Yesterday I chanced across a TM technician and asked him about the black n yellow cables. He said they're fiber optic cables...so I believe u r right!

i was offered the streamyx 4 Mbps blockbuster package since i have already a phone line with tm.

how much uplink and dload speed on average can i expect with 4 mbps ?

will i be using the same physical port like my phone ?

Download 4mbps, Upload 512kbps. Yes same cooper cable for telephone. Use DSL splitter for one goes to telephone, the other goes to strwamyx modem

Normally what is the maximum speed copper cable can deliver?

The TM DSLAM is limiting the speed. If you checked the streamyx optimizer which this guy upgrade your streamyx ADSL2+ speed up to 20 mbps (location and DSLAM dependant). I myself within 500m from the cabinet. attainable speed is 24-26 mbps. I asked this guy can reach or not 20 mbps, he said no, the DSLAM in that cabinet only support 8 mbps. I think they should upgrade the DSLAM which can support more than 20 mbps instead of using the VDSL

for ADSL2+ the 'unofficial and underground' speed is 20 mbps++

in my case, i dnt think they limit the DSLAM
my case is my modem showed attainable speed is nearing 8Mbps despite the DSLAM is just opposite my house
when the TM guy test the line using his laptiop, that time not capped yet...i can see the speedtest at his laptop can reach 10+Mbps
after that he called some center to cap my speed at 4Mbps

thx for your reply. if i have multiple physical port, can i not use the splitter ?

I think this will depend on what technology is used. The 1km distance is not really a problem if it is fibre to a cabinet nearby in the area and then copper to the house. Now with Streamyx, I think we are looking at the copper distance from house to exchange. If using FTTC, this distance is no longer valid. If the cabinet is placed a few roads away or or some centtral location in the area, the last part of copper line distance would be reduced a lot, maybe down to 1km or less. Even if it is more like 2km or so, you can still possibly get higher speeds than current Streamyx. This is what I think, please correct if wrong.

You need the DSL splitter or phone filter at each physical port in your house which you want to connect a phone unit to. This is to filter out the DSL signal noise when using the phone.

BTW, how much was the 4M package offer? RM130?


This post has been edited by mylinear: Feb 10 2017, 04:59 PM

not sure how your modem status showed, but the attainable speed is calculated based on the attenuation in dB which also roughly estimate in m or km how far is the exchange. if your attainable is 8mbps then the cabinet/exchange must be quite a distance more than 3 or 4 km I assume. in kampung area I have seen the cabinet located quite far and the attainable speed still within 10-14 mbps range.

if the tm guy did the speedtest from your site and able to see 10+ mbps, the attainable speed should within 12-16 mbps range.

normally this how they set

adsl profile 10240 for 8 mbps package
adsl profile 5120 for 4 mbps package (speed test around 4.3 mbps) this is mine . attainable is 24-26 mbps. Checked the DSLAM cannot support more than 10 mbps.

Ya correct otherwise the phone line will hear aliens through the call

Yeah...is it good price ?

yes, based on SNR and attenuation, the box is just across the road from my house
my speed is capped at 4096, not 5120
my modem shows the maximum attainable speed is just merely around 8Mbps...its not even 5 figures

Weird, can share your adsl stats?

Ask for 5120 then. My 8mb package was capped at 8188 last time too. Got 10240 now.

SNR 23, 8
Att 27, 14

Whats your adsl modulation mode?

ADSL2+

I think this follows the pricing for 2 / 4 / 8M = RM120 / 130 / 140. Is it a 1 year contract?

Does your area have Unifi? Just wondering why they don't make Unifi offer.