Re: 10 Day Broadband Stabilisation Period

ato_zee@hotmail.com

On 5-Dec-2007, "Ali" <> wrote:

> 10 day stabilisation period.
> Is there anything that should be done to get the optimum, or just use the
> service normally?

Leave the router on 24/7 and make sure you have a good ADSL filter.
If you are not getting the expected speed it's a bit late in the day
to find you have a shiddy filter, or everything but the kitchen sink on
the phones side, like caller ID unit, answerphone, fax machine,
extensions and extension bells.
Worth trying two cheapo T shaped filters in series on the phone side.
Plug ADSL RJ11 into the first, so it's directly onto the line, phone plug
of second filter into phone socket of the first, phones into that.
It doesn't seem to affect the voice and ringing, but the bit of
extra HF filtering on the phone side seemed to stabilise my
rate at its best figure. Of course you could buy one of
the premium grade or a filtered faceplate, even then, two
filters in series will do no harm, and may do some good,
partcularly on marginal lines.

Hungerdunger

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> Leave the router on 24/7

From my Demon Welcome Pack in 2006:

"Optimising Demon HomeOffice 8000 Services

During the 10 day stabilisation process, we recommend you take the following
steps...

1. Completely disconnect and reconnect your broadband equipment at least
once a day.... For customers using a router, you should power off the
router for a minute, then power it back on and allow it to reconnct."
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Hungerdunger
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Martin Jay

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:04:17 -0000, "Hungerdunger"
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>> Leave the router on 24/7

>From my Demon Welcome Pack in 2006:
>
>"Optimising Demon HomeOffice 8000 Services
>
>During the 10 day stabilisation process, we recommend you take the following
>steps...
>
>1. Completely disconnect and reconnect your broadband equipment at least
>once a day.... For customers using a router, you should power off the
>router for a minute, then power it back on and allow it to reconnct."

Hmmm, I must admit I find this thread a bit confusing.

The advice to reboot the rooter daily throughout the initial ten day
training period was often touted here too previously, however the
latest advice given, to keep the router connected, seems to contradict
it.

Has something changed, or was the previous advice wrong?
--
Martin Jay