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Then you should get more speed for sure. I am 700m away in real distance from the central so like the Ogero technician said you should have around 25 Mbps on adsl2+ and around 40 Mbps on VDSL2.

As for the cable, True, but years ago the we changed the internal wires with cat5e (Unfortunately not cat6, don't ask me why the electrician did it even though we told him use cat6! ), so in my case, the internal wires in the house are 99% not the cause of any interference.

Ah so the inner cables of your house are cat5, that settles it then.

The cables in my house are surely old copper cables that have never been changed since the building was constructed around 50-69 years ago.

So my only solution would be a cat6 straight from the Ogero box to the house. (I figure it won't be such a hassle since I live on the second floor).
Also I will share an image of what the technician told me to do.
Kindly share your thoughts about it


Basically he suggested to hook the modem on the main cable right before the filter and not on the filter.


Anyway I went down and took the router with me.
I hooked the router directly to the ogero box cables and the max attainable speed on my router jumped from 26mbps to 35mbps and upload jumped from 5 to almost 10.
But weirdly I tried speedtesting down there, the speed was almost identical to before.
The only thing that changed was the max attainable rate on the router.
I will also share images of the difference.




I think I'm confident enough now to do it on my own.
So what do I need to move forward with this little project?

wollyka wroteIn the pictures above, your current rate is 33 Mbps and the max is 35 Mbps. Of course, the speed will jump at night after 8 pm (if it is like my case).
The only difference is that my modem is linked to the ADSL part of the filter and not before it since i only have one socket in the house for both the modem and the telephone.I tested it without any telephone and with the modem connected directly without any filter and in my situation i had the same speed and SNR.

You need Cat6 cable (preferably a good brand like 3M), a RJ11 connector to connect the end of the cable to your modem, some electrical scotch tape and a crimping tool to attach the RJ11 connector to the cable (or if you know a telephone/computer shop nearby they can do that for you, that's how i did it, i took the cable after measuring and cutting it to the shop and they did it without buying a crimping tool)

I can borrow a crimping tool it's not a problem.

The drawing that I shared is not the mapping of my network now.
It's what the technician suggested I do if I wanted to directly connect my modem to the ogero box.
He told me to connect the modem outside of the filter/phone combo in case I decide to go for the direct new cable.

In my networking map now, I have a phone connected to the phone side of the filter in one socket and the modem connected to the adsl side of another filter in another socket.

I am currently searching for FTP cat6 cable and I'm beginning to think it's hard to find.

Is vdsl port open to everyone on ogero?

Ahmad Toutounji wroteIs vdsl port open to everyone on ogero?

Depends on the Central.

wollyka wrote

Ahmad Toutounji wroteIs vdsl port open to everyone on ogero?

Depends on the Central.

What about Ras Beirut?

At around 5:30pm the internet just died. No problems on the line, etc... just no internet. Service is getting worse with time.

Ahmad Toutounji wroteIs vdsl port open to everyone on ogero?

What is the speed you get on Ogero website?

If you are getting around 20mbps, 90% you will be able to have VDSL but you need to request a feasibility test.

Ahmad Toutounji wrote

wollyka wrote

Ahmad Toutounji wroteIs vdsl port open to everyone on ogero?

Depends on the Central.

What about Ras Beirut?

I think they have VDSL there, like Mazraa

Kareem wrote

HzSamer wrote

Ahmad Toutounji wroteIs vdsl port open to everyone on ogero?

What is the speed you get on Ogero website?

If you are getting around 20mbps, 90% you will be able to have VDSL but you need to request a feasibility test.

I get 23Mbps on Ogero website but that rarely means anything as I can't sync any higher than 18.5 - 19mbps ( Bir Hassan )

I requested a switch to VDSL they informed me that my application is being processed and that I have to wait at least 2 weeks.

When they say 2 weeks it probably means an eternity.

The feasibility test took them 2 weeks, but the switch took them 2 months (but on IDM)

Kareem wrote

HzSamer wrote

Ahmad Toutounji wroteIs vdsl port open to everyone on ogero?

What is the speed you get on Ogero website?

If you are getting around 20mbps, 90% you will be able to have VDSL but you need to request a feasibility test.

I get 23Mbps on Ogero website but that rarely means anything as I can't sync any higher than 18.5 - 19mbps ( Bir Hassan )

I requested a switch to VDSL they informed me that my application is being processed and that I have to wait at least 2 weeks.

When they say 2 weeks it probably means an eternity.

You will be able to have VDSL. If you get 20mbps and more, it is an indicator of that. Also, check the distance between your home and the central on google maps. It should be less than 800m.

When I submitted my application for the feasibility test, they did it the next day. They called me and switched my line to VDSL after one week. But I still running after them to change my ports to VDSL as they didn't do that until now.

HzSamer wrote

Kareem wrote

HzSamer wrote
What is the speed you get on Ogero website?

If you are getting around 20mbps, 90% you will be able to have VDSL but you need to request a feasibility test.

I get 23Mbps on Ogero website but that rarely means anything as I can't sync any higher than 18.5 - 19mbps ( Bir Hassan )

I requested a switch to VDSL they informed me that my application is being processed and that I have to wait at least 2 weeks.

When they say 2 weeks it probably means an eternity.

You will be able to have VDSL. If you get 20mbps and more, it is an indicator of that. Also, check the distance between your home and the central on google maps. It should be less than 800m.

When I submitted my application for the feasibility test, they did it the next day. They called me and switched my line to VDSL after one week. But I still running after them to change my ports to VDSL as they didn't do that until now.

I'm very close to the CO ( I can see it from the balcony ) and on google earth it's like 400m straight line.

The infrastructure isn't the best TBH as I should be syncing at a much higher speed and I did on purpose run a cable straight from the telephone box in the building to my Modem ( we don't use the landline, I mean we really don't ) so 20dB attenuation was the best I could get.

What do you mean switched your line to VDSL but not the port? I thought all was needed is a port change.

Finally switched to VDSL

HzSamer wroteFinally switched to VDSL

https://www.speedtest.net/result/9215350125.png

This speed should be attained by ADSL, on VDSL you should get much better speeds. kindly, investigate the line values.

Kareem wrote

HzSamer wroteFinally switched to VDSL

https://www.speedtest.net/result/9215350125.png

What was your speed on ADSL ? ( Attenuation, attainable rate etc... )

Here is what I get. The max real speed on ADSL is around 12-13Mbps and on VDSL the download speed is around 21-22Mbps and the upload is consistant 8Mbps

I think Ogero is capping the download speed.

ahk40a wrote

HzSamer wroteFinally switched to VDSL

https://www.speedtest.net/result/9215350125.png

This speed should be attained by ADSL, on VDSL you should get much better speeds. kindly, investigate the line values.

When ogero did the feasibilty test, the reslut was 33Mbps for download and 19mbps for upload. Now I am syncing with 29Mbps but the real speed is around 22mbps. Also, the upload speed is 8Mbps only so they capped it.