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CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

richij
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CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

GAH! Ticket open for three weeks on this, but interleaving still on.  Huh
The "switch it off" order with BTW was repeated several times, to no avail. But they did at least switch it to Auto once.  Undecided
Nice and stable 20CN, syncing at 832/8128. Atten 21.0/34.5 dB. Current margins 11/10 dB.  Cool
Ticket number is 90189518 if any gurus want to take a look. TIA, peace out.  Lips_are_sealed
(edited title to reduce snarkiness)
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Anotherone
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Re: Seriously, how hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

As I understand it, there is an issue with changes made by BT to the interface used by Plusnet to make these changes on 20CN. They now have to use the 21CN ECOplus platform and changes like this aren't happening. It was rumoured that an SNR Reset followed by the Turn Interleaving Off order might work, other than that they have to raise what I understand is called a Bridge Case with BTw.
My suspicion is that the agent dealing with this does not appreciate that this continued fail needs to be escalated and should already have been so.
You aren't the only one affected by this unfortunately. Hopefully a relevant member of the CRT will pick this up and get it resolved for you.
I guess you are still seeing FEC errors in your stats?
richij
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

Thanks, Anotherone. Yes, a few FEC blips, but nothing I'm worried about. On balance, I think I'd prefer the reduced latency and overhead.
richij
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

BTW, this ticket has gone through three or four agents already, so if the problem is that the agent doesn't know about this issue, it's probably worth telling/reminding all the agents about it!
LukeS
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

Hi, we seem to be having a problem with all 20CN orders when trying to turn interleaving off. Any orders we place now are being cancelled because the parameters for the line on one system are 'Interleaving' = Auto & 'Current Interleaving' = NO/OFF but on another system the one that actually affects your line are showing 'Interleaving' = ON.
I've reset the line with the hope that this will correct any records mis-matches and will remove interleaving or at least set it to AUTO for now.
richij
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

D'oh! Thanks Luke.
I see the sync cycled about 5 mins ago. No FEC count yet; I'll continue to monitor...
richij
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

Ah yes I see pinging hop has dropped from 30ms to 12ms. Still zero FEC count. Looks like it's worked this time. Thanks, Luke!  Smiley
Anotherone
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

Well done Luke, great stuff  Wink
LukeS
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

Interesting...
I'm surprised this worked so quick. I can confirm that on our systems Interleaving status now shows as 'Fast'. It's probably best to monitor for a few days, it may still be on AUTO so I may place an order to remove completely.
richij
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

Well, almost two hours in and idle ping has stayed consistently low. Still no FEC errors, but the occasional CRC and HEC error, which I guess are to be expected now that there's no FEC.
Thanks again.
richij
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

Update: FEC error count still zero this morning, despite a power cut last evening risking BTW seeing the line as unstable.
Anotherone
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

You'll have to invest in a UPS if that's a regular type of event. Even if it's just a small one just for the modem/router, but as you live in the exchange (almost) maybe not worth it!
richij
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

Nah, it doesn't happen often.
Would you believe I have about 2 km of wire between me and the exchange, with the last 500 m overhead? Clearly good quality copper. I'm connected to a FTTC-enabled cabinet, but it's too far away for BTO to allow me to go fibre 😞
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

How far from the Cab then? It sounds silly. If you can get 8128 from the exchange you should get at least 15M from the Cab surely Huh
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Re: CRT? How hard is it to turn OFF interleaving?

I presume you've checked this? Don't post your phone number!