Date   : Mon, 10 May 2010 18:40:00 +0100
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: [OT] ADSL capabilities

In article <4BE7E919.2000809@...>, Andrew Benham
<adsb@...> writes

>The DG834(G) v1 and v2 use the TI AR7 chipset, I don't know if this
>is significant

The AR7 is reputed to be problematic with some DSLAMs.  Demon users in
particular seem to have trouble (Demon is owned by Clueless and Witless,
who LLU'ed all Demon users onto their lines)

> - and I don't know what the DG834GT uses.

Broadcom BCM6348, if google is to be believed.

>My DG834G v1 gives better sync speed than anything else I've tried -
>almost all of which use a Broadcom ADSL modem chip.

Perhaps your line/DSLAM just suits the AR7?

>Going even more off-topic, some users seem to delight in tweaking their
>router (especially SpeedTouches) to the max, to get the ultimate sync
>speed at the expense of stability.  I've always thought it's better to
>have a slightly slower stable connection than a faster flaky one.

Very much agreed.

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