Thread: 6.2Mbps on BT but only quoted 3.5Mbps on Be*
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Old 13-03-2008, 14:13   #7
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Re: 6.2Mbps on BT but only quoted 3.5Mbps on Be*
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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground View Post
Hello,

We have BT Business Broadband at work, which is ADSL, and we get a nice speed of 6.2Mbps (Synced at around 7.2). The other day I rang Be*There who quoted the maximum speed I could get on ADSL2+ was... 3.5Mbps!!!

How does that work? I thought ADSL2+ was supposed to be FASTER than ADSL is?

They told us we're around 3KM from the exchange, which sounds about right going by the graph attached.

Because of this news, we're not going to be moving to Be*There, which is a great disappointment because being a web designer I could really have used the up to 2.5Mbps upload instead of the 446Kbps I get on BT...

You wouldn't get 2.5 UP Annex M (upload +) would not be suitable for a long line.

You should be ok with their standard 1.3 UP. They might just be estimating based on the BT database or the line length.

You could make a rough guestimate based on your current Downstream Sync speed, downstream attenuation and SNR.

http://www2.farina1.com/ADSL/default.aspx If you wack the figures into there it Will make a Guess about what sort of speed you will probably receive based on the figures you supplied.

Although it is just a guess it cannot account for any irregularity's on your line.etc
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