Getting 'the most' from first ten days
Hello all. It's been while since I was last here!
Just bought my first house, and signed back up with Plusnet (long story that ended up with me having to cancel from getting mucked about with move dates by our chain - but that's by-the-by).
Firstly, I'm really pleased to now be 339 metres from the exchange. So, instead of the 2Mbps we were managing at our old rented property, we're now getting 13 - 15Mbps!
At the moment, I have an iPlate fitted, but might in the future just fit a master filtered faceplate and run a dedicated modem connection point somewhere like I have before. Might be able to squeeze a bit more by totally isolating the (small) extension wiring circuit altogether and not just choking bell wire, which is what the iPlate does.
Anyhow, I have two questions:
1) The BT Wholesale estimate for the property was 17MB. I'm aware this is sync speed estimate and not throughput, but was just wondering if 13-15Mbps is to be expected once the line has 'settled'. The router (Billion PIPAC 5200G) is synched at around 18000Kbps - can't remember the exact figure, but currently it's an annoying 75K away from the next BRAS profile!
2) What should I do to really make the most of the first ten day period? I know Plusnet recommend three or four router reboots during that time. Anecdotal experiences welcome, too.
Above all, I'm aware my speeds will be all over the place for ten days - I'm just looking to do the best I can to make the most of my new connection.
Cheers!
Just bought my first house, and signed back up with Plusnet (long story that ended up with me having to cancel from getting mucked about with move dates by our chain - but that's by-the-by).
Firstly, I'm really pleased to now be 339 metres from the exchange. So, instead of the 2Mbps we were managing at our old rented property, we're now getting 13 - 15Mbps!
At the moment, I have an iPlate fitted, but might in the future just fit a master filtered faceplate and run a dedicated modem connection point somewhere like I have before. Might be able to squeeze a bit more by totally isolating the (small) extension wiring circuit altogether and not just choking bell wire, which is what the iPlate does.Anyhow, I have two questions:
1) The BT Wholesale estimate for the property was 17MB. I'm aware this is sync speed estimate and not throughput, but was just wondering if 13-15Mbps is to be expected once the line has 'settled'. The router (Billion PIPAC 5200G) is synched at around 18000Kbps - can't remember the exact figure, but currently it's an annoying 75K away from the next BRAS profile!
2) What should I do to really make the most of the first ten day period? I know Plusnet recommend three or four router reboots during that time. Anecdotal experiences welcome, too.
Above all, I'm aware my speeds will be all over the place for ten days - I'm just looking to do the best I can to make the most of my new connection.
Cheers!
Hi manfromthezoo,
With your sync rate currently at 18228 your BT profile will be 16077, so your throughput shouldn't be far off that. I'm not sure how much difference rebooting will make.
Jojo
With your sync rate currently at 18228 your BT profile will be 16077, so your throughput shouldn't be far off that. I'm not sure how much difference rebooting will make.
Jojo
It can depend on lots of things, time of day, wired or wireless, computer performance, but it's not far from the truth. My profile is 15400 and I'm not too fussed, normally get about 12-13meg on wireless which is good enough for me