8meg ADSL upload sync speed

[Hummercellc]

Could someone on a 8meg line please confirm the upload speed at which your modem syncs.

Telkom says it is 640kbps.

I heard 8meg sync's at 1meg up?

 

[User52]

Who cares?

 

[User52]

Could not resist... But i really cannot help, dont have 8mb/s line.

 

[WHG]

Telkom usually works at a 10% ration, you get maybe 1 mbps at 10mbps, if you only get 640 then sync our line lower, you will get a better internet exp....

 

[Johnatan56]

Telkom usually works at a 10% ration, you get maybe 1 mbps at 10mbps, if you only get 640 then sync our line lower, you will get a better internet exp....

This is sadly not correct. You get 2Mbps/512Kbps, 4Mbps/512Kbps, 10Mbps/1Mbps. I am not sure on the 8Mbps, but hopefully it is 1Mbps. So, the answer is between 512Kbps and 1024Kbps.
EDIT: (though you do need at least 10% of the download as upload in order to get a good experience, a nice comment I found on disqus: )

For roughly every 10mbps of download, you need 1mbps of upload, just for your ip/tcp/http headers. If using p2p protocols such as bittorrent it can be slightly higher. So when ISPs give you a slow upload rate they are actually sneakily breaking your download rate. For Example, say you get a 2048kbps upload on a 40mbps line. You will be capped to around 20mbps for sustained downloads, and only get higher for burstable downloads(browsing) where your control data is limited. This has also been happening a lot on slower DSL packages like the 10mbps where often your upload is set at 640kbps or 512kbps. Its an artificial way to cap your download speed without you ever realizing it ! Now sure telkom can say .. but your line (copper quality) is so poor that we must slow it down or it drops, but is that always the case ? Or do they just arbitarily decrease your upload sync speed when you arnt looking ? On my line this seems to happen quite often and if I request a "DSLAM Port Reset" from my ISP then it goes back to its proper speed of 1024kbps upload and 10240kbps download.
https://disqus.com/home/discussion/mybroadband/why_vdsl_upload_speeds_are_so_slow_57/

EDIT2: so @10% you should be getting 800Kbps or so hopefully.

 

[Magnum]

Upstream Downstream
Current Rate (Kbps) 944 7164
Max Rate (Kbps) 947 9868
SNR Margin (dB) 10.4 6
Line Attenuation (dB) 20.2 40.8
Errors (Pkts) 0 0
dont know what this means maybe someone can decode this for me. i do see high upload speed though


also I use a 4Mb/s uncapped acount from Webafrica. and have decent internet.

 

[Hummercellc]

Upstream Downstream
Current Rate (Kbps) 944 7164
Max Rate (Kbps) 947 9868
SNR Margin (dB) 10.4 6
Line Attenuation (dB) 20.2 40.8
Errors (Pkts) 0 0
dont know what this means maybe someone can decode this for me. i do see high upload speed though


also I use a 4Mb/s uncapped acount from Webafrica. and have decent internet.

Thank you, you are syncing at 1meg up (well 0.9meg to be exact)

Which confirms that the upload profile for a 8 meg line is 1meg.

 

[Magnum]

I think it is dertermined by exchange quality. not really profile. A couple of months ago upload was 600 Kb/s

 

[Hummercellc]

I think it is dertermined by exchange quality. not really profile. A couple of months ago upload was 600 Kb/s

You should not be able to sync past your profile limits. So if 8meg had a limit of 640kbps then there is no way you would be syncing at 1 now.

 

[Magnum]

No but if the exchange is broken like mine was you wouldn't be able to sync at full profile speeds.

 

[BigBear]

Supposed to be a 10 Mbps line but Syncing at 8 Mbps...

Was 8128 kbps Down and 960 kbps Up

Lately it is 8190 kbps Down 639 kbps Up

TOTO LINK Model no - ND300V2  
Firmware ver. V2.1.1

ADSL Configuration
This page shows the setting of the ADSL Router.

Operational Status G992.1
Upstream Speed 960 kbps
Downstream Speed 8128 kbps

Adsl Line Status SHOWTIME.
Adsl Mode G992.1
Up Stream 960 kbps
Down Stream 8128 kbps
Attenuation Down Stream 24
Attenuation Up Stream 15
SNR Margin Down Stream 13.7
SNR Margin Up Stream 6.0

Adsl Line Status	SHOWTIME.L0
Adsl Mode	G992.5
Up Stream	639 kbps
Down Stream	8190 kbps
Attenuation Down Stream	25
Attenuation Up Stream	13
SNR Margin Down Stream	10.1
SNR Margin Up Stream	10.6