New BB Line... should this be happening?

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Hi guys. I live in the middle of nowhere with a broadband speed of 256kbps. My neigbour down the road wass getting 1 meg so I went and bought a new line only for broadband. It has one socket in the whole house (the master socket) and one device connected to it (BTHH3). On the first day the line capacity was at 620kbps (IP Profile of 512kbps). This morning the line capacity has risen to 726! Excellent! This new internet has been considerably more stable than my other line. It never cuts out and my download speed is rooted at 512. When I ran a speed test it literally didnt drop from 512 which has to be a good sign.
However, I was checking some of the stats and my FEC downstream has gone through the roof. It has reached something like 1300. I was downloading all last night as a test to see how much could be done in one night so perhaps that is why. I also know BT do tests during the first 10 days so perhaps that is another reason for such a high value.
My primary concern is that BT, when they see such a high FEC, will reduce my speed/interleave type etc. etc.
Anyway, could someone please perhaps shed some light on what's going?
Thanks,
Mike.
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Im afraid Mike, thats about the best you can expect.  I mean 1MB would be pushing it I think.
Can you comfirm if you're connected at the master socket or an extension socket?
Always connect at the master socket.  As you live on a long line there are some things you can do such as this taking out the bell wire; it's a great wire at picking up interference from extensions and other sources of interference, which can have a dyer affect on your broadband.
Here's a guide on how to take it out using the jarviser site (great site aswell!) http://bit.ly/4LEKJg .
And also may be worth taking a look at the stats from the test socket.
I mean I live on a 9km long line but its not reflected in the Line Attenuation.  But there are things you can do like I've done to improve my line speed;
1.  Would be to get an engineer to fit a filtered faceplate: 
2. Would be to get a shielded RJ11 cable which minimizes the interference, and also I use a BT Business Hub which has a great reputation for stabibility; and also boosted my sync speed by around half to three quaters of a meg.
My current setup: 
And also I crimped my wires with gel crimps just to ensure there was no other signal leakage from any other wires
Regards Edd
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