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Old 26-08-2004, 00:49   #11
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Re: Problems with speeds and connection.

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Originally Posted by Web-Junkie
Can you actually upload anything conistently? I for one can't! I'm in the Ashield area of Notts and can't seem to get a 1mb file to upload everytime I try, maybe 2 out of 5 attempts will work one time, then none will work!

My Upstream Power level is +58 dBmV btw according to my Surfboad 4100 Signal Status screen.

Another user, Ashover, started a similar thread in this very same forum:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=16470

And I started one here about similar problems:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=16465

So if people in different areas are having similar trouble, it would appear to be a Nationwide problem that NTL need to address PDQ!!
It seems to me that downstream power is just a function of your local cable and street box. Upstream power depends on a lot of other things as well, mine changes from


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Upstream transmit signal power = 38.7 dBmV
to 50+ occasionally. It is currently at its lowest I've ever seen it, following a reboot at 3am yesterday (by ntl reseg?)

It is so low coz my downstream (Terayon) is now:-

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Downstream received signal power = 13.5 dBmV
SigQu: Signal to Noise Ratio = 34.1 dB
SigQu: microreflections = 24 dBc
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