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Hi all,

i`ve been with sky for a few years now and have for 98% of the time, used
their netgear DG934G.

i did briefly use a netgear DGN2200 which used to run too hot for comfort
and then a belkin something or other which was plain ****ing awful.

at the mo` i`m unsure whether or not to switch my broadband and phone over
to BT to get their infinity service which is available in our area, this will give
me 10 to 14Mbps (apparently) opposed to the rather crap 3 / 3.5Mbps that
i`m currently getting with sky.

looking at my line stats, the line attenuation is around 60db, which is not good
and SNR @ 7. these figures are probably why my speed is crap, as i`m 2.53Km
from our exchange.

what are my options with sky? is there anything that they can do to improve my
bb speed? would a different router help obtain a better speed, maybe by being
able to tweak settings?

or should i tell them to stick their broadband up their arse and move to someone else?

opinions would be appreciated. thanks.

Ste
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I`m currently considering the reverse, dumping BT phone and O2 broadband to go to Sky.
I`m currently £21 a month (being paid by a 25 quid DD ??!!) for the phone with anytime unlimited calls and £13 for the O2 BB, so for £38 I can close off my landline, move everything over to Mum`s line and save a fair bit.

Only got the second line cos it was back in dial up days to allow me to hit the net while they used the phone, broadband changed that but like thousands of others I was used to having a phone by then... and I never use it cos I have a good mobile package!!!

Jimbo : oÞ

"There`s that word again... is there a problem with the Earth`s gravitational pull in the future?"

Been with Sky for sometime now and never really considered using anything other than their Netgear router. Would there be any plus points to changing?

The speeds are pretty crap which I suspect is down to needing a new main box as the service enters the house. I think the current one is so old it`s made of Bakelite.

BTW: Is that a BT job? I know you can do it yourself but I`d be a bit lairy of screwing it all up and getting charged double to fix it.

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Ste, if you stick with ADSL, then I doubt you`ll get much better speeds from anyone else (even with a different router).
I assume you`ve done the faceplate / cutting the bell wire thing?

If you move to BT`s residential Infinity service then you get a BT Homehub v3, which I`m told isn`t too bad. They also install a VDSL modem with ethernet output using a PPPoE connection method, just like it is with Virgin`s cable service, which feeds in to the Homehub.
Your existing one may be able to take the VDSL modem`s input, if they ports are auto-switching, and handle the PPPoE connection, if you wanted to keep that.

Since I`m on a BT business connection they give you the ****tiest router they can find, so I bought the Cisco E3000, which I`m very happy with. It`s not cheap, but with custom firmware on it I get tons of features to tweak it...like wireless power, dual band wireless (2.4Ghz & 5Ghz), jumbo frames on the gigabit ethernet connection etc.

cheers mate,

i did the bell wire thing... actually bought one of those replacement faceplates for my
master socket... initially gave me about 400Kbps extra speed, before dropping off
to approximately 3Mbps. at the moment i`m showing between 3.4 & 3.5Mbps.

i understand that simply switching over to another ADSL service will give exactly the
same results as it`s still using POTS?

infinity: does that mean that the infinity service relies on  another cable coming
into the house like virgin? this is because of the fibre optic scenario i presume?

if that`s the case, i might as well swap my bb over to virgin as we already have the
necessary wiring in place from our previous installation.

hmmmm..


Ste
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Quote:
ste_p0270 says...
infinity: does that mean that the infinity service relies on another cable coming
into the house like virgin?No, it`s FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet). FTTP (...premises) is generally only available for new builds.
With FTTC, the last part of it is still copper cable to your house.

If you want more speed than BT Infinity can offer, then your only choice is Virgin right now.

Just got the new Sky F[at]ts router with wireless N after a thunderstorm fried our DG834G. 

Very impressed, wireless speed/quality much better even on our old laptop that only supports G.

But best of all, our broadband speed has rocketted up from 1.8 Meg to 4.2 Meg. YEAH BABY!!! 

All the best

Gerald.



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Did you keep the old Netgear up to date in terms of firmware Gerald?

Just asking because Netgear were continually updating the ADSL2+ modem software which could have accounted for a better speed.
It`s also possible that the line is being re-analysed so the speeds are going to fluctuate over a 10 day period. Hopefully they`ll stay where they are! :D

I could never find updates for it on the netgear site as it was a one made for Sky, on the website it said updates would be applied automatically when they were available. It was on 24 hrs a day so should have received them.

We`ve had it now for close on 10 days and it is staying just over 4meg so more than happy with that, one tip the sky help desk gave was to not switch it off during the forst 10 days. If you turn it off sky`s system thinks the router has crashed due to poor connection quality so when it comes back on it connects at a slower speed.

All the best

Gerald.



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