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----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Trevena" <aaron.trevena@xxxxxxxxx> To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] ADSL sucking in Truro > On 03/01/2008, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Apparently the Truro exchange is "congested" and due an upgrade on >> > 20th December 2007 - grrrh! To be honest, the adsl connection I use at work, currently showing this sync rate near-end interleaved channel bit rate: 6144 kbps is working well at the speeds I would expect on this line. (This line is to shortlanesend rather than threemilestone) I certainly havent noticed any slowdown. (ISP is entanet) >> > >> > This is really starting to get on my wick - I work from home and it's >> > really affecting my ability to do anything, incredibly fraustrating. >> > >> 20th December 2007, so its already been upgraded then > > Ha ha, very funny, not. If you look at the plusnet's usertools you can check the congested status. http://usertools.plus.net/exchanges/?exchange=Truro&exact=1018&plugin=vp It shows there was a problem, but currently green. > Apparently there aren't any current plans to, despite it being congested. > > For added bonus happy fun, apparently if I want anything escalated I > have to cover the cost of the BT engineers - why the hell don't BT > actually cover the cost of actually pro-actively checking their > exchanges aren't broken or congested? Apparently I need to go and buy > another router (maybe I should be a couple of different new ones to be > on the safe side) to rule out problems with my hardware. > >>>From all previous dealings with BT both professionally and at home, > their business model seems to rest on charging money for old copper > laid down 30 or more years ago, and then charging you again to > maintain it. > I know things are working fine for myself at work, but I do know of people in the truro/threemilestone areas that are complaining about their speeds but these people are either using Tiscali (or one of their resellers) or TalkTalk. Andrew -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html