I now have a connection I am happy with. I am getting around 3.5 meg and a nice steady connection. The final thing which helped my line was the router which I would recomend to anyone with a less then perfect line. I ended up using a BT 2700HGV. It realy works wonders. Just been curious can anyone tell me what all these stats mean ?
Transmit and Receive Data
IP Bytes Packets Errors
Transmit: 15653191 57496 0
Receive: 98490688 81701 0
Data Errors
Statistics
Collected for 3:14:57
Since Reset Current 24-Hour Interval Current 15-Minute Interval Time Since Last Event
ATM Cell Header Errors: 121 121 3 0:01:49
ATM Loss of Cell Delineation: 72 72 0 0:53:16
DSL Link Retrains: 1 1 0 2:48:55
DSL Training Errors: 0 0 0 0:00:00
DSL Training Timeouts: 0 0 0 0:00:00
DSL Loss of Framing Failures: 2 2 0 2:48:56
DSL Loss of Signal Failures: 2 2 0 2:48:56
DSL Loss of Power Failures: 0 0 0 0:00:00
DSL Loss of Margin Failures: 2 2 0 2:48:56
DSL Cumulative Errored Seconds: 56 56 4 0:01:48
DSL Severely Errored Seconds: 2 2 0 2:48:56
DSL Corrected Blocks: 2829 2829 50 0:00:11
DSL Uncorrected Blocks: 127 127 4 0:01:48
ISP Connection Establishment: 1 1 1 0:00:56
Basically, Bill, you're getting very few errors on your line.
Thanks for that Rik. Have to say its the best router I have used. It even lets you change the strength of the wireless signal to very high amounts (not legal in the UK). The N/M does not drop below 8 at any time and I have not lost any sync. Found a very decent dealer on Ebay to get one from.
I've seen several good reports on it, Bill.