--- In [email protected], Michael Askin <mykas...@...> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:15 PM, <arthurnaylor2...@...> wrote: > > I live in a smallish (450 souls) canalside village, about 5-6 miles as the > > crow flies from the exchange. I have Broadband (ISP is AOL) and I pay BT > > for the line. I'm paying for an 'up to' 5mb service. the best line speed I > > have measured using software from the net is about 140 - 150kb on average > > Sounds like a connection issue. I wouldn't expect very high speeds at > the sort of distance, but there are a couple of things you might be > able to do to improve quality. > > 1) Ensure the ASDL router is connected to the master socket and not an > extention. > > 2) Put a filtered master socket in to seperate ASDL from the rest of > the house system, not sure where you can get these from, but a search > on the internet should find them. > > 3) Ensure all connections and leads are well made. > > Is the voice quality good on your line, if not there may be other > problems. I think you can get a BT engineer to do a line check. > > You could try another router - you never know another brand or a newer > unit may provide a more sensitive receiver (then again....) > > There are other ways of getting broadband, but tend to be expensive. > > Hope that helps, > > Mike > > -- > Michael Askin > http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
On your point one - my PC is far distant from my master socket. At present I connect my PC by ethernet wire to my bt adsl box which is plugged in to an extension socket. What improvements could I expect if I connected my adsl box to the mastersocket and went wirelessly to the PC. At the moment both the latter connections would be most inconvenient. No mains power near the master line in and no wireless modem with the PC. Regards Pete
