Thread: Adsl vs Adsl 2

Originally Posted by juddy

I changed to ADSL2 from a Wireless Broadband, and the ADSL is useless, takes about 5mins to upload a 520k picture file, and sometimes 5 mins to load a web page, other tmes its just so so, Telstra say that its working fine, and Wireless is always better and faster than a wired line! Any Thoughts?

ADSL 2 or Adsl? Remembering your upload speed is always going to be a lot lower than your download speed.

1. If you know how to log into your router, then log in, go to your status/statistics page, and see if you can find the info on your DSL line. You should see an Down speed and an Up Speed. You may also see an Down noise margin and an Up noise margin. Post these results so we can look at what you have.

2. Really depends on your location and distance from the exchange - do you know roughly how far you are from your exchange location? You can see where your exchange is located by going to this link:-

Australian Exchange Guide v3.0

On TPG's website, they have a very cool tool for their ADSL2+ enabled exchanges that they can determine what speeds you should roughly get from the exchange from your location.

TPG's DSLAM Coverage Maps

To find out yours, have a look at the first link to determine your 4 letter exchange code, then replace the last four letters in the 2nd link and that should bring up the coverage area of your exchange. Note this will only work on most ADSL2+ Metro and Urban exchanges - wont work out in the bush where only Telstra's available.

Cheers,
-Adam.

I have not had a singlr drop out for 2 years.
My ISP is Internode and on ADSL2 with a Linksys wireless 4 port modem.

Not sure why its been so solid but touch wood, and all is looking good.

Try a different modem and see how that goes.

I'm still trying to work all this out.

It looks like I am 3 - 4.5 k's away from the exchange so I imagine this drops the speeds down.

Here are some stats which you may find very interesting

Modem StatusConnection Status Connected
Us Rate (Kbps) 773
Ds Rate (Kbps) 5313
US Margin 11
DS Margin 9
Trained Modulation ADSL_G.dmt.bis
LOS Errors 0
DS Line Attenuation 51
US Line Attenuation 31
Peak Cell Rate 1823 cells per sec
CRC Rx Fast 0
CRC Tx Fast 0
CRC Rx Interleaved 0
CRC Tx Interleaved 0
Path Mode Interleaved
DSL Statistics
Near End F4 Loop Back Count 0
Near End F5 Loop Back Count 0




According to Adam's links the stats for my area upload was about 7000kbps.

There is a bit of difference.

The modem is connected on the 3rd or 4th line connection in the house. I imagine this would make a difference.

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Lyndon.

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