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Not always true, many modems still run find outside the guide lines.
The down stream power is between -12 and 12 not 15 btw.
Also a tech can resolve a lot of issues at the customers home rather than the cabs at the end of the street, most cases a service tech will be needed for the house, who will pass it over to a network tech if the box is ****ed.
You're also talking about an Ex telewest modem, NTL are slightly different and dont tend to bother even looking into the config pages.
The down stream power is between -12 and 12 not 15 btw.
Also a tech can resolve a lot of issues at the customers home rather than the cabs at the end of the street, most cases a service tech will be needed for the house, who will pass it over to a network tech if the box is ****ed.
You're also talking about an Ex telewest modem, NTL are slightly different and dont tend to bother even looking into the config pages.
I was just making sure the basics are ok, which they appear to be.Done two tests tonight one through the router and one directly connected to the Cable modem... I'm a Cisco chappy so was a bit pissed off to find the router affects the speed, I'm used to Cisco gear and it doesn't 
the crappy netgear thing i have does, but only by a bit as it turns out... hense the test tonight...
with the router 1.7mb without and directly connected..
still poop....
Hopefully with pimmo's help, i might get to the bottom of the problem...
Just a note on the router thing , even though I've done a fair few cisco exams i didn't know a broadband router would affect the service so much, I only found out early this year...
so if your having probs, try taking the router out of the loop. I swapped mine as the old one was really crap...
the crappy netgear thing i have does, but only by a bit as it turns out... hense the test tonight... with the router 1.7mb without and directly connected..
still poop....
Hopefully with pimmo's help, i might get to the bottom of the problem...
Just a note on the router thing , even though I've done a fair few cisco exams i didn't know a broadband router would affect the service so much, I only found out early this year...
so if your having probs, try taking the router out of the loop. I swapped mine as the old one was really crap...It's often noted alot of empty data frames do get sent to and throw between the box and NIC (with router inbetween) as normal background traffic. It's minimal and its only internal on the local network, so it doesn't seem to affect speed.
But, the most interesting one is what a PC I have with a cheapo d-link NIC card does when connected directly to the cable modem. The data LED has zero activity during idle status on the 'net. Unlike everything else where its flashing like a 70's disco whenever a PC is on. Performance doesn't appear to be affected but the way it behaves so differently is interesting.
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