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Sudden drop in signal margin
12-04-2012 12:29 PM
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Hi,
I've posted before about my broadband disconnection problems, but now I have something to add to that.
My SNR ratio I think is set at 9db as it is quite unstable at anything lower. The last few days however I have been having sudden big drops to 16.5db down. This causes a drop in sync speed from around 2,500 to 1,500 giving me a very slow download speed.
If the router is rebooted/resynced the SNR goes straight back to 9 / 9.5db and sync speed is back to normal. It can be working normally for 15 hrs or more and just suddenly drop.
Please can you offer any help for this?
Thanks.
Michael
I've posted before about my broadband disconnection problems, but now I have something to add to that.
My SNR ratio I think is set at 9db as it is quite unstable at anything lower. The last few days however I have been having sudden big drops to 16.5db down. This causes a drop in sync speed from around 2,500 to 1,500 giving me a very slow download speed.
If the router is rebooted/resynced the SNR goes straight back to 9 / 9.5db and sync speed is back to normal. It can be working normally for 15 hrs or more and just suddenly drop.
Please can you offer any help for this?
Thanks.
Michael
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Re: Sudden drop in signal margin
12-04-2012 12:40 PM
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The 9dB is a SNR Margin and what's probably happening with your line is the modem is losing sync when there is a lot of noise on the line it's resyncing but to maintain the 9dB it has to sync at a lower the rate. Then the noise disappear and as the SNRM is being dynamically read it will register a higher value. If you leave the modem long enough, several days or weeks, the exchange will force a retrain to sync at a higher rate with a 9dB margin.
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12-04-2012 1:43 PM
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Hi Michael,
sorry to see you're back again. How is your connection set up. Can't remember from last time. Did you have a test socket/extensions at all.
Jojo
sorry to see you're back again. How is your connection set up. Can't remember from last time. Did you have a test socket/extensions at all.
Jojo
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12-04-2012 3:42 PM
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Hiya Jo, oh yes I'm back! I don't have any extensions and I am plugged into the test socket.
Although my connection still drops sometimes when I get a local telephone call, managed to live with it as long as my IP profile didn't drop as a result, which it didn't do too often.
But now the signal margin keeps going from 9db to 16.5db my profile has dropped to 1mb. If I resync it goes back to 9db and a better sync speed but I still keep the 1mb obviously as my profile hasn't had the needed time to change. So it's quite annoying!
Although my connection still drops sometimes when I get a local telephone call, managed to live with it as long as my IP profile didn't drop as a result, which it didn't do too often.
But now the signal margin keeps going from 9db to 16.5db my profile has dropped to 1mb. If I resync it goes back to 9db and a better sync speed but I still keep the 1mb obviously as my profile hasn't had the needed time to change. So it's quite annoying!
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12-04-2012 4:30 PM
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12-04-2012 11:43 PM
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If you can demonstrate that by ringing your home phone using your mobile (and leave it ringing) the noise margin goes all over the show that's a solid fault you can show to the engineer.
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
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14-04-2012 12:08 AM
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Thanks for your help. I lost sync about 30 mins ago after it was up for around a day and a half. But it actually reconnected with a normal signal margin level this time, so perhaps that particular problem is over.
But I'm still waiting for my IP profile to go back up from 1mb to 2mb. I know it has to be stable for a while before that happens, oh well, looks like I'll have a longer wait now it's decided to resync. lol
My line isn't perfect, I know that, so an engineer visit may be on the cards regarding the disconnection issue.
But I'm still waiting for my IP profile to go back up from 1mb to 2mb. I know it has to be stable for a while before that happens, oh well, looks like I'll have a longer wait now it's decided to resync. lol
My line isn't perfect, I know that, so an engineer visit may be on the cards regarding the disconnection issue.
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16-04-2012 10:52 AM
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Hi Michael,
I've just ran a line check and it was showing as out of sync, but the BT profile is 1500, so I've moved our up to match that.
Jojo
I've just ran a line check and it was showing as out of sync, but the BT profile is 1500, so I've moved our up to match that.
Jojo
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