On Wednesday 23 November 2005 21:08, Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) wrote:

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<Triband Anonymous voice> I am Gishu Pillai. I barely get 128 kbps.

Hi! Some time back I had mentioned about getting your own wire installed from the building junction to your comp's location. The standard white

Most guys on forums and even a MTNL support guy said that it can be rectified only by the exchange. If that is the bottleneck, I don't think any wire can help me.. + if I tamper with the wires, that will be the next reason/excuse for MTNL for the problem.

The wires will help. Use a twisted pair (or cat5). Use one coloured and the corresponding white. Usually lazy wiremen wire up both coloured or both white. This mucks up the SNR. It is not the thickness but the impedance. The thicker wire has a better characteristic impedance due to better pvc and correct centering of conductor in the pvc. Losses are not copper losses but reflections due to impedance mismatch. A thinner cable like cat5 will work because it has very good impedance characteristics. Also if u have a fancy feature phone disconnect it and try. It may be pumping in RFI into the modem.

rgds jtd