Slow Internet Speed

[Atharva_2001]

Hi, there mates,

So I was going on in my life with my internet connection providing me around 100 KB/s downstream ( I dont upload so no worries on upload 😛) until when I was with my mate at our town street where he told me he got access to a wifi network from somewhere nearby (more like he cracked the password) and I was like meh, they have the same old 100 KB/s speed when I saw that he was actually getting around 900 - 800 KB/s that too with 30% signal strength, I was totally baffled and knowing the fact that none around here would be willing to pay rs. 3000 - 4000 ($50 - $60) per month I went home to browse the current ISP plan, BTW In my area we only got one ISP.

And saw that the plans were upgraded,

Fast forward and now I have changed my plan, it is 10Mbps (Megabits) for first 10 GB, post, 2mbps cuz they got this useless FUP (FAIR USAGE POLICY) thing,

But now I am getting around 50 - 40 KBps, in the meantime I went to my router settings and had reset them and re-entered them.

Doing a bit of research I found out that you need more "SNR value" as possible and low "line attenuation" value as possible.

Mine are rather very bad

here's how it is

SNR Margin (0.1dB) : 80 (downstream) | 276(upstream)
Attenuation (0.1 dB) : 505 (downstream) | 270(upstream)
Attainable Rate (Kbps) : 552(downstream) | 1173(upstream)

Any solution...
Thanks for any help ...
PEACE...

 

[Jester Maroc]

1) Do a http://www.speedtest.net/.
2) If the results are significantly less than promised by your ISP, screen capture the results and email them. They are obliged to provide a service as promised (on the fine print of your contract).

Adjusting the settings on your router will not change your speed. Also, stealing internet from your neighbour is not Kosher, I don't like to judge but it is also illegal.

I understand that having only one ISP available sucks, and I feel for you.

 

[Atharva_2001]

1) Do a http://www.speedtest.net/.
2) If the results are significantly less than promised by your ISP, screen capture the results and email them. They are obliged to provide a service as promised (on the fine print of your contract).

Adjusting the settings on your router will not change your speed. Also, stealing internet from your neighbour is not Kosher, I don't like to judge but it is also illegal.

I understand that having only one ISP available sucks, and I feel for you.

Thanks, Jester,

I think I'll call them again because I had called them before but they said it might be the wires, also does being far from exchange point has a significant impact on the internet? mine is around 2 - 3 km away.

Also, the wifi guy is not in my neighbourhood he lives near exchange point and I don't use his internet but my friend does, next thing I am curious is that most people in that area have the same sort of speed..

 

[Jester Maroc]

You can scroll down on this page: https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/Home-Broadband/The-impact-of-distance-from-exchange-on-the-ADLS2-speed/td-p/164080 to see the impact distance has on ADSL.

Since you have a 10Mbps connection I am assuming your speed at 3km from the exchange point should not make much of a difference on the speed, provided the line to the exchange point is straight.

However, we cannot know for sure how you connect to the exchange point, and the distance might be double what you think. At 5km the distance has a significant impact on ADSL speed.