Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
08-05-2010, 20:03
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Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
How are my signal levels?
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Frequency 299000000307000000315000000N/A Lock Status
(QAM Lock/FEC Sync/MPEG Lock) Y/Y/YY/Y/YY/Y/YN/N/N Channel Id 575859N/A Modulation 256QAM256QAM256QAMN/A Symbol Rate
(Msym/sec) 6.9526.9526.952N/A Interleave Depth I=12
J=17I=12
J=17I=12
J=17N/A Power Level
(dBmV) 1.511.521.72N/A RxMER
(dB) 36.1736.1736.39N/A Correctable
Codewords 653920N/A Uncorrectable
Codewords 299273278N/A
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Cable Modem Upstream
US-1US-2US-3US-4 Channel Type 1.0N/AN/AN/A Channel ID 4N/AN/AN/A Frequency
(Hz) 37500000N/AN/AN/A Ranging Status SuccessN/AN/AN/A Modulation 16QAMN/AN/AN/A Symbol Rate
(KSym/sec) 2560N/AN/AN/A Mini-Slot Size 2N/AN/AN/A Power Level
(dBmV) 51.25N/AN/AN/A T1 Timeouts0 T2 Timeouts0000 T3 Timeouts16000 T4 Timeouts0000
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08-05-2010, 20:18
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
They're OK
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08-05-2010, 20:28
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
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They're OK
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Thanks, I am using the Dlink router. What is the difference between the virgin firmware and Dlinks own?
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08-05-2010, 20:40
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
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Originally Posted by Risco
Thanks, I am using the Dlink router. What is the difference between the virgin firmware and Dlinks own?
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not really much to be honest in fact i dnt think there is a difference apart from login name and default ssid
power levels are fine
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08-05-2010, 23:04
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
best thing to do dude is to pop along to speedtest.net and run a test from the Maidenhead server. If everything is hunky dory you should you 50mbits down and 1.7 ish up, I always do
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08-05-2010, 23:23
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
Speeds were ok during the day and steadily got worse.
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08-05-2010, 23:27
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
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Originally Posted by Risco
Speeds were ok during the day and steadily got worse.
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You've used sittingbourne use either London or Maidenhead.
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08-05-2010, 23:31
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
Ok more tests
The final one below is tested at 4:30pm
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08-05-2010, 23:32
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
During the week 50mbs is good, but at the weekend its crap.
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08-05-2010, 23:34
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
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Originally Posted by Bricktop
During the week 50mbs is good, but at the weekend its crap.
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So I need not worry?
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08-05-2010, 23:37
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
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During the week 50mbs is good, but at the weekend its crap.
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You can't really generalise like that
I've always found the London server to be the most consistant.
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08-05-2010, 23:49
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
when i download off newsgroups at the weekend my speed is an average half of what i get during the week.
weekend is when VM show there true service.
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09-05-2010, 00:00
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
Well this is the first day, so what is the concensus? Should I be worried?
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09-05-2010, 00:25
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
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Well this is the first day, so what is the concensus? Should I be worried?
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09-05-2010, 01:40
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?
Just power cycled both modem and router, things seem fine now. Not convinced as it is late at night?
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