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Apparently, being just shy of 3km from the exchange *really* sucks for ADSL2+. While 2km is generally rated for 17Mb/s out of a theoretical max of 24Mb/s, at 3km you're lucky to get 5Mb/s. We've managed to get 5.5 by getting Be to tweak the settings and reduce the noise margin to 3dB, but that puts us at the mercy of the weather.

Then again, testing (downloading large files from somewhere with bandwidth to spare) shows that on the 5.5Mb/s Be connection I can reliably get 4.5Mb/s, while the 10Mb/s ntl Virgin Media cable link seems to top out at 3.5Mb/s or so. This may be related to the higher upload (>1Mb/s) for Be.

Now all we need to do is convince the router to be a bridge, and then actually hook it up.

The LJ personality test

The LJ personality test (found via lj_nifty)

So, boggyb, your LiveJournal reveals...



You are... 1% unique and 15% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy writing). When it comes to friends you are popular. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are keen to please. Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is conventional.

Your overall weirdness is: 20

(The average level of weirdness is: 27.
You are weirder than 43% of other LJers.)

Find out what your weirdness level is!