Telecom HG630b vdsl speed limited?

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Topic # 198225 1-Jul-2016 03:40

Just noticed my connect speed on my Telecom HG630b router and trying to figure out if the speed limit is from chorus limiting the max connect rate or a limit in the modem itself

Line standard VDSL2

Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 99999

Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 48275

Maybe i should try another modem?

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Reply # 1583798 1-Jul-2016 03:40

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Reply # 1583816 1-Jul-2016 06:58

given the max is slightly over 100000Kbit\s your not missing much

the MAX on VDSL is either 100/50Mbps or 70/30Mbps depending on the line card you are connected to consider yourself lucky if that is your connected speed

btw you will probably only ever see 93Mbps over it via Ethernet anyways as it only has fast Ethernet ports not gigabit Ethernet ports (unless they have an uprated version of it now)

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Reply # 1583932 1-Jul-2016 10:29

So what your saying is that it is probably the physical limit or the 17a line card that chorus has installed in the cabinet and they are not planning on upgrading 30a or 35b line cards any time soon?

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Reply # 1583993 1-Jul-2016 12:31

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Your line stats show that you are getting very close to the maximum possible for VDSL2 technology (100/50), so I'm not sure what limitation you are referring to?

Your VDSL connection is likely one of the best in the country (average speeds are probably below half of what you are getting).

The only way to get more speed from your router to the internet is to get Fibre (if that is available in your area).

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Reply # 1584054 1-Jul-2016 13:51

JoeRandom:

Just noticed my connect speed on my Telecom HG630b router and trying to figure out if the speed limit is from chorus limiting the max connect rate or a limit in the modem itself

Line standard VDSL2

Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 99999

Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 48275

Maybe i should try another modem?

What Speed Limit?

What speeds are you actually getting (Do a speedtest over Ethernet)?

If you are getting those speeds, they are awesome. I'd expect you to get much slower than that (more like 70/30 max).

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Reply # 1584203 1-Jul-2016 16:40

ll try a modem / router with gigabit Ethernet. It is a marked improvement from the 70/12 i was getting earlier this year, I am guessing that chorus did a change in band plan but are sticking to the 17a profile and not changing to the 30a profile

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Reply # 1584257 1-Jul-2016 17:39

JoeRandom:

So what your saying is that it is probably the physical limit or the 17a line card that chorus has installed in the cabinet and they are not planning on upgrading 30a or 35b line cards any time soon?

yes

i dont believed there is intention on upgrading to any further revisions of VDSL due to chorus focusing on fibre

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Reply # 1584294 1-Jul-2016 18:04

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doubt you will ever see 30a, as i understand it it wont actually fit 8b lines. If im not mistaken, some of the linecards arent compatible of 30a at all too.

with 998 there are two different max DSLAM speeds, the exact changes are as followed:

ikanos linecards are limited to 70000/30000 a step up from 70000/10360 on 997.

Broadcom linecards are limited to 100016/51200 a step up from 71680/10360 on 997.

getting a sync of 99999 is strange, but pure chance. You may find another modem will sync slightly differently.

Upstream is one of the closer to maximum lines i have seen.

raw downstream throughput, that seems a little low.

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Reply # 1584312 1-Jul-2016 18:29

The hg630b is limited to 10/100 ethernet, that might be a reason.