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**thakitt** · 01-22-2009, 04:31 AM

The way AT&T explained it to me was the modem finds the route to the AT&T hub with the lowest latency.

err lol.

ADSL is the predominant technology used in Australia and I can tell you that's a load of BS. Your modem speaks to a DSLAM that should be no further than 3 miles from you. Your line should run directly to it. From there it would be sent by fibre to some AT&T central hub somewhere. Unless the backhaul of AT&T sucks ass I doubt that's the issue.

Can you get the following details from the modem?

Here is an example of mine.
....................................Download ... Upload
Connection Speed......... 23666 kbps 1021 kbps
Line Attenuation ........... 10.5 db........ 5.2 db
Noise Margin.................. 7.4 db .......12.8 db

This will help troubleshoot if you have any line problems.

01-22-2009, 04:31 AM	#16
thakitt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 555 Senior Member	The way AT&T explained it to me was the modem finds the route to the AT&T hub with the lowest latency. err lol. ADSL is the predominant technology used in Australia and I can tell you that's a load of BS. Your modem speaks to a DSLAM that should be no further than 3 miles from you. Your line should run directly to it. From there it would be sent by fibre to some AT&T central hub somewhere. Unless the backhaul of AT&T sucks ass I doubt that's the issue. Can you get the following details from the modem? Here is an example of mine. ....................................Download ... Upload Connection Speed......... 23666 kbps 1021 kbps Line Attenuation ........... 10.5 db........ 5.2 db Noise Margin.................. 7.4 db .......12.8 db This will help troubleshoot if you have any line problems.
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