The 10-day training period -- how important is it to use the "same" modem? (etc)
Hello,
I have just moved to a flat in W2 4PU; the phone line was installed a few days ago; and I am waiting for ICUK to turn up their "Cable & Wireless unmetered unlimited ADSL 2+ " offering. I think I'm going to sprlurge for one of these Fritzi Boxes to connect to my end, but haven't yet clicked the "buy" button. In any case, it's possible/likely that the ADSL will be live before my modem arrives, so I casually asked at work if anyone had a spare ADSL 2+ modem they could lend me for a few days, to cover my needs until my own modem arrives.
Then it occurred to me that I have heard of this 10-day training period at the beginning of an ADSL connection, where various parameters are fine-tuned to optimize the connection.
So I worried that for the duration of the training period, perhaps it is a mistake to terminate the connection with anything other than the actual modem that I intend to use for the life of the connection.
I seem to be fairly close to the DSLAM and I'm hoping to get the best connection possible. I would hate to think that I lost the opportunity for a better connection because there was a random stand-in attached to the line for the first 5 days of training. But I don't want to be ridiculous, either.
Should I wait for the "real" modem to arrive before even tickling the modem on the other side, or should I just relax and stop acting like this is some fine French wine that needs to breathe just the right amount of time or I might as well just use a tin can and some aluminium wire?
And if it makes any difference, as I write this post, the only offer I have received from someone in the office is to use their ADSL 2 (and not even ADLS 2+) modem.
Thank you, and apologies in advance if it is a stupid question.
Hello,
I have just moved to a flat in W2 4PU; the phone line was installed a few days ago; and I am waiting for ICUK to turn up their "Cable & Wireless unmetered unlimited ADSL 2+ " offering. I think I'm going to sprlurge for one of these Fritzi Boxes to connect to my end, but haven't yet clicked the "buy" button. In any case, it's possible/likely that the ADSL will be live before my modem arrives, so I casually asked at work if anyone had a spare ADSL 2+ modem they could lend me for a few days, to cover my needs until my own modem arrives.
Then it occurred to me that I have heard of this 10-day training period at the beginning of an ADSL connection, where various parameters are fine-tuned to optimize the connection.
So I worried that for the duration of the training period, perhaps it is a mistake to terminate the connection with anything other than the actual modem that I intend to use for the life of the connection.
I seem to be fairly close to the DSLAM and I'm hoping to get the best connection possible. I would hate to think that I lost the opportunity for a better connection because there was a random stand-in attached to the line for the first 5 days of training. But I don't want to be ridiculous, either.
Should I wait for the "real" modem to arrive before even tickling the modem on the other side, or should I just relax and stop acting like this is some fine French wine that needs to breathe just the right amount of time or I might as well just use a tin can and some aluminium wire?
And if it makes any difference, as I write this post, the only offer I have received from someone in the office is to use their ADSL 2 (and not even ADLS 2+) modem.
Thank you, and apologies in advance if it is a stupid question.























