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Strange Things Going On
14-04-2014 10:25 PM
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I'll give you a rundown of how things are going, all started well speed well above expected Plusnet estimate @ 76Mb/s all going well.
Then loss of connection at the most inconvenient of times, after Christmas new Xbox games for the kids, days off, trying to book holidays etc. you get the picture.
Open Reach appointments, no faults found, line stable, threat of a bill ( only waivered because my wife made a good cup of coffee) his words.
More speed issues, down to 50Mb/s, Plusnet say its acceptable, more connection issues.
Open Reach visit again, no fault found, say it must be Plusnet's end, no mention of a bill this time though which is a bit better I guess !
Again today, the dreaded DSL light flashing on the Open Reach Modem, here we go again.
This time to avoid the moaning kids and the possibility of a beaten up Xbox, we decide to go out for the day and see if the magic Internet Fairy will visit and make things better.
Wrong.. after checking the usual culprits, changing leads power down the Modems, I know the drill off by heart now, I make the call to Plusnet Support, do the usual wait and the tedious music, with awful sound and the volume going up and down ( I guess this is make make you think you have a phone line fault) I get to speak to helpful chap who asks me to do the usual, power down etc.
As I go to do the power down an incredible event occurs, the flashing light stays on, before I can touch anything, I tell the support guy and he replies this sometime happens, so lets get this straight, its nothing he has done at Plusnets end, its just a coincidence, its been off all day, and decides to come on as if by magic, I would compare this to going to the dentist with a toothache and when you sit in the chair, the tooth falls out by itself
Now with my magic connection, a third of the speed, also another strange thing has happened instead of my usual London location on http://www.speedtest.net/ my location is now Sheffield, Plusnets Head Quarters.
Sorry for the sarcasm, but all I want is what I pay for, I think the Virgin Media mailshots are starting to fall on listening ears for a change...
Re: Strange Things Going On
15-04-2014 9:17 AM
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I've just been looking at where we can take things next with this one.
The fault report shows the next step is a request to book another engineer visit, it may be a good idea to go ahead with that so we can rule out a few more things as I can't see that checks on the E and D side cabling, the drop wire or checks for REIN have been done yet. I'd argue it's a good idea to consider factors like that when looking at a protracted intermittent fault such as this one.
Let us know if you want to go ahead with that and I'll do what I can to start steering things in that direction.
Adam
Re: Strange Things Going On
15-04-2014 9:35 AM
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I still can't understand how it managed to connect without you doing something your end.
Re: Strange Things Going On
15-04-2014 2:41 PM
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Quote I must admit the prospect of another tedious Or engineer is a daunting one.
If you did decide to go down that route I'd think of it as a case of working to rule out things that haven't been look at yet.
Re: Strange Things Going On
15-04-2014 6:53 PM
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16-04-2014 9:38 AM
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16-04-2014 9:47 AM
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Re: Strange Things Going On
16-04-2014 10:22 AM
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Re: Strange Things Going On
16-04-2014 11:13 AM
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Quote from: _Adam_Walker_ I can't see that checks on the E and D side cabling, the drop wire or checks for REIN have been done yet. I'd argue it's a good idea to consider factors like that when looking at a protracted intermittent fault such as this one.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if this is FTTC, then the e-side has no bearing on matters.
Is there noise on the voice circuit? If at the time of the reported line check, things magically started working again, is there any possibility of the line check 'fixing' a bad joint (d-side) issue? I recall a BTOR engineer telling me that test / ring tone voltages can 'clear' some intermittent issues. The biggest problem with such issues is that when someone is looking for them they are not present so no fault can be found to be fixed, hence the sceptre of no fault bills. Sometimes the only way of eliminating such issues is to visually check and remake EVERY cable joint in the pair - watch out for flying pigs.
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Re: Strange Things Going On
17-04-2014 6:59 PM
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It seemed like Plusnet just switched it back on, surely if it were a wiring fault my end the reconnect wouldn't have occurred ?
Re: Strange Things Going On
22-04-2014 1:51 PM
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I asked him to investigate the wiring outside etc. which he did, which took about 2mins, probably due to the rain and the fact he had to go outside.
So no further forward, he couldn't explain the all day disconnections etc. as per all the other Open Reach visits he said it must be a software fault at Plusnets end, I mentioned I had been without a connection all day last week, and miraculously it reconnected as I was on the phone to Plusnet support and this backed up a Plusnet fault rather than a line fault and I tend to agree.
Can someone please nudge my profile back up to 76Mb/s to match my line speed as per Open Reach test.
I guess I'll see how things go for now..
Re: Strange Things Going On
22-04-2014 2:02 PM
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Our Faults Team will continue to investigate this issue and will be in touch as soon as they can.
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22-04-2014 6:04 PM
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