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Re: RPC and BT?

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In article <175e698452.dougjwebb@doug.j.webb.btinternet.com>, Doug Webb
<doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> wrote:
> In message <528466e679tim@invalid.org.uk> Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
>           wrote:

> > In article <528464ae15dave@davenoise.co.uk>, Dave Plowman (News)
> > <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

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> Don't forget if their router is used then it may be that it has 11n
> wireless as opposed to 11g and some have gigabit ports all of which
> help.

It is highly unlikely that this will effect broadband speed. G and
megabit ports are more than fast enough for the majority of non-FTTP
broadband.

> Also you need to be careful in that even lines to the same premises
> can exhibit different speeds and throughput as thats my experience
> with the two ADSL lines coming in to my house. I've had entertaining
> discussions about the speed difference and lets just say the line that
> terminates in the house at the earliest/shortest main point isn't the
> quickest but the autorobotots on the support lines still spout out the
> same line "it varies on the length of your line" even though one is at
> least 10 mtrs shorter by length in my house than the other to the
> termination point.

Not only that but in the days of poor modem speeds a local BT engineer
said he would make sure my line was included in the dry bundle, as
opposed to the bundle which used to get submerged when it rained!

> The other thing that varies things are ADSL equipement in the main
> exchange , airborne interference, mains interference, extn sockets etc.

Faceplates to the BT socket are meant to make a difference too.

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RPC and BT? "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-04-22 13:04 +0100
  Re: RPC and BT? Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-04-22 13:29 +0100
    Re: RPC and BT? Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-22 13:56 +0100
      Re: RPC and BT? Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-04-22 14:36 +0100
        Re: RPC and BT? Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-22 17:08 +0100
      Re: RPC and BT? Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-04-22 15:20 +0100
  Re: RPC and BT? spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-22 14:06 +0100
    Re: RPC and BT? Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-04-22 16:05 +0100
      Re: RPC and BT? T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-04-22 22:04 +0100
        Re: RPC and BT? Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-22 22:26 +0100
          Re: RPC and BT? T M Smith <thomas.smith57@ntlworld.com> - 2012-04-22 22:43 +0100
          Re: RPC and BT? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-22 23:08 +0100
            Re: RPC and BT? Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-22 23:03 +0000
              Re: RPC and BT? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-23 09:06 +0100
            Re: RPC and BT? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-23 02:15 +0200
              Re: RPC and BT? spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-23 19:57 +0100
                Re: RPC and BT? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-24 05:25 +0200
                Re: RPC and BT? cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-04-24 13:25 +0100
            Re: RPC and BT? Rosemary Miskin <miskin@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-04-23 19:20 +0100
      Re: RPC and BT? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-22 23:16 +0100
        Re: RPC and BT? spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-23 20:01 +0100
          Re: RPC and BT? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-24 09:30 +0100
      Re: RPC and BT? spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-23 00:01 +0100

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