[Gloucs] ADSL speeds

[Rob Jervis]

Time to call the ISP and ask then to check / reset the IP profile.


On 11 March 2010 22:23, John Kilgour <wj.kilgour at btopenworld.com> wrote:

> Thank you for this. The ADSL modem has been connected for well over a week
> now
> with no change in download speed.
> John Kilgour
>
> On Thursday 11 March 2010, Rob Jervis wrote:
> > You are having issues with your IP Profile.  This can be reset by calling
> > the ISP or by waiting a few days.
> > See this page for some background:
> > http://www.thinkbroadband.com/faq/sections/radsl.html#229 (Thanks to
> > google, it saves me some typing.  )
> >
> > START QUOTE FROM
> > http://www.thinkbroadband.com/faq/sections/radsl.html#229Why is my IP
> > Profile a lot lower than my downstream connection speed?
> >
> > If you for example have a connection speed of 4032Kbps and an IP Profile
> of
> > just 0.75Mbps, this suggests that at some point within the last five days
> > your modem reconnected to the exchange at a connection speed between
> > 864Kbps and 1151Kbps. The IP Profile will improve given time and prior to
> > August 2007 this was on a fixed 3 day wait period before it improved. As
> of
> > August 2007 a more flexible system has been implemented where large
> > improvements in the IP Profile may take place with 75 minutes, for
> example
> > a jump from 135Kbps up to 7.15Mbps should happen quickly, whereas a small
> > increment from 3.5Mbps to 4Mbps may take the full 5 days the current
> system
> > allows.
> >
> > The reason why the changes take a length of time is to avoid millions
> upon
> > millions of database updates each day, which will impact on BT Wholesales
> > ability to manage the network.
> >
> > It should be remembered that the IP Profile will lower immediately
> (within
> > a minute or so) if your downstream connection speed changes and takes
> into
> > the range for a different IP Profile.
> >
> > END QUOTE
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Rob
> >
> > On 11 March 2010 08:32, Richard Mellersh
> <richard.mellersh at googlemail.com>wrote:
> > > I have changed isp and had the same thing - the Techie told me that the
> > > `system' would `learn' the maximum speed.  Needless to say I was
> > > skeptical but it was correct after about 12 days its is up to about
> 5.9M.
> > > Richard
> > >
> > > On 10 March 2010 22:36, John Kilgour <wj.kilgour at btopenworld.com>
> wrote:
> > > > Before I went away for a few days I regularly got a download speed of
> 5
> > > > Mbps
> > > > and an upload speed of  440 Kbps. Real download speeds of Linux
> updates
> > >
> > > etc
> > >
> > > > were around  400 KBps. At 2 Km from the exchange I found this very
> > > > satisfactory.  While I was away I switched everything off.
> > > >
> > > > On my return I switched everything on and got download speeds of ~
> > > > 40KBps i.e.
> > > > about 10% of previously. A speed test using
> > > > www.broadband.co.ukconfirmed these numbers - download 400Kbps -
> upload
> > > > 38Kbps.
> > > >
> > > > The status page on the ADSL router (Linksys WAG160N) says downstream
> > > > rate 5472
> > > > Kbps and upstream rate 448 Kbps. This reflects the pre holiday
> > >
> > > performance.
> > >
> > > > Another computer in the house using XP gives the same results. Has
> > > > anyone any
> > > > ideas? Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > John Kilgour
> > > >
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Rob Jervis