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    Network Question

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    How far are you from your phone exchange? This is ultimately the deciding factor. In order to use the full speed you are 'paying' for you need to be with in one or two miles of the exchange. The further you are form the exchange the more of a performance hit the connection takes.

    I am 0.56 Miles from the phone exchange, but there is a Housing estate between me and it.

    Your connection speed can also depend on how many people are using the internet in your area.

    Like i said, a housing estate is between me and the phone exchange.

    Have you tried optimizing your tcp/ip stack, that usually could be the reason for slow speeds.

    http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

    Infiltrator.

    Tried, nothing. :/

    UK Based info, adjust as required:

    A: Make sure your DSL modem is plugged into your BT master socket, which is where your phone line enters your house. This is the location that BT Wholesale support up to, anything beyond this is CPE and basically, your problem.

    B: Make sure everything is filtered on your phone circuit.

    C: Test and see if you get any improvement.

    D: If not, remove everything else from your phone circuit, then unscrew the face plate on the BT socket and connect modem alone to the internal socket.

    E: Try calling BT, complain about crackling on the line during voice calls and ask for the gain to be increased. Also ask for a SNR check for your DSL connection from your ISP.

    My internet is separate to my phone line, so 2 phone lines coming into the house, co it can't be the phones. Also, the place it enterers the house is directly behind my modem/router.

    (Btw, I'm from the UK)

    Network Question

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    Hi there!

    After watching the recent hak5 show, i was thinking, since i have such a crappy internet connection (140-150 kb/s when downloading off steam), would it be worth me getting a better router? and how faster (if any) would it be?

    I currently have a Netgear DG834g v4, i know it's crappy, but it was the one that came when i changed my ISP (i used to have around 50 kb/s. Could that of been because of my older crappy router?)

    Thanks,

    Atomic Zombie

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