Yes your lead from socket to Adam is a huge problem. Removing a lead like that made a huge difference for me
Ken Foskey On 11/05/2011, at 7:13 AM, "Voytek Eymont" <li...@sbt.net.au> wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2011 2:00 am, Jeremy Visser wrote: > >> gonzo01 said: >>> Line Attentuation Upstream 31.5 >>> Line Attenuation Downstream 44.0 >>> Are these figures reasonable? > > Bigpond ADSL, I'm just outside the 1.5k exchange inner band > TPG page says: Line of sight: 1630m. Possible cable dist.: 2295m. > > I get: > > DSL Connection Details > DSL Line (Wire Pair): Line 1 (inner pair) > Protocol: G.DMT2 Annex A > Downstream Rate: 5630 kbps > Upstream Rate: 747 kbps > Channel: Interleaved > Current Noise Margin: 12.5 dB (Downstream) 16.5 dB (Upstream) > Current Attenuation: 40.7 dB (Downstream) 22.3 dB (Upstream) > Current Output Power: 19.3 dBm (Downstream) 11.9 dBm (Upstream) > > does that look reasonable ? > > it all seems to work OK, no real problems > > Question: > > I use a 5 metre extension cord from wall subsocket to ADSL, and, the phone > sockets is perhaps 15 metres from Telstra 'sub' MDF > > I've been tempted to hook up a (parallel) phone wire off the MDF to a > dedicated wall socket for ADSL > > so, replace existing 15? meteres old wiring + 3 meters to subsocket off > original T socket+ 5 metre extension > with 4 meter dedicate ADSL socket from MDF > > is it worth the effort, will I see real improvement? > (or just a warm fuzzy feeling that's it's done properly?) > > > -- > Voytek > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html