Just a technical question . I set up a telkom router( yeah I know) at my new work the line sync at 4096 , attenuation is 8.5 , SNR is 29 for down streaming but when I do speed test I get 200kbps on iburst and 96kbps on gamco . It's a Web Africa account I'm using . Could the router just be busted or could it be something else ?
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Nameite
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Which webafrica account u using though? And also what time of day did you do the tests?
Becoz during peak hours, the data traffic can be pretty congested hey~
Besides, the line sync is just the highest speed u can get from ur router to the exchange, and doesnt indicate any further
It's a prepaid SAIX account , the test were done at about 17h20 , I understand that there can congestion , but damn I would expect a local speed to at least give me speeds in the region of 600kbps to 15000kbps on a 4MB line
Snormossel
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There is you problem.... Should be above 10dB, make it 15 to be safe. Phone a techie to come and sort it out.
You are thinking of the SNR
, attenuation shows how far you are form an exchange the lower the better . But yeah I figured out why , I was a bit stupid , the current line is an IS business account with a static IP , so even If I used my own router and a saix account I still went through the IS network at the exchange .Snormossel
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You are thinking of the SNR
Havnt had coffee and abit pissed still,,,, so sorry my bad....
My SNR jumps between 4 - 9, and line probably drops once every two days now. Just a quick drop then a reconnect. Usually dont even notice it. But, my line speed is perfect. iBurst speed test is around 3.6mbit.
Anyways, Telskum came out to check it out. Techie plugged in his modem, and the SNR was around 11 on his modem. The excuse was that it might be my modem (got a D-Link something).
Decided that I will rather not complain and live with the drop every day or two, as opposed to them downgrading the line to something slower and more stable.
Anyways, Telskum came out to check it out. Techie plugged in his modem, and the SNR was around 11 on his modem. The excuse was that it might be my modem (got a D-Link something).
Decided that I will rather not complain and live with the drop every day or two, as opposed to them downgrading the line to something slower and more stable.