India Broadband

jakemake123456

Hi All ,

Let me start by congratulating everyone in this forum for the amazing support provided . It's truly been better than calling the 40 + year old Customer Care reps at the 1800 number to get your Broadband related issues sorted out .

On that note , here is my problem , I thought I knew it all but now I am stuck like every other newbie with BSNL Broadband issues

I just got my BSNL Broadband connection on ( 11.02.2008 ) - HOME UL 900 Plus

The download speed is extremely slow

On torrents with "7000 + seeds" I get a speed of between 8 to 13 KBps

On direct download it starts at 31.2 KBps and then 2 minutes later the speed will come down to 8KBps

There are no IE windows / apps / downloads running in the background

I have formatted my machine just in case there could be a virus hogging on the bandwidth .
I have reset the router and reconfigured it 4 to 6 times
The physical connections looks good and have been checked hundreds of times already including the external telephone cable .

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Here Is My System Info :
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AMD Athlon 3200+
1 GB DDR
500 GB HDD
Win XP SP2
Linksys AM300 ADSL 2 + 1 port router ( connected via ethernet )
I live 300 Meters from my exchange
Brand new line
Modem configured in PPPOE Mode because on selecting Bridge mode and creating a PPPOE dialer in Win XP I get Error 678 and can only get connected to BSNL Broadband is by configuring my router as PPPOE and entering the user name and password in the router itself

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Modem / Router Statistics :
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Software Version: 1.09
ADSL Version: 6.0.2.0
Boot Code Version: 0.01
MAC Address: 00-XX-XX-XX-XX-07 ( XX added on purpose )
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DSL Status
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DSL Status: UP
DSL Modulation Mode: Auto
DSL Path Mode: INTERLEAVED
Downstream Rate: 2043 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 507 Kbps
Downstream Margin: 31 db
Upstream Margin: 27 db
Downstream Line Attenuation: 28
Upstream Line Attenuation: 20
Downstream Transmit Power: 20
Upstream Transmit Power: 11
LOS Errors: 0
Internet Connection
PPP Login: Up
Internet IP Address: 59.95.18.77
Internet Netmask: 255.0.0.0
Internet Gateway: 59.95.0.1

Can someone please help me understand why everything looks normal here but I am still getting such poor speeds ??? I got the line with great difficulty and now all my efforts look like they have gone in vain !!!

priyam_bhaskar

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1.use Tune Up 2007 Software
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joshuacs

Feel Lucky.... I also got the Same Connection, My Download speed is 8-10 kbps... Welcome to BSNL!!!!!!!!!!!!

adi235

have u tried port opening when u are using torrents.
read the help in the torrent client u are using there are lots of tips and tricks tere azures is fast and Mu torrent is even better .

player

jakemake123456

Thanks for the reply but I would like to get speeds in the range of 25 KBps + however even on direct downloads i don't get more than 10 KBps ..

I do understand that the speed is 256 kbps / 8 = 32 KBps but I am not getting more than 10 KBps that's my issue .

95 % of my friends in Pune do not get less than 30 KBps on the same plann this is why im getting pissed

Does my Line Attenuation & SNR values look ok or is it a problem with it ?

whitestar_999

i am not much of a expert but your internet netmask value seems odd to me.it generally is 255.255.255.0 assuming this value is the same as subnet mask in IP properties of LAN connection.your internet gateway assuming it a dns server may also be the problem.check these values with your friends getting speeds above 30KBps.

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jakemake123456

Please check the screenshots of my ADSL Modem & Lancard settings . Can you check to see if there is anything wrong with the settings ... I am still getting speeds between n 2 to 12 KBps every day ..I used to get more than this speed on EDGE with Airtel

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	Router Setup -1.jpg (59.4 KB, 34 views)
	Router Setup -2.jpg (94.2 KB, 21 views)
	LAN Card Setup.jpg (78.1 KB, 25 views)

whitestar_999

your internet gateway set in modem is different from the dns server addresses you set in local connection properties.my suggestion is use "obtain dns server address automatically" & see if it helps.also try direct download from site like microsoft & use download manager like flashget with 8 simultaneous connections.
did you check these settings with your friends about gateway,internet mask etc?

xwhyz

I would suggest you to go for the 500 plan if you need higher speed and try downloading everything during free night time period of 2-8, this way you can download it fast whereas it will take days for you to download in unlimited plans. Because in unlimited you will not get high speeds no matter how you tweak you pc!