07-Feb-2007
Be Unlimited: No faster than ADSL Max?
I'll let you know how I get on with this one going forward.
Prior to signing up to the blisteringly fast ADSL 2+ product, I wanted to understand how fast I should be able to go. At the time, I was nly getting around 3Mbps on the ADSL Max product. I duly sent in data about my synch rates , attenuation (~34db down) and Noise Margin (~10db).
Great news came back - I should be capable of receiving ~15Mbps on the new service.
So, I duly signed up and got my activation date of 6th Feb. I even started tidying up my cabling to take extra phone equipment out of play to give me as much good signal for my new service. Why settle for fast, when you can have really, really fast.
So, whilst still on my Nildram service for the MAx product, I took my TiVo (now updates over the internet), Sky and Fax machines out of the lounge socket (the primary socket), and to my amazement, three extension sockets later where my office is, my ADSL Max synch rate jumped to anywhere between 6-6.5Mbps.
Wonderful, thought I, I have improved the line and made it go faster even before Be upgrades me....I am bound to get faster than the indicated 15Mbps.
Alas, this has not proved to be the case. My speed with Be is only marginally faster, but with a reduced noise margin, the service seems more prone to dropping out.
From all accounts, Be are extremely helpful and I have raised a support ticket with them.
My suspicion is that it is somehow related to the fact that I have two telephone lines coming in over the same copper bundle and being extended round the outside of the house to various extension points.
It appears that most people enjoy good speeds by being able to access a test socket on an NTE5 faceplate. I believe that technically I am responsible for all extension wiring after the master socket. Unfortunately, when BT did all my extension wiring when I moved here in 2001, they didn't leave it in a consumer-friendly state to allow me to isolate all the extension and 2nd line from the master entry point. Seems a bit strange.....I am responsible, yet it will be illegal if I actually touch the wiring at their master....erm, how do I maintain it then?
I think I may be making an argument for a free BT switch to an NTE5 Master box....and they can remove the second line at the same time. The second line used to be important as a business line way back before ADSL, but not now.
It will be interesting to see whether I can get a free callout from BT.
Prior to signing up to the blisteringly fast ADSL 2+ product, I wanted to understand how fast I should be able to go. At the time, I was nly getting around 3Mbps on the ADSL Max product. I duly sent in data about my synch rates , attenuation (~34db down) and Noise Margin (~10db).
Great news came back - I should be capable of receiving ~15Mbps on the new service.
So, I duly signed up and got my activation date of 6th Feb. I even started tidying up my cabling to take extra phone equipment out of play to give me as much good signal for my new service. Why settle for fast, when you can have really, really fast.
So, whilst still on my Nildram service for the MAx product, I took my TiVo (now updates over the internet), Sky and Fax machines out of the lounge socket (the primary socket), and to my amazement, three extension sockets later where my office is, my ADSL Max synch rate jumped to anywhere between 6-6.5Mbps.
Wonderful, thought I, I have improved the line and made it go faster even before Be upgrades me....I am bound to get faster than the indicated 15Mbps.
Alas, this has not proved to be the case. My speed with Be is only marginally faster, but with a reduced noise margin, the service seems more prone to dropping out.
From all accounts, Be are extremely helpful and I have raised a support ticket with them.
My suspicion is that it is somehow related to the fact that I have two telephone lines coming in over the same copper bundle and being extended round the outside of the house to various extension points.
It appears that most people enjoy good speeds by being able to access a test socket on an NTE5 faceplate. I believe that technically I am responsible for all extension wiring after the master socket. Unfortunately, when BT did all my extension wiring when I moved here in 2001, they didn't leave it in a consumer-friendly state to allow me to isolate all the extension and 2nd line from the master entry point. Seems a bit strange.....I am responsible, yet it will be illegal if I actually touch the wiring at their master....erm, how do I maintain it then?
I think I may be making an argument for a free BT switch to an NTE5 Master box....and they can remove the second line at the same time. The second line used to be important as a business line way back before ADSL, but not now.
It will be interesting to see whether I can get a free callout from BT.
Labels: ADSL 2+, Be 24, Be Unlimited, BT
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