On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 09:39:52PM +0000, Jamie Webb wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 01:30:43PM +0000, Tom Dawes-Gamble wrote:
> > Let's assume that you have just started of with a shiny new ADSL Max
> > line. And your using a router that has a fault that means it can't
> > sync correctly so you get a less than ideal rate. The ten days go
> > by and your really not happy. You do some checking and find that
> > your router is at fault. So you go out and buy shiny a new router.
> > The line should now sync at the best rate possible. It would be
> > wrong to remain at the degraded rate forever.
> In these circumstances, I think it's necessary to ask BT to repeat the
> training.
In theory, after the 10 day training period, given three good syncs over
three days (i.e. you have to reboot the router each day so it resyncs)
the rate should be happier. Certainly that's what the information I've
seen plus support agents from our supplier say.
The best page to read about MAX ADSL is
http://www.aaisp.net.uk/maxmagic.html
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 09:35:39AM +0000, David Anderson wrote:
> Thursday, December 7, 2006, 10:37:14 AM, you wrote:
> JW> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 09:19:29AM +0000, David Anderson wrote:
> >> Bear in mind that a modem will switch off the connection whenever
> >> the PC is rebooted or turned off, and the way that Max works can
> >> cause a lessening of the sync rate for a few days. With a router
> >> left on continuously the rate will settle down after 10 days.
> JW> Do you have a source for this? It sounds like FUD.
> I have switched my router off twice whilst on holidays - 5 days each
> time. Looking at my BT line stats before and after shows a retrain at
> a lower rate on return, slowly building up over the course of a few
> days.
> Good enough source for you?
Strange but I suppose plausible; I was as doubtful as Jamie when you
first wrote this. Did it start off at about 2meg?
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