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Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
25-07-2019 11:04 AM
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Hi @Mjan, the drop at about 10:40 was caused by me running a test on your connection, however it only seems to have dropped out once today. It did drop out 4 times last night as you said though.
Testing isn't flagging up any causes of problems, but it does show that there were a couple of errors at some point.
Other than the drop from my testing earlier, the connection does seem to have been stable following the drops last night, but I've bumped the target SNR margin up a little to try and stabilise the connection for you.
I hope this helps.
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
25-07-2019 11:19 AM
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I've noticed a drop this morning and, I could swear, another right after that.
It was my 10yo daughter that said that had been 4 drops but, you know, kids can exaggerate a little bit.
Thanks for having a look, I'll keep you posted on any changes
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
10-08-2019 12:00 AM
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The online game I was playing this evening was suffering from rubber banding and then I got disconnected again.
It's frustrating it keeps on happening.
Could you have a look at the line please?
Thanks
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
10-08-2019 9:55 AM
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This morning has been terrible. I get disconnected constantly. It's like every few minutes the internet light on the modem flashes and then goes off for a bit. It's just unusable at the moment.
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
10-08-2019 2:49 PM
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Thanks for getting back to us @Mjan
I'm sorry to see that the disconnections have started again.
Unfortunately as line tests aren't showing a definitive external causes we'd need you to report a fault to us at http://faults.plus.net so we can arrange another engineer visit to investigate further.
If you can drop us a reply once you've reported the fault we'll get it picked up as soon as we can.
Apologies for the inconvenience this causes.
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
20-11-2019 9:02 PM
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Things have stabilised since last time but, these last couple of weeks, I've been having lots of connection drops, sometimes every 10 to 15 minutes.
Could you please test my line and advise?
Many thanks
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
21-11-2019 9:14 AM
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Hi @Mjanm
There has been a few drops recently, but it looks like the SNR had dropped to 3dB. I've popped a reset through on the line to bring it back up to 6dB which should hopefully stabilise it back out. Keep an eye on it throughout today and if after about 4 hours you're still seeing drops let us know and we might need to go down a fault route.
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
30-11-2019 9:09 AM
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But, yesterday evening and this morning, it started happening again. Several disconnections every 1/2 hour or so.
I've never had so many problems with my broadband until I signed up to Plusnet. Is there a way to fix this once and for all so I can get what I'm paying for? I'm starting to wish the contract was over already.
Please help to sort this out.
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
01-12-2019 2:09 PM
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Thanks for getting back to us @Mjan
I'm sorry to see you're experiencing connection problems still. I've tested your line today and while the tests aren't showing any issues, we can certainly see the drops as pictured below:
The complete loss of connection just now would be as a result of me testing your line.
I'd recommend reporting a fault to us at http://faults.plus.net so we can arrange another engineer to investigate this further. If you can post back once you've raised the fault, we'll be happy to pick this back up as soon as we can.
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
15-12-2019 9:49 PM - edited 15-12-2019 9:58 PM
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Hello, I've been very busy with work but am now back to resume this issue.
I'm still suffering connection and speed drops frequently. I've started a fault report on the 7th and tried to go back to it today but I can't add to it anymore.
I've checked all cables, tested on the test socket, restarted the modem but the problems continue as you can probably see on your tests.
Could you please pick up on the ticket and arrange for an engineer to come investigate?
I am available this week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday all day and can be in for an appointment.
I need this resolved for the holidays as I got a very unhappy daughter at the moment and I'll also need to do some work from home.
Thanks for your time.
P.S.- Here's the modem report in case someone asks:
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
15-12-2019 10:14 PM
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Modem report attached, couldn't copy paste...
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
16-12-2019 11:18 AM
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Hi Mjan,
Thanks for coming back to us.
I've run some extensive tests on Openreach systems which have not indicated any faults on the line. Before we look at requesting an Openreach visit, please can you have a look at the router placement guide below and also go through the following troubleshooting:
Router placement - At this time of year Christmas lights can cause interference so avoid placing the router near the tree, if you have one.
Wi-Fi troubleshooting - General Wi-Fi advice
Test socket - Connect your router to the test socket using a new ADSL microfilter. If you don't have a spare in the router box they are available online reasonably cheaply
Do come back to us as we can make adjustments here if to see whether that makes a difference. If you continue to have issues after this you can also report a fault here: https://tinyurl.com/y59lyqq
Let us know how that goes.
Thanks - LF
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
16-12-2019 12:32 PM
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I've already done all the steps above and don't have a Christmas tree nor lights.
If you go back on the thread, you'll see that this issue is a recurrent one and there's no amount of adjustments or tests that solve the problem.
If I can't find a reason for the problem and your tests can't neither, then having an engineer come over and check the connection all the way to the exchange is the only thing left to do.
Last time an engineer came, they changed the drop line to he property but it still didn't solve the problems.
I'm sure your tests will show the amount of droped connections I suffer.
Please sort it out, I'm sick of it now.
Thanks
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
16-12-2019 8:48 PM - edited 16-12-2019 9:03 PM
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Can I please have someone come and sort it out?
I've done all tests, checked all cables and filters and no visible improvement.
Also, just noticed, as don't really use the landline phone, that using the phone also makes the internet drop. I've changed the filter again (I've tried 3 different ones) but it keeps on happening. There's no noise on the line as far as I can tell.
I would like this sorted out this week as I've not been receiving the service I paid for. I'm available Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Thank you
Re: Slow broadband and occasional drops
17-12-2019 12:48 AM
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You synch speed looked quite good.
The router are you using has a propensity to Isolate WiFi connected devices whilst still having a working connection. Exactly what are the devices ‘seeing’ the disconnection wired or WiFi?
When you perceive a drop, if you log into the router, what state does that report?
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