[Merged] 8Mb ADSL

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Some of the groups on the virgin server do carry some good binaries (not gonna mention groups)and of course there free,I was just about pulling my full 3meg using newsbin pro with the free server

The binaries won't be nearly as complete as they are on Easynews. You can get unlimited transfer with some premium news providers for less than you'd pay NTL.

Ive been looking at giganews 24 dollars a month unlimited,and newsbin is almost as simple to use as the easynews web browser,

this is a total nightmare now,modem keeps losing sync with dsl and guess what,yes long waits in que again

[zitianaki]

where are you downloading to need to wait in a queue. havent needed to queue up for anything for ages

Originally Posted by zitianaki

where are you downloading to need to wait in a queue. havent needed to queue up for anything for ages

TS line and CS line not queing for downloading
Tbh if nothings sorted in the first month then ill cancel as they will not have supplied service and in breach of contract,then I will stay with ntl drop to 2 mb and just settle down

[Ignition]

Sounds like your line can't handle the synch rate and it needs to be dropped a bit to stabilise it.

If you check the stats on your ADSL router I bet the downstream SNR margin is under 6 which isn't good.

You need the line slowed down a bit so that it can be more stable unfortunately, line is too noisy and/or too long to supply the full 8m.

Originally Posted by Ignition

Sounds like your line can't handle the synch rate and it needs to be dropped a bit to stabilise it.

If you check the stats on your ADSL router I bet the downstream SNR margin is under 6 which isn't good.

You need the line slowed down a bit so that it can be more stable unfortunately, line is too noisy and/or too long to supply the full 8m.

I think your right,they are investigating the situation,afaik if they drop it to 4 meg ill be ok with it
The whole thing is a nightmare the cs is awful and waiting times on the phone are worse,I just hope they sort it soon.
Cant find any levels in router config anywhere

[zitianaki]

I have spoken to UKonline, they have been quick to answer the phone and have not dismissed the problem. Initial response was to reduce the line speed to 7Mbit, because there was some noise on the line. Today I hear that this problem is not uncommon and they are looking at providing static IP addresses to all 8000 customers.

have they provided you with a static ip or did you get a dynamic one

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

the cs is awful and waiting times on the phone are worse,I just hope they sort it soon.

Shocking, and people complain about ntl

Originally Posted by zitianaki

have they provided you with a static ip or did you get a dynamic one

There looking into it,they did mention a static ip
Am i right in assuming if i was on a dynamic ip it would change if I reboot my modem? If this is the case then I do have a static ip
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Originally Posted by Paul M

Shocking, and people complain about ntl

Ntl are remarkable by comparison,ive never known anything like it,2 phone calls 3 and half hours on hold,still no reply

[zitianaki]

thats right, modem rebooting would change your ip if it was dynamic.

static ip has not fixed it

[zitianaki]

strange, i am looking into moving to freedom2surf they give you a 768kbit upload
but 8Mbit not available yet definatly better then 400k

what I get when it does work

[zitianaki]

hrm goes well when you do get good seing as your 2.8km is it? from the exchange when adsl2+ is here i think its 3km or less they advice so you definatly be full speed then and if them info is correct should be this summer trial adsl2+ or launching it i think more like september if they do