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Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem [RESOLVED]

Anotherone
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network

I don't think this is a case of anything "surging and then settling down". It much more to do with "whatever it is" changing state or even mode.
A change of state could be caused by components in the equipment concerned being faulty, and something being unstable as a result, periodically going from one state to another (for example something overheating and then partially shutting down for a while).
A change of mode could be something like a transmitter being on with a carrier signal, with modulation in one mode and no modulation in another, or if an AM transmitter over-modulation can cause nasty harmonic & sideband effects.
If it's a transmitter that's gone faulty, then it could be Taxi or Police I suppose, but rather odd that it doesn't happen 24/7 except perhaps the Taxi office isn't open all the time?
If it's pirate radio, the transmitters are generally home brew and poorly constructed with no consideration of possible interference issues.
On the other hand it could just be some faulty domestic or.commercial equipment, sky box power supplies aren't uncommon as an example.
orbrey
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network

Hi gtowen,
Hoping that the investigation on Wednesday leads to something being found, fingers crossed for you Smiley
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network

@Matt Taylor do you know something I don't ? Last thing I was told was Chris would be chasing the Rein team up on Wednesday but I've heard nothing about a specific date for the engineer to turn up.
Latest stats
You are currently connected to gateway ptn-ag01.
This is located in Telehouse North.
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Phone exchange:
    HOLYHEAD
Estimated line speed:
    8Mb (This may vary between 6Mb and 10Mb) - Checked on 2013-04-23 02:54:03
Current line speed:
    16 Mb
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Download speedachieved during the test was - 14.96 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 4 Mbps-21 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 14.92 Mbps
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.7Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps
------------------------------------------------------------------

DSL Connection
Link Information

Uptime: 0 days, 1:15:29
DSL Type: ITU-T G.992.5
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 888 / 16,909
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]: 71.50 / 828.18
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.1 / 0.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.3 / 27.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 16.1 / 6.0
System Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / ----
Chipset Vendor ID (Local/Remote): BDCM / IFTN
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): -
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 5 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 293,937
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 6
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 90
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network

[Update] 10/07/2013
17:00hrs REIN engineer and BTOR engineer turned up and confirmed just by walking around my area there was 3-4 sources of noise. One source was the neon light for one of the take aways. The main source was coming from a residential premises. When they disconnected the drop cable my graphs dropped to zero. but they are still trying to identify the source.
18:45hrs The engineers left saying they would be back tomorrow, during the day for comparison readings and the evening to hopefully fix things Smiley
[EDIT]  I really hope this gets sorted tomorrow, just seen the interference stop at about 23:07 hrs only for it to restart with a vengeance a few minutes later, graphs below Sad
I think 500,000 FEC/min and 3500 CRC/min is a bit much........ no idea why I'm still online atm  Shocked
23:45hrs
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 17,022,077
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 10,018 / 103,611
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 3,340 / 138,305
10 mins later at 23:55hrs
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 22,629,458
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 14,446 / 146,822
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 4,814 / 176,926
and the weird thing, have 2 mirc clients running, torrents uploading, 5 webpages open and listening to my chat server radio without any buffering at all  Shocked
30 mins later at 00:15hrs
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 31,267,975
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 21,267 / 213,180
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 7,092 / 236,040
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

08:00hrs whatever is causing the interference is still going strong Sad
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 4,657 / 253,612,833
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 196,555 / 1,925,631
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 66,080 / 2,095,318
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

Oh well after a gr8 start yesterday, BTOR back to its usual tricks and never turned up today Sad Interference still running wild Sad
22:20hrs
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 9,916 / 665,419,098
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 521,170 / 5,095,556
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 175,105 / 5,117,668
Been it's friday tomorrow I probably won't see them again till monday at the earliest Sad
Pettitto
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

I will chase it up first thing in the morning for you.
I wasn't expecting an engineer originally for a week or so. I'll let you know once I have a bit more information for you.
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

Ok cheers Chris, just disappointed after the good start yesterday
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

Saturday, 11:15hrs ........ Well as expected no BTOR engineer turned up yesterday, had a few dsl disconnects and interference still over 500,000 FEC/min and 3500 CRC/min. Download speed has halved to what it should be and SNRM on the rise again Sad
Phone exchange:
HOLYHEAD
Estimated line speed:
8Mb (This may vary between 6Mb and 10Mb) - Checked on 2013-04-23 02:54:03
Current line speed:
16 Mb
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Download speedachieved during the test was - 7.7 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 4 Mbps-21 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 12.36 Mbps
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.51Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps
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DSL Connection
Link Information
Uptime: 0 days, 17:53:35
DSL Type: ITU-T G.992.5
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 888 / 14,010
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [GB/GB]: 1.66 / 1.92
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.3 / 0.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.4 / 27.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.1 / 9.6
System Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / ----
Chipset Vendor ID (Local/Remote): BDCM / IFTN
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): -
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 57,953 / 109
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 5,296 / 480,466,646
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 372,774 / 3,698,288
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 129,414 / 3,247,765
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

[UPDATE]
Wednesday, 10/07/2013
18:45hrs BTOR engineers leave, interference small
23:20hrs Interference rises to 500,000 FEC/min and 3600 CRC/min
Thursday, 11/07/2013
11:40hrs Interference spikes even higher 1,000,000 FEC/min and 12000 CRC/min
14:10hrs Interference spikes stop and settles back to 500,000 FEC/min and 3600 CRC/min
Friday, 12/07/2013
12:35hrs Interference drops to zero, both FEC and CRC
18:30hrs Interference returns, 500,000 FEC/min and 3900 CRC/min
Saturday, 13/07/2013
14:00hrs Interfernce drops to zero, both FEC and CRC
19:40hrs Interference returns, 500,000 FEC/min and 3900 CRC/min
Sunday, 14/07/2013
12:15hrs Interference drops to zero, both FEC and CRC
Monday, 15/07/2013
09:00hrs Interference still @ zero for both FEC and CRC, although that doesn't mean much as can reappear at any time Sad
During this time I've had a few dsl disconnects and my sync speed has dropped while SNRM has risen to 15 db again Sad
DSL Connection
Uptime: 0 days, 0:55:41
DSL Type: ITU-T G.992.5
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 888 / 11,043
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [GB/GB]: 1.20 / 12.15
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 4.1 / 0.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.4 / 27.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 9.6 / 15.0
System Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / ----
Chipset Vendor ID (Local/Remote): BDCM / IFTN
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 8 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 1 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): -
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 57,297 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 92
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
[EDIT] Monday added
Pettitto
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

Hi gtowen,
I've managed to get in touch with the engineer directly who has apologised for not being able to return on 11th, I did have a bit of a dig for not calling you to let you know and he was really apologetic about that - nipped that in the bud Smiley
Onto better news, the engineer will be round tonight at 5pm Smiley
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

Ok, thanks for that Chris, interference is not showing as bad atm, but then again my sync has dropped and SNRM is up at 15 db, but the bit loading graph clearly shows REIN.
DSL Connection
Link Information
Uptime: 0 days, 1:03:07
DSL Type: ITU-T G.992.5
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 888 / 9,943
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]: 37.38 / 22.68
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 3.9 / 0.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.4 / 27.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 9.4 / 15.1
System Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / ----
Chipset Vendor ID (Local/Remote): BDCM / IFTN
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): -
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 46 / 58,433
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

19:00hrs Hi Chris, no sign of the REIN engineer again Sad  No phone call either Sad
Download speedachieved during the test was - 8.54 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 4 Mbps-21 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 8.77 Mbps
Today, 08:00 hrs, SNRM now over 16 db Sad
DSLAM/MSAN type: IFTN
DSL mode:      G.992.5 Annex A
Status:        DSL Link Up
0 days, 16:55:46

          Downstream Upstream
Attenuation (dB):                27.5 14.4
Connection speed (kbps):   9943 888
SNR margin (dB):          16.3 9.5
Power (dBm):                      0.0 3.9
Interleave depth:                  64 0
RSCorr/RS (%):          103904.6154 0.0004
RSUnCorr/RS (%):       
ES/hour:               
INP:                   
gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

[UPDATE]
Interference still running wild, 500,000 FEC/min and 4000 CRC/min. SNRM now up above 18db and download speed dropped to 6Mb/s Sad
Download speedachieved during the test was - 6.02 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 4 Mbps-21 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 8.77 Mbps
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.2Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps
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DSL Connection
Link Information
Uptime: 1 day, 19:44:54
DSL Type: ITU-T G.992.5
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 888 / 9,943
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [GB/GB]: 5.83 / 42.17
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 3.9 / 0.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.4 / 27.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 9.2 / 18.3
System Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / ----
Chipset Vendor ID (Local/Remote): BDCM / IFTN
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): -
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 52,335 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 629 / 435,809,561
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 384,450 / 3,346,757
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 130,275 / 2,035,701

gtowen
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Re: Transfer to 21C Network/REIN Problem

[UPDATE]  Things calmed down a bit over the weekend, but interference is still there Sad  SNRM has come down and my sync speed has gone up. Need someone from PN to nudge my current line speed, thank you. Hopefully the REIN engineer will turn up this week and fix the problem.
You are currently connected to gateway ptw-ag04.
This is located in Telehouse West.
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Telephone number:
<snip>
Phone exchange:
HOLYHEAD
Estimated line speed:
8Mb (This may vary between 6Mb and 10Mb) - Checked on 2013-04-23 02:54:03
Current line speed:
8.5 Mb
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Download speedachieved during the test was - 7.99 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 4 Mbps-21 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 12.64 Mbps
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.23Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps
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DSL Connection
Link Information
Uptime: 0 days, 0:15:52
DSL Type: ITU-T G.992.5
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 888 / 14,330
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [GB/GB]: 5.64 / 7.41
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.4 / 0.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.4 / 27.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.2 / 6.3
System Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / ----
Chipset Vendor ID (Local/Remote): BDCM / IFTN
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 9 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 1 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): -
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 34 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 29,067
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
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