InstantForum.NET v4.1.3broadband-help.com - Forumshttp://www.broadband-help.com/forums/noreply@broadband-help.comFri, 21 Nov 2008 19:05:40 GMT20http://www.broadband-help.com/forums/Topic1006-15-1.aspxSir.<br><br><br><br>The sync speed of your connection is a combination of both your attenuation and your margin (or SNR).<br><br>We would also need the current sync speed.<br><br><br><br>Do you care to post these figures from your router and we can then comment on the likely speed you can receive?<br><br>Rgds, PeteMon, 31 Mar 2008 13:09:55 GMTwww.ccsleeds.co.ukhttp://www.broadband-help.com/forums/Topic1006-15-1.aspxWhen I first had broadband installed in this house the phone line was in someone elses name and we were getting the 1mb connection that we were paying for<br><br><br><br>That person moved out and i had a new phone line put in, in my name and since then we now only get a 512kb connection on a good day<br><br><br><br>I put this down to a poorly routed line from BT (as thats what virgin told me) and the line attenuation supported this (as its 60.5db)<br><br><br><br>However, last night i was lookin at a site that said that for a line attenuation of 60 i should be getting a 1.5mb connection (or upto)<br><br><br><br>and when i do a speed test, i use the london server (as its recommended) and the site tells me that i am in fact less than 50miles away from london, when i live near liverpool over 200 miles away from london<br><br><br><br><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/252934778.png"><br><br><br><br>would this be causing me speed problems as i dont fully understand the technical details of broadband internetSun, 30 Mar 2008 12:46:41 GMTTadpo1e