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Old 27-01-2010, 02:17 PM   #301
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fixed for you :P you need to get your geek on in this thread

waiting for adsl2+ to be set up. i'll post when it is.. meant to be going from 8Mb to 24Mb, but i doubt it will be that fast. Used to have bigpond 30Mb cable extreme year ago, ahh those were the days.
Unfortunately ADSL2+ and my house do not get along...
We are roughly 4.5-5km from nearest exchange and SNR on the line is rubbish, something like 6db... highest speed we could connect was around 4.5Mb and dropped out every other hour. Tried new modems - no dice... was same at in-laws house down the road, so assuming just a dud area. So we're stuck with cable... which up until last month was a nightmare as I was paying $130/m for 60GB of data (and plus 15c/MB after)... ewww... but now Telstra did something good for a change and for that same price, I get 100GB (Shaped over limit) a month.. so not as hard on the wallet when you have no other choices.
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Old 28-01-2010, 04:27 AM   #302
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Unfortunately ADSL2+ and my house do not get along...
We are roughly 4.5-5km from nearest exchange and SNR on the line is rubbish, something like 6db... highest speed we could connect was around 4.5Mb and dropped out every other hour. Tried new modems - no dice... was same at in-laws house down the road, so assuming just a dud area. So we're stuck with cable... which up until last month was a nightmare as I was paying $130/m for 60GB of data (and plus 15c/MB after)... ewww... but now Telstra did something good for a change and for that same price, I get 100GB (Shaped over limit) a month.. so not as hard on the wallet when you have no other choices.
that SNR isn't too bad, mine is 6 as well. Anything over 5 is ok. the distance you mention is what makes your cnxn slow, unfortunately until better equipment is introduced here, anyone over a few km will have crap sync. what's your attenuation like? as i said my SNR is 6 too but the attenuation is only 19d/8u meaning i'm probably around 1.3KM from the exchange. here's a handy tool you can use to estimate sync speed:

http://fremnet.net/article/216/adsl-...eed-calculator

you may also find setting your modulation type to adsl1 may yield better sync speeds..

i find speedtest.net and ozspeedtest very inaccurate. either that or http is shaped by my isp..





whereas this is what it's capable of, which i put at about 16Mbps..

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Old 28-01-2010, 09:36 AM   #303
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This is my fastest from work, TPG ADSL 2+ 50 GB with Optus Fibre out side.

I've seen updates from Microsoft download and write to HD @ 2 MB per sec. 120 MB per minute.



I like fast

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Old 28-01-2010, 03:54 PM   #304
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This is my fastest from work, TPG ADSL 2+ 50 GB with Optus Fibre out side.

I've seen updates from Microsoft download and write to HD @ 2 MB per sec. 120 MB per minute.I like fast

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nice DL bandwidth there, the upload is pretty ordinary to compliment it though! your DL capability is around 8.81MB per second so ms update is not utilizing it at all. As i showed in my post above yours, i can get 2MB per second and over which is about 16 megabit. You have over 70!
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Old 31-01-2010, 11:41 PM   #305
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got a more accurate result now

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Old 01-02-2010, 11:40 AM   #306
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Old 21-03-2010, 08:35 AM   #307
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I just had adsl2+ put on and this is the result



How can i find out how far i am from the exchange to see if i am about right with the speed

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Old 21-03-2010, 08:36 AM   #308
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How can i find out how far i am from the exchange to see if i am about right with the speed

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Use this site Jason: http://adsl2exchanges.com.au/
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Line impedance is the main thing that affects sync speeds. Your modem should have a management page that lists the upstream and downstream attenuation. plus the sync speed. This will roughly match distance from the exchange. Wire guage and the route the cable follows will also make a difference.
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Old 21-03-2010, 03:40 PM   #310
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im with TPG, supposed to be the 1500kb speed on adsl,we dont get adsl2 here.
i do have a lot of dramas with pages not opening properly and things like google image search which doesnt show pics and ebay as well.i have used a new laptop on my connection with the same result.
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Old 21-03-2010, 03:48 PM   #311
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im with TPG, supposed to be the 1500kb speed on adsl,we dont get adsl2 here.
i do have a lot of dramas with pages not opening properly and things like google image search which doesnt show pics and ebay as well.i have used a new laptop on my connection with the same result.
that's not far off full 1500 speed
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yea the speess not bad for where i live, its just the issues with pages not loading properly.currently waiting to see if anyone from the tpg forums can help.
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Bigpond Standard Cable, I used to have the exteme which is 30Mbit/s but I don't need it. And because I have Foxtel, home phone, internet I only pay $40/month for it. Otherwise I would be on ADSL2+ for more money with MUCH higher downloads.
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i still can't quite get 18.. but i'll keep trying.

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Old 21-03-2010, 10:27 PM   #318
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Thats all I got today. seen a best of 1.3 Mb/s

Telstra bigpond adsl2.
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optus and telstra steal your money and deliver bad service in w.a atleast

iinet is the way to go in the west 15mb download 1mb upload
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Thats all I got today. seen a best of 1.3 Mb/s

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you'd be a long way from the exchange then i'd guess.
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you'd be a long way from the exchange then i'd guess.
Not sure where the exchange is. I am however about 15 Km from the CBD in Brisbane.
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Not sure where the exchange is. I am however about 15 Km from the CBD in Brisbane.
The most you are going to be is around 4 to 5km. That is the limit for service qualification for a ADSL service. At that distance you should push 1.5Mb/s on ADSL 1 and around 2.5 to 3.5 Mb/s on ADSL2.

There is probably something wrong with your line or your home wiring or poor filtering in your house. The one thing I always tell people to do is to get a proper central filter installed in their house. It'll cost you around $150 to get installed.
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The most you are going to be is around 4 to 5km. That is the limit for service qualification for a ADSL service. At that distance you should push 1.5Mb/s on ADSL 1 and around 2.5 to 3.5 Mb/s on ADSL2.

There is probably something wrong with your line or your home wiring or poor filtering in your house. The one thing I always tell people to do is to get a proper central filter installed in their house. It'll cost you around $150 to get installed.
I have done that. Had to with a back to base monitored alarm. I think I was just wasn't meant to have fast internet. Thanks anyway.
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I have done that. Had to with a back to base monitored alarm. I think I was just wasn't meant to have fast internet. Thanks anyway.
The next thing I'd try is to disconnect the alarm ( or turn it off) and rerun the test.
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nice DL bandwidth there, the upload is pretty ordinary to compliment it though! your DL capability is around 8.81MB per second so ms update is not utilizing it at all. As i showed in my post above yours, i can get 2MB per second and over which is about 16 megabit. You have over 70!
I believe that speedtest is cached... TPG only sell ADSL2.
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Well, I finally got a LITTLE bit of extra speed.



Slight improvement over my old reading:


How I did it - my ISP had me on a "custom" profile which meant I synched at 2048/512, no matter what the situation was, my connection was set at that speed. Got taken off the custom setting and thrown onto a normal profile like everyone else, and whammy! Still not fast compared to some, but its better than the old, and definitely better than nothing!
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I tested mine through the playstation (play tv) it was running at approx. 18Mb per sec which was good enough to watch tv (ABC Doccos that they show) which was good. I have fibre optic (newish suburb)
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