[AusNOG] ADSL2+ throughput ncrease

[Karl Auer]

On Mon, 2017-04-17 at 18:16 +1000, Jason Leschnik wrote:
> On 17 April 2017 at 18:09, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
> > suddenly my modem is reporting nearly 18Mb/s down and 1Mb/s
> > up. It's been that way for a couple of weeks.
> Out of curiosity did your original speed match up with your distance
> from the exchange?

The straight-line distance from where I thought the DSLAM was is a
shade over 5km, which squares pretty well with what Internode said the
wired distance was.

The previous speed I would say WAS consistent with that distance, maybe
with a bit of squinting and grunting. But the current speed is more
what I'd expect at not much more than a kilometre from the DSLAM. That
would be consistent with the downstream attenuation value I am seeing
of about 18dB.

So Damian's theory is looking good - that Telstra (yes, it's an
EasyReach Internode account running on Telstra kit) has added something
to the mix that is much closer to me.

I'll go looking for a new cabinet of some description :-)

Regards, K.

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