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Hi,
While I am happy with my BT Broadband connection, I wonder if I should perhaps be getting better download speeds.
I have a Netgear DG834N and it reports the stats below.
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 8821 kbps 446 kbps
Line Attenuation 40.0 db 19.7 db
Noise Margin 9.6 db 17.8 db
I presume it's the 40dB attenuation which is limiting my download speeds. Is this quite high given that I am exactly 1Km away from the exchange as the crow flies?
As far as I know my exchange is 20Mb enabled.
So, the question is, can I do anything to improve matters or am I stuck as it's the copper path to the exchange which is basically responsible for this.
Should I try the test socket and see if it makes a difference ?
Thanks
While I am happy with my BT Broadband connection, I wonder if I should perhaps be getting better download speeds.
I have a Netgear DG834N and it reports the stats below.
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 8821 kbps 446 kbps
Line Attenuation 40.0 db 19.7 db
Noise Margin 9.6 db 17.8 db
I presume it's the 40dB attenuation which is limiting my download speeds. Is this quite high given that I am exactly 1Km away from the exchange as the crow flies?
As far as I know my exchange is 20Mb enabled.
So, the question is, can I do anything to improve matters or am I stuck as it's the copper path to the exchange which is basically responsible for this.
Should I try the test socket and see if it makes a difference ?
Thanks