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Old 08-05-2010, 21:03   #1
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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=17
I=12
J=17
I=12
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N/A Power Level
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1.511.521.72N/A RxMER
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36.1736.1736.39N/A Correctable
Codewords
653920N/A Uncorrectable
Codewords
299273278N/A
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US-1US-2US-3US-4 Channel Type 1.0N/AN/AN/A Channel ID 4N/AN/AN/A Frequency
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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
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51.25N/AN/AN/A T1 Timeouts0 T2 Timeouts0000 T3 Timeouts16000 T4 Timeouts0000
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Old 08-05-2010, 21:18   #2
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?

They're OK
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?

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They're OK
Thanks, I am using the Dlink router. What is the difference between the virgin firmware and Dlinks own?
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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?

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Thanks, I am using the Dlink router. What is the difference between the virgin firmware and Dlinks own?
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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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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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?

Speeds were ok during the day and steadily got worse.

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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?

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Speeds were ok during the day and steadily got worse.

You've used sittingbourne use either London or Maidenhead.
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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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Re: Just got 50mb Broadband - Signal levels ok?

During the week 50mbs is good, but at the weekend its crap.
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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.
So I need not worry?
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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.
You can't really generalise like that



I've always found the London server to be the most consistant.
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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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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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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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