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22-07-2021 4:33 PM
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A year or two ago, I used to get about 1 megabit per second for uploads. Now, with no change in my physical configuration, the uplink speed reported by my ADSL router is just 443kbps. I'm using the same ADSL router, the same phone socket (which is the master socket), the same faceplate (a smart one that doesn't need a splitter) and the same cable. The ADSL router is normally left on all day, every day, to prevent equipment at the exchange from falling back to lower speeds. If I do reboot the router, it reconnects at the same data rate.
Has Plus.net reduced the maximum upload speed of ADSL connections while I wasn't watching, or do I have a fault to troubleshoot?
Low upload speeds are causing a lot of pain because of the pandemic and all the video conferences we need to do. If one of us is on the video conference, the other has to put everything else into aircraft mode.
If I could throw the whole lot out and go for fibre, I would, but I can't get a decent fibre connection here.
Fixed! Go to the fix.
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 4:38 PM
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I suspect you have a problem, possibly a fault which you have not noticed previously. Which hub do you have, and have you checked your phone-line for noise?
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 4:55 PM
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Hi, John. It's an ancient Netgear DGN2200v3, which, I know, I really ought to replace for security reasons. Stats are as follows:
Link rate: 9604 Kbps down, 443 up.
Line attenuation: 36dB down, 20dB up.
Noise margin: 15.6dB down, 25.2dB up.
I'm going to have to read up on what that noise margin really means.
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 5:00 PM
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@mnslaker That noise margin reading indicates that you have a major problem. I never used the DGN, my previous router was the DG834, but I suspect the DGN gives a full page of stats - any chance of a screenshot with personally identifiable data removed, please?
Have you checked your phone for noise - I suspect that might be an issue.
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 5:05 PM
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Hi, John. Here's the most informative page of stats that I can find.
How would I test the phone for noise, other than just by making a phone call and listening for crackles on the line?
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 5:10 PM
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A bit of Web-searching suggests that I need to do a quiet line test.
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 5:18 PM - edited 22-07-2021 5:18 PM
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@mnslaker yes, dial 17070 option 2 ideally from a corded phone. It should return your correct phone number, and be quiet..
22-07-2021 5:19 PM
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OK. Didn't know what details you could get off the DGN, and those aren't particularly helpful, unfortunately.
Yep - a QLT (dial 17070 option 2 from a preferably wired phone). You should hear nothing during the test other than the regular 'Quiet Line Test' message - if you do hear any other noise, report a PHONE fault.
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 5:37 PM
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Thanks to you both. I'll lay my hands on a corded phone (I think we still have one somewhere!) and try a QLT. I'll also plug the router straight into the test socket (via a splitter) and unplug the cordless phone that's plugged into the same face plate, and see if the SNR and the link rate improve.
Great -- that's two things I can try. With any luck, one of them will move me closer to a solution. I really appreciate your time and your help.
Markus
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 5:38 PM
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Keep us informed. 😀
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 7:33 PM
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Welcome to our Community Forums @mnslaker
I'm really sorry to see your upload speed is slow. I've had a look into this for you and I can see your broadband's provisioned on a capped upstream rate of around 448kbps. This looks to have been this way for at least two years as there's no notes to suggest we've changed it and our notes don't go back further than two years.
Digging into this though, I suspect our systems did this automatically, because your account on our side is showing a capped upstream rate, so it may had placed an order with our suppliers to match this.
I've corrected your account now to reflect an uncapped upload speed and I've placed an order with suppliers to actually uncap it, which should go through and take effect tomorrow.
I've also tested your line and the tests aren't showing any other issues.
Let us know how it goes.
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 7:37 PM
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@Gandalf - thanks for that action, but looking at the few stats the OP has managed to provide, the D/S noise margin looks rather high for a 'normal' connection - or am I missing something?
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
22-07-2021 7:42 PM
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@jab1, ah yeah you're right. I've reset it down to 6dB now but if there are further issues it may need further troubleshooting or a fault raising > faults.plus.net
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
24-07-2021 11:54 AM
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Thanks again for your help. I thought I'd wait 36 hours for the upstream speed cap to be removed before reporting back.
To be honest, the results are mixed. The router now reports:
Link rate: down 14071 kbps, up 443 kbps
Line attenuation: down 36.0 dB, up 20.2 dB
Noise margin: down 6.1 dB, up 27.7 dB
A BT speed test (using a fast desktop PC with a wired connection to the router) shows that I'm getting 11.54 Mbps downstream (compared to about 7.5 Mbps a few days ago) and 0.49 Mbps up.
Rebooting the router hasn't made any difference: the upstream link rate still hasn't increased.
Is it possible that the upstream speed cap is still in place?
Re: Slower upload speeds than before
24-07-2021 12:14 PM
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