Thanks for this - it has made me realise that I didn't quite understand as much as I thought and also that there have been very odd happenings at my local exchange since the work mentioned.
ADSL checker results:
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Telephone Number 01692xxxxxx on Exchange SMALLBURGH ADSL Products Downstream Line Rate(Mbps) Upstream Line Rate(Mbps) Downstream Range(Mbps) Availability Date Left in Jumper Other Offerings Availability Date | WBC ADSL 2+ | Up to 3.5 | -- | 2 to 6 | Available | -- | -- | | WBC ADSL 2+ Annex M | Up to 3.5 | Up to 0.5 | 2 to 6 | Available | -- | -- | | ADSL Max | Up to 2.5 | -- | 1.5 to 5 | Available | -- | -- | | Fixed Rate | 2 | -- | -- | Available | -- | -- | | ADSL Multicast | -- | -- | -- | Available | -- | -- |
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For all ADSL and WBC Fibre to the Cabinet (VDSL or G.fast) services, the stable line rate will be determined during the first 10 days of service usage. This line is on a Market A Exchange. Throughput/download speeds will be less than line rates and can be affected by a number of factors within and external to BT's network, Communication Providers' networks and within customer premises. The Stop Sale date for Datastream is from 30-Jun-2012; the Formal Retirement date for Datastream is from 30-Jun-2014. The Stop Sale date for IPstream is from 31-Jan-2016; the Formal Retirement date for IPstream is from 31-Dec-2016. If the End User wishes to migrate from their current Broadband supplier they will need to contact the Broadband supplier they want to take service from to arrange for the service to be migrated. Please note that postcode and address check results are indicative only. Most accurate results can be obtained from a telephone number, NAD, UPRN or Access Line ID (ALID) check.Note: Thank you for your interest. |
What is very strange is that the line has been on ADSL 2+ in the last 6 months for at least a couple of weeks, but as pointed out appears to be on the 'Max' product now; I'm certain of this because there was a spell earlier this year when both a 2110 and 2700HGV would connect at 10xx Kbps upload i.e. a 'data rate' of that figure and I think router stats gave G.992.5 as the modulation as that time; I'm also certain that the latency was set to 'Fast' as well.
If a noise margin reset does the trick, then that would be marvellous, but having a 1Mbit upload would be really really helpful, even at the loss of a little download potential, so how might I get that back?
Thanks for the help; much appreciated. It's great to be able to contact people who do know what's what.
