How accurate are the FTTC Estimates?
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How accurate are the FTTC Estimates?
23-10-2012 12:07 AM
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23-10-2012 7:25 AM
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Re: How accurate are the FTTC Estimates?
23-10-2012 7:40 AM
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At any given moment in the universe many things happen. Coincidence is a matter of how close these events are in space, time and relationship.
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Re: How accurate are the FTTC Estimates?
23-10-2012 8:55 AM
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Interestingly, the upstream estimate has always been quite a lot higher than the speed I was able to get, even at the beginning. The BT upstream IP profile remained at 20 throughout (the downstream IP profile was always a few mb/s higher than my actual speed at the time), but my actual upstream speed reduced whenever the downstream profile was lowered.
Graham
Re: How accurate are the FTTC Estimates?
23-10-2012 9:33 AM
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When I signed up for the upgrade to 80/20, PN estimated I'd get 63.5 down. It's a week now and I'm fairly stable at about 69/16... that's with interleaving on. So if anything they were a bit conservative with their estimate.
You know what a turtle is? Same thing.
Re: How accurate are the FTTC Estimates?
23-10-2012 9:39 AM
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On my line, I've always found the estimates to be slightly optimistic (Both for DSLMax and FTTC), but not by much: I'm currently on a 40/10 service, but when the engineer did the install he tested the line and said it was delivering 53Mbps at best, while PN's estimate was (and is) 56.5Mbps - I'm content with a 6% error.
The case described by the OP seems to be an extreme one. I have heard of a case from a work colleague where there was an appalling service on DSL despite the exchange just being down the road, that a couple of engineer visits failed to resolve. Eventually, on another visit several months later the engineer admitted "we need to change the cable to the pole, we'll be back tomorrow". They did that, then a whole team of vans appeared. Apparently they discovered that the main cable feeding the pole run through a culvert that had become waterlogged and saturated the cable which now needed replacing. Three engineers up the pole rewiring subscriber lines simultaneously attracted a bit of attention. My colleague then found that neighbours had been having weird, unresolved 'phone problems on and off for a couple of years. Anyway, my point is, if the actual results are that far off from the estimate then it maybe suggests an underlying problem with the 'phone line. However, BT might not feel obliged to do anything so long as the 'phone works .
Re: How accurate are the FTTC Estimates?
23-10-2012 10:23 AM
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23-10-2012 10:33 AM
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My first Plusnet supplied router started to fail after a few days & was promptly replaced by Plusnet. The 2nd one quickly lost speed wirelessly when I only moved my laptop to the next room. I've now invested £39.00 in TP Link WR1043ND. It's money well spent believe me. My speed has increased overall & there's no reduction, even when I'm out in the garden.
Re: How accurate are the FTTC Estimates?
23-10-2012 11:05 AM
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23-10-2012 2:24 PM
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Remember that what your speed test says may be different to what the BT engineer's one says, and the fault may be with your PC, not the line.
-Dave
You know what a turtle is? Same thing.
Re: How accurate are the FTTC Estimates?
23-10-2012 3:49 PM
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However my estimate is 57 Meg, but I'm only getting 42, which translates to about 38 on speed tests 😞 I just need to find a way to prove there is a fault ......
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23-10-2012 10:55 PM
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24-10-2012 12:26 AM
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24-10-2012 1:06 AM
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24-10-2012 7:13 AM
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You need to start monitoring the connection that has the problems, router stats can be used for ADSL, or if it's FTTC you will need to unlock a HG612 modem, and then use the login scripts - if you need to do this post back and I'll find links to the required info.
If you can hear noise on the line when the problem happens, then phone your phone provider then, and make sure they acknowledge the noise.
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