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I finally left dial up behind and joined up with Xnet River plan (full speed down/128k up). Unfortunately I'm experiencing slow sync rates with exchange (and therefore slow national/international speeds). Now I'm aware that many people are experiencing slow international speeds with Xnet, but from what I understand slow sync rates with exchange are independent of the ISP.
Typical stats from my modem (Linksys WAG200G):
| DSL Status: | Connected |
| DSL Modulation Mode: | ADSL2+ |
| DSL Path Mode: | Interleaved |
| Downstream Rate: | 359 kbps |
| Upstream Rate: | 162 kbps |
| Downstream Margin: | 11 db |
| Upstream Margin: | 31 db |
| Downstream Line Attenuation: | 41 db |
| Upstream Line Attenuation: | 13 db |
| Downstream Transmit Power: | 11 db |
| Upstream Transmit Power: | 19 db |
Given the distance to my local exchange (New Lynn exchange) is around 2.8km downstream attenuation of 40dB is reasonable. But I was expecting sync rate of around 4~5Mbps with the exchange. I know that rest of the phone wiring isn't loading or interfering the broadband connection as I have a splitter installed at the telecom demarc and a Cat5e connection straight to the modem. This issue with high attenuation was discussed before, hence installing a splitter to eliminate house wiring.
So what else could be causing such low sync speeds? Can I get a Telecom technician to have a look at this issue?
