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I got my Spark VDSL connection today. Attenuation down is 23.6dB. I thought Spark had a target of 10.8dB and wouldn't even let you near VDSL if your attenuation was going to be much higher than that.
That's got me thinking. I'm about 900m from the cabinet. Is 24dB normal for this distance? If so, why did Spark allow a connection that well exceeds the target?
Not complaining though. I'm getting 20% faster down and 8x faster up (compared to ADSL2+ I had before). Modest bump, but very handy for those large uploads to the cloud. Still, I'm quietly hoping someone will say "you should be seeing ~10dB even at 900m"
Modem stats:
ASUS DSL-AC68U (3.0.0.4.376_2072)
DSL Firmware Version 1.0.1.7
DSL Driver Version FwVer:5.5.1.124_A_A60901 HwVer:T14.F7_0.1
DSL Link Status up
DSL Uptime 0 days 3 hours 7 minutes 57 seconds
DSL modulation ITU G.993.2(VDSL2)
Annex mode ANNEX_A
SNR Down 11.8 dB
SNR Up 12.3 dB
Line Attenuation Down 23.6 dB
Line Attenuation Up 49.1 dB
Data Rate Down 18902 kbps
Data Rate Up 6687 kbps
MAX Rate Down 23056
MAX Rate Up 7101
POWER Down 18.6 dbm
POWER Up 8.6 dbm
CRC Down 2
CRC Up 0
Speedtest before upgrade (on ADSL2+)
Speedtest after upgrade (on VDSL2)
