ADSL 2+ ?? What ever..

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ushare

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#66245 15-Aug-2010 21:23

Ok..

I went on the following site..
http://www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/speed/adsl2

I type in all my info. It says I am experiencing ADSL 2+ speeds. Is 150-250KBPS high speed? Dont think so..

What do you think is wrong? Please help..

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#368000 15-Aug-2010 21:26

What are your modem line stats?

Have you a modem that supports adsl 2+?

What location are you getting those speeds from?

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#368006 15-Aug-2010 21:51

Been to Speedtest.net for a speed check ?
That page you mentioned is generally for checking if your exchange is offering ADSL2+, wont really help with any speed issues youre having.

As JohnR mentioned, post your modem line stats etc and it'll hopefully start to give an idea of where your problem lies.

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#368007 15-Aug-2010 21:54

Sounds like you are relying on speedtest and a mention of being in an ADSL2+ enabled exchange/cabinet area?

Time for a clearer understanding.

ADSL/2+ are a connection standard. The earlier with a maximum theoretical downrate of around 7mbps. The latter, 20ish.

I am on a cabinetised area, and get a Adsl2+ SYNC rate of around 14.5mbps. Can I DL at that rate? no way. Im lucky to get 260K/s on a good day.

The way it is in NZ, they can promise you an ADSL2+ connection, but only need to provide more than 32Kb to call it broadband. Most of the time however, that is a rate between you, and the closest ISAM.. nothing more.

The rate that servers and interconnects between ISPs (peering) end up being once they reach your cabinet however, totally irrelivent to what you think telecom tell you you should be getting.

In this case, they are likely correct. And you will be syncing at ADSL2+ standard. But as said, without knowing your connection stats. Can't be proven.

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#368009 15-Aug-2010 22:03

I'm connected at a 14000 Kbps rate (14MBps) yet i can easily get over 1000kb/s transfer rate. I have heard alot of slow connections due to the ISP pooling bandwidth. Xnet don't seem to be limiting ours much at all - so slingshot is doing this - and with the overloading now, most users won't get much bandwidth at all.

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#368022 15-Aug-2010 22:37

Has anyone else noticed that Slingshot's international is extremely slow tonight?

All comments are my own opinion, and not that of my employer unless explicitly stated.

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#368033 15-Aug-2010 23:28

lokhor: Has anyone else noticed that Slingshot's international is extremely slow tonight?

and your point being on this thread??

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#368052 16-Aug-2010 01:39

Oblivian: I am on a cabinetised area, and get a Adsl2+ SYNC rate of around 14.5mbps. Can I DL at that rate? no way. Im lucky to get 260K/s on a good day.

Not related to the OP, but imo 2mbps when your sync rate is 14.5 means you're experiencing either ISP congestion or exchange congestion. I doubt a cabinet will be congested so its probably the ISP.
I sync at 20mbit and get 18mbit on a good day, 14 on a worse day (for speedtest.net anyway)

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#368061 16-Aug-2010 06:27

Odds are your internal house wiring is affecting your ADSL performance.

What are your ADSL stats from your modem?

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#368076 16-Aug-2010 08:34

ushare: Ok..

I went on the following site..
http://www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/speed/adsl2

I type in all my info. It says I am experiencing ADSL 2+ speeds. Is 150-250KBPS high speed? Dont think so..

What do you think is wrong? Please help..

What ISP are you with? What plan? Sounds like something is amiss. Where did you get that 150-250KBPS from? Torrent? Speedtest to an NZ or overseas server?

I have moved across the ditch. Now residing in Melbourne as a VOIP/Video Technical Trainer/Engineer.

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#368101 16-Aug-2010 09:40

NZCoderGuy: I'm connected at a 14000 Kbps rate (14MBps) yet i can easily get over 1000kb/s transfer rate. I have heard alot of slow connections due to the ISP pooling bandwidth. Xnet don't seem to be limiting ours much at all - so slingshot is doing this - and with the overloading now, most users won't get much bandwidth at all.

(You mean 14mbit right?)

I sync at 17mbit and I can do ~14mbit/s downloads (Which is about right with overheads etc) offpeak on xnet.

Don't ask about onpeak, it's crap :|

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#368231 16-Aug-2010 15:46

How do I check stats?

I am in Waiwhetu Lower Hutt. I have a speedtouch ST536 v6.

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#368265 16-Aug-2010 17:18

In your web browser enter the URL 192.168.1.254, you will be presented with a home page of the router, then click on Broadband connection then DSL connection, somewhere in the details you should find a table of details such as attenuation, sync rates etc.

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#368281 16-Aug-2010 17:55

Link Information

Uptime: 0 days, 1:19:12
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 940 / 15.972
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0,00 / 0,00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12,5 / 0,0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 4,0 / 11,0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 12,0 / 12,0
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / IKNS
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 1 / 5.590
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 1 / 5
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 3

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#368283 16-Aug-2010 17:59

DSL Connection

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Uptime: 0 days, 0:01:02
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 924 / 14.287
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0,00 / 0,00

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#368285 16-Aug-2010 18:01

15Mbps connection rate. Not a lot wrong with that.

So now, it comes down to where you are getting the data from, or your ISP contention

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