On 17-May-06 chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net wrote:
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 07:43:53AM +0100, Ted Harding wrote:
On 16-May-06 Wayne Stallwood wrote:
[...] Apologies for not replying to this sooner, I have been broadband-less since Friday when an attempt was made to upgrade my line to MaxDSL.
Back running at the old speed but at least it works !
That's the most drastic experience of MaxDSL I've heard of as yet. Been on it myself since the 1st week of April, with all sorts of issues -- but nothing comparable to being knocked out altogether for the best part of a week!
Any more gory details, Wayne?
My experience with UKFSN/EntaNet has been entirely positive, I was amazed to see my link was running at 6Mb/s a few weeks ago, I hadn't even noticed any hiccoughs while it changed and I was most impressed to get such a high speed as I'm well out in the sticks. The BT 'can I get ADSL' had always advised a maximum of 1Mb/s before 'Max'.
-- Chris Green (chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net)
That's interesting, Chris! (Me way out in the sticks too). I'd been on ADSL since October with Zen, at a conservative 512Kbits/sec (might have upgraded to 1M later if it looked stable long-term), then along came MaxDSL in April.
For the first 3 weeks at least, there were frequent re-syncs (with accompanying disconnections of any remote links), gradually settling down to mostly in the evenings. Sync speeds varying between 3000 and 5500 Kbits/sec (round figures).
Finally, after some 5 weeks, it got more stable and now, some 7 weeks later, I'm down to 2-3 re-syncs per day in the range 3800-4300. I'm not that fussy about speed -- 3Mbits/sec is plenty for me -- but I'm fussy about reliability of connection, and ideally I want no re-syncs at all!
Mind you, this recent stability is due to the latency switching from "Fast" to "Interleaved" about a week ago.
Which is your exchange, and how far are you from it?
What sort of Local SNR Margin are you getting? (mine was at best 6.5, usually 5-6, sometimes down to 3-4, on "Fast"; now usually 9.0-10.5 on "Interleaved").
I do wonder whether ISP can be a factor in people's different experiences. Theoretically it shouldn't be, I suppose; but there are indications out there that it may be. And the signs are (Zen Forum) that Zen are either a bit bewildered themselves by what's happening on MaxDSL, or are being tight-lipped for their own reasons.
Best wishes, Ted.
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