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peterwain
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Broadband speed

Hello,i have been a Plusnet customer for about a month now. Over the last week my broad band speed has dropped by about a third.I was getting speeds of 6.8 mbps and got a email to confirm that from Plusnet.My speed over the last week has dropped to about 4.5 mbps.I contacted Plusnet yesterday and they wanted to send a engineer out but  said there would be a charge of £50 if the fault was mine.I said i would see how the connection was over the next few days.I am confident it is not the fault at my end as i have been receiving broad band for  about 10 years.I have tried my old Talktalk router with the same results.Any help with my problem would be appreciated.

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SpendLessTime
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Re: Broadband speed

Follow the advice given in the troublshooting guide at https://community.plus.net/t5/Broadband/Broadband-Fault-amp-Order-Support-Guides/m-p/1042331#U104233...

 

The £50 charge is only if your internal wiring is at fault (or your modem/router) but the advice in the guides should show you how to discount them before you get an engineer out.

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peterwain
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Re: Broadband speed

Thanks i will try.

peterwain
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Re: Broadband speed

I have checked all cables etc.I have the new open reach plug with built in micro filter.I would not feel confident taking it apart.I have tried a second router with the same results.The BT wholesale tester comes up with different results but never the speed i was having.In fact the bt wholesale tester results vary significantly when compared to other speed testers. 

peterwain
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Re: Broadband speed

Think broadband speed tester was 4.3mbps and bT wholesale tester was 7.63. and gives varying results but mainly about 4 mbps.

Mustrum
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Re: Broadband speed

How are you testing, wired or wifi?

peterwain
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Re: Broadband speed

Hard wired Ethernet cable .thanks.

Chris
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Re: Broadband speed

 
  Upstream DSL Link Information Downstream DSL Link Information
Loop Loss: 27.3 45.5
SNR Margin: 6.0 8.8
Errored Seconds: 0 17
HEC Errors: 0  
Cell Count: 22 52
Speed: 1050 6816
Maximum Stable Rate (KBPS): 6240 Fault Threshold Rate (KBPS): 4992
Mean Time Between Retrains (Seconds): 7871 Mean Time Between Errors Upstream (Seconds): 11807
Indicative Line Quality: R Mean Time Between Errors Downstream (Seconds): 3

 

The line is showing a lot of errors. Is there any noise on the phone when you pick up a handset?

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peterwain
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Re: Broadband speed

Yes there is a background humming noise on the land line.Many thanks.

peterwain
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Re: Broadband speed

The broadband speed as gone up slightly to 5.77 Mbps according to BT Wholesale speed test.The best I ever got was 6 .8 Mbps,so things are improving.Would it be best to run with it or ask Plusnet what i should do.Many thanks for your most helpful attention. 

Chris
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Re: Broadband speed

It's worthwhile running through the phone troubleshooter and reporting as a noisy line: http://www.plus.net/help/phone/phone-line-troubleshooting/

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peterwain
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Re: Broadband speed

Thanks,I will try.

peterwain
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I have one of those new phone sockets with a built in micro-filter,so I will not touch it.I think I will give it a couple of days and run with it.If after this time their is no improvement I will contact Plusnet.Many thanks for the help i have received. 

aesmith
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Re: Broadband speed

I suggest taking that front plate off, and test with a phone in the test socket behind.  It's not impossible the fault lies with the filtered faceplate, and for a noisy line fault you really want to eliminate anything broadband related.  You'll be reporting a voice fault and it will be a voice engineer that attends to it on that basis.

peterwain
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Re: Broadband speed

Thanks but I would not like to touch this new box.I will give it  two days and then phone Plusnet.If it is the new socket would i be charged.