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Today's Topics:

1. Re: BT Profiling Slowed down my connection - OT
(Simon Iremonger (bblug))
2. Re: BT Profiling Slowed down my connection - OT (Amias Channer)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:02:11 +0000
From: "Simon Iremonger (bblug)" <bblug@iremonger.me.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] BT Profiling Slowed down my connection - OT
Message-ID: <55100ED3.7010305@iremonger.me.uk>
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On 2015-01-31 12:29, Peter Hemmings wrote:
> I have had some problems recently and would appreciate any info on
> After a couple of days my sync speed went up to 7.2 BUT I was still
> getting 3.2 downloads!!
> My download speed has now increased to about 6.5 which is as good as I
> have ever had, but I was wondering if others had experience/knowledge
> of profiling, in particular, is it really necessary to have the router

Yes this was called BRAS rate limiting, maybe now more commonly
known as part of DLM.

http://wiki.aa.org.uk/How_broadband_works#Margins
http://wiki.aa.org.uk/BT_ADSL_Line_Profiles

I do remember a Zen - BTwholesale line which had "stuck BRAS rate"
that had to be un-stuck...

--Simon




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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:32:57 +0000
From: Amias Channer <me@amias.net>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] BT Profiling Slowed down my connection - OT
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<CAMgU7XWwthtOJB=0CD4B9nGkbMwO2O3UtF4Xcya0wQ+oENyOog@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello Luggers,

> I do remember a Zen - BTwholesale line which had "stuck BRAS rate"
> that had to be un-stuck...

it can be a real passion killer.
toptip: put one an chair and practice taking it off so you don't fumble
your big moment

Cheers
Amias

On 23 March 2015 at 13:02, Simon Iremonger (bblug) <bblug@iremonger.me.uk>
wrote:

> On 2015-01-31 12:29, Peter Hemmings wrote:
> > I have had some problems recently and would appreciate any info on
> > After a couple of days my sync speed went up to 7.2 BUT I was still
> > getting 3.2 downloads!!
> > My download speed has now increased to about 6.5 which is as good as I
> > have ever had, but I was wondering if others had experience/knowledge
> > of profiling, in particular, is it really necessary to have the router
>
> Yes this was called BRAS rate limiting, maybe now more commonly
> known as part of DLM.
>
> http://wiki.aa.org.uk/How_broadband_works#Margins
> http://wiki.aa.org.uk/BT_ADSL_Line_Profiles
>
> I do remember a Zen - BTwholesale line which had "stuck BRAS rate"
> that had to be un-stuck...
>
> --Simon
>
>
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