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DonkeyKong77

Hello

I looked into Be a while back, but they werent available until recently around hee so am looking into it more seriously.

They seem to have got good reviews on "thinkbroadband", but i was wondering about the wirless modem - i currently have a usb modem, and i would like to set up a wireless internet situation, without having to turn the pc on (not superb terminology i know!)

Would i need other equipment? I was under the impression, i needed a "wireless adsl modem router"? and since this is a wireless modem, i am assuming i need other equipment :rolleyes:

Am currently with pipex, with unlimited downloads, but looking to cut costs, we dont download that much and 4gb (at a push) woud be ok, sometimes you have to sacrifice price for service/quality and £14pm is about £10 cheaper than what we're paying at the moment.

Any views much appreciated.

maniac886

I am not with BE but can i increase my speed any more....here are my stats:

Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time
WAN PPPoA 69654 104791 0 2112 22957 01:17:33
LAN 10M/100M 684 0 0 52 0 01:18:07
WLAN 11M/54M 103622 71159 0 23173 2368 01:18:04


ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 10012 kbps 1001 kbps
Line Attenuation 31.0 db 0.0 db
Noise Margin 14.1 db 5.6 db

mhendo

DonkeyKong77 wrote:

...Would i need other equipment? I was under the impression, i needed a "wireless adsl modem router"? and since this is a wireless modem, i am assuming i need other equipment :rolleyes:

- You get supplied a Speedtouch 716WL/780WL, which is a wireless ADSL2+ modem/router. If you want to connect wirlessly, then you'll just need to get a wireless adapter for your PC.

mhendo

maniac886 wrote:

I am not with BE but can i increase my speed any more....here are my stats:

....

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 10012 kbps 1001 kbps
Line Attenuation 31.0 db 0.0 db
Noise Margin 14.1 db 5.6 db

You're already using an ADSL2+ provider I see - you should get a fair bit more, as your SNR margin is at 14.1dB; at most I'd expect to see it at 12dB, but I'm used to having 3-6dB SNR margin which if your line would support, you should see an increased sync rate.

maniac886

mhendo wrote: »

You're already using an ADSL2+ provider I see - you should get a fair bit more, as your SNR margin is at 14.1dB; at most I'd expect to see it at 12dB, but I'm used to having 3-6dB SNR margin which if your line would support, you should see an increased sync rate.

Thanks for that, I have just realised that I am on a 'fast profile' which bulldog have put me on as this is better for online gaming as it gives me a low ping. Thats prob why I have the lower speed.

tomthered

mhendo

I am currently with Nildram om 8mb max. I currently get speeds of about 3.5meg/sec.

my line stats through my PCI adsl modem are


Noise margin UP +19db DOWN +11.7db
Attenuation UP +31.5db Down +56.8

I am about 2.7km from exchange, any ideas what I could expect to get with Bethere please?

mhendo

With an attenuation that high, you're unlikely to see much increase in download sync using ADSL2+ - if anything, it be will marginal. The only benefit you might see is an increased upstream speed.