Broadband

[gingerjedi]

Be warned that if you have a less than perfect telephone line you could be in for no end of trouble, I went onto 8meg ADSL max and at best got 6meg but often it just wouldn't sync at all, in the end I decided to go back to bog standard 2meg which has been rock solid.

Can you see line stats on your router? If the attenuation is < 40db and your SNR is > 6db then you should be ok.

I wouldn't bother if you're happy with what you've got.

[minstrel]

anyone recommended ?

This one is good:

http://www.speedtest.net/

Lots of pretty graphics and you can test with servers all over the world.

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Netgear Router

I have also found that upgrading the Netgears firmware, will help stabilise the connection. On original firmware, I was getting 7mb, but regulary dropped the line, on the latest firmware, its been up for over two months with no drops.

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