testing this was deemed the highest stable speed I can achieve (bring on FTTC I say).

and does quicker line speed allow routers to pick up the signal more easily? Maybe its the wet weather giving me a better connection! Many thanks.

Nope - the pickup will be the same whatever.

As to weather and other factors they vary from area to area and how good the cabling is, its proximity to possible affecting factors (high voltage lines, noisy machinery, etc) and of course seasonal issues also come into play.

Winter months can see long range radio waves affecting connectivity as well. This is something I get affected by and in the darker months my overnight speeds drop when averaged out and other factors such as contention taken into account.

HTH

dogfish12

Stubbyd- many thanks for that. It just seems very odd that suddenly it starts going again. Internally nothing has changed. Looking on the bad side maybe tommorrow I'll be back to normal.