Hey guys

I have really crap Internet. It's been crappy ever since we moved in. We live in Haitaitai and I understand we're quite a way from the exchange which would explain why I can't get VDSL.

However, about a month ago my sync speed jumped from 7.5Mb/s to 10.6Mb/s, which when you're at the lower end of the spectrum is quite a large jump. No changes at my end that I'm aware of. This lasted about 3 weeks and now it's back to 8Mb/s. 

In search of faster internets I've tried reterminating my OTP, reterminating the jack where I plug my modem into (it's cat6 from the OTP to the jack) but nothing makes any measureable difference. 

In case anyone wants to state the obvious, I am able to get UFB, but it's still a while away (for a few reasons).

> adsl status

  --------------------------- ATU-R Info (hw: annex A, f/w: annex A) -----------
   DSL Modulation          : ADSL2+(G.992.5)    
   State                   : SHOWTIME
   DS Actual Rate          :  8065317 bps   US Actual Rate       :  1205045 bps
   DS Attainable Rate      :  7848000 bps   US Attainable Rate   :  1269000 bps
   DS Path Mode            :        Fast    US Path Mode         :        Fast
   DS Interleave Depth     :        1       US Interleave Depth  :        1
   NE Current Attenuation  :       34 dB    Cur SNR Margin       :       11  dB
   DS actual PSD           :    18. 8 dB    US actual PSD        :     9. 9   dB
   ADSL Firmware Version   : 321311_A

  -------------------------------- ATU-C Info ---------------------------------
   Far Current Attenuation :        4 dB    Far SNR Margin       :        5  dB
   CO ITU Version[0]       : 00004244       CO ITU Version[1]    : 0000434d
   DSLAM CHIPSET VENDOR    : < BDCM >[/code]

Can anyone see anything which stands out in my modem diags above? Is 34dB 'NE current attenuation' a lot? Is there anything I can do (or ask Chorus to do) to change it?

Cheers,
Mike