Netgear DG834 followup

Well, it does look as though the Netgear DG834 modem is a fairly poor contender when it comes to sync speeds and throughput on ADSL2+ lines. The Billion 7300 modem that my ISP sent me outperforms the DG834 by nearly 1.5Mbit!

The DG834 came up with the following:

ADSL1 (G.DMT)
DownStream	5184 kbps
UpStream	800 kbps

ADSL2+
DownStream	4969 kbps
UpStream	810 kbps

The Billion 7300 seems to outclass the Netgear by a fair margin:

ADSL1 (G.DMT)
Downstream	6656 kbps
Upstream	800 kbps

ADSL2+ (Annex A)
Downstream	5390 kbps
Upstream	812 kbps

ADSL2 (Annex A):
Downstream	5338 kbps
Upstream	816 kbps

Interestingly enough, both modems achieved a higher sync rate using ADSL1 spec than ADSL2 or ADSL2+. Looks like I’ll be staying in ADSL1 mode for quite some time :)