nanook
Premium,MVM
join:2007-12-02
 ·Bell Sympatico
·TekSavvy Solutions..
2 edits | reply to Barry
Re: Bell sucks!
The 66 block is effectively your demarc. I have an almost identical situation. My suggestion would be to see if you can move the wiring to the demarc as far from the electric panel as possible. Also keep the phone wiring as far as possible from house wiring and try to run the two perpendicular if possible. I even considered running BellERs incoming through a different opening a couple of feet away from all the electrics.
If that makes an improvement, consider installing a POTS Splitter. Mine fits nicely in a standard metal duplex electrical box. I have that box grounded to the electrical box.
Anyway, it would be interesting to see what your new line stats are.
Added:said by Barry  :the sync stats where the same, but the attenuation and snrm improved To clarify, your synch rate (profile) is set by BellER. You cannot change it yourself. If you can improve attenuation and SNR enough you may be able to get TekSavvy to ask BellER to put you on a faster profile. |
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Barry
join:2008-11-04
Oakville, ON | Ok, I'm going to try that and will post back when I'm done. Hopefully nobody calls because I don't want to get shocked. |
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Barry
join:2008-11-04
Oakville, ON
 ·Cogeco Cable
| reply to nanook
In order to move it as far away as possible from my electrical box, I had to disconnect the wires I had coupled for my voice lines. |
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mr_hexen
join:2007-08-02
Brampton, ON | that looks a little better.
you should be able to get a faster upstream with that for sure.. and a little downstream.
maybe 1800kbps down and 512kbps up. |
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Barry
join:2008-11-04
Oakville, ON | 1800 sounds a bit better. I was getting 768 up before they switched me to interleaved. |
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nanook
Premium,MVM
join:2007-12-02
·Bell Sympatico
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| reply to mr_hexen
said by mr_hexen :you should be able to get a faster upstream with that for sure.. and a little downstream I agree. At this point you have to understand that until there is an RSLAM in your area you are unlikely to be able to go much above 2Mb/s down.
If that is acceptable then you should look into installing a central DSL filter at the demarc that serves all the telephone devices in your home. Better still spend $20 to $50 for a POTS splitter. Then run as short and direct a line as you can to your DSL modem. Use good twisted pair or Ethernet cable and keep it as far away as possible from AC wiring, fluorescent lights and other sources of interference.
If this is not acceptable then you will have to look at other options. Unfortunately that means going back to cable or looking at some form of wireless. In both cases your bandwidth will be capped but at least you will be able to get to that cap faster 
BTW this will give you some idea of the next higher profiles you may be able to achieve »Bell Canada Internet FAQ »What are all the different speed profiles used?
Finally, I have to ask: Have you asked TekSavvy to find out if there might be an RSLAM in your area? Have you asked BellER the same question? |
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Barry
join:2008-11-04
Oakville, ON
·Cogeco Cable
3 edits | I will consider that.
Where can I buy a POTS splitter and would it be possible to do this without having to buy a punch down tool?
I would prefer not having to buy one as it would save me money and all I would have to buy is another wall plate, cat3, cat5 and a splitter. If I have to, I have to.
Edit: Would it be worth the price difference? I'm pretty sure I could avoid buying a punch down tool with these and all I would need is cat5. This would act as a master filter as well, correct?
»www.wilcominc.com/Item.cfm?ProdID=35
»www.wilcominc.com/Item.cfm?ProdID=100
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nanook
Premium,MVM
join:2007-12-02
·Bell Sympatico
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| said by Barry :Where can I buy a POTS splitter Search the forums. AFAIK TekSavvy sells them but I do not know the price. You can also get them on eBay, e.g. PS-15S Wall-mount POTS Splitter or Westell External Pots Splitter Model A90-32RTPSGNA1 (they say they ship only to the US but you might e-mail them and ask about Canada.)
would it be possible to do this without having to buy a punch down tool? Yes. I use either the corner of a credit card or a small, flat-bladed jeweller's screwdriver. |
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DabberDan
join:2004-11-15
Gatineau, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| reply to Barry
said by Barry :Where can I buy a POTS splitter and would it be possible to do this without having to buy a punch down tool? I got one with the Cat5E plugs I bought at Rona, small plastic thing, works wonders. |
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mr_hexen
join:2007-08-02
Brampton, ON
| said by DabberDan :said by Barry :Where can I buy a POTS splitter and would it be possible to do this without having to buy a punch down tool? I got one with the Cat5E plugs I bought at Rona, small plastic thing, works wonders. ditto. I got a 5pack of keystones for RJ-45 and the punch down tool was included. |
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DabberDan
join:2004-11-15
Gatineau, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| said by mr_hexen :said by DabberDan :said by Barry :Where can I buy a POTS splitter and would it be possible to do this without having to buy a punch down tool? I got one with the Cat5E plugs I bought at Rona, small plastic thing, works wonders. ditto. I got a 5pack of keystones for RJ-45 and the punch down tool was included. I did buy some of my keystones @ Nedco, but those didn't include the punch down tool. They were slightly cheaper, probably due to not having the tool. |
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mr_hexen
join:2007-08-02
Brampton, ON
| said by DabberDan :I did buy some of my keystones @ Nedco, but those didn't include the punch down tool. They were slightly cheaper, probably due to not having the tool. Lowes to the rescue  OnQ i think they were called. |
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