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[Simon]

Perhaps not. 

[Clive]

84 was exceptionally early Rik.  I bet your address book was very short!    My first was in 1990 and ended in @delphi.com

[Simon]

My first was 1999 (ish), and ended in @bushinternet.com.

[Rik]

It was early, Clive and it cost me (from memory) about £18pm plus phone calls and data charges. It just seemed to be the future, but I was about 5 years too early.

[Clive]

Those phone calls would have been at national rate too.  I remember using bulletin boards during the very late 80's.  My first modem was 9 kbs but I soon upgraded to 14kbs.  I haven't seen much of an improvement since. 

[Simon]

You should get with a decent ISP, Clive. 

[Clive]

I think it's the exchange or the line.  I had an engineer out yesterday (again) but he claims it's my equipment.  I know this is not true because my IP profile is just 350K and I'm receiving. 319K.  He claims his laptop shows 5.7 meg.  Fortunately the Indians say he is talking through his 

[Simon]

How long's your contract still to run with BT?

[Clive]

Days rather than weeks.   

[Simon]

Really?  Well, you know where to go next, and it's only a one month contract.  If IDNet can't sort out your connection properly, no one can! 

[Clive]

Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test:  -provides background information.
    Your DSL connection rate: 5792 kbps(DOWN-STREAM),  448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
    IP profile for your line is - 350 kbps
    Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 310 kbps

[Simon]

Rik's better at interpreting those than me, but I think that shows that your line is capable of a good speed, but noise or instability is keeping your profile down.  Do you get a lot of disconnections while you're online, and can you hear hissing or cracking on the phone line when you make voice calls?  There's a quiet line test you can do, which I think is 17070, option 2.

[Simon]

Even if there is a problem on your line, IDNet are good at sorting these out with BT, and it saves you from struggling with someone from Bangladesh, with only a basic grasp of English.

[Rik]

The engineer's right, Clive and Mumbai are wrong, your line is capable of 5Mb+.

What is your reported noise margin and line attenuation?

[Clive]

Ha!  BT has changed my hub password and I have to reset that before I can access the data.  The password (the serial number) is very convenienty situated underneath the hub so it will mean disconnecting the whole thing.    It's a job for later.