Hi all, noticed today that the upload speed on my broadband was significantly lower than normal. Download speed was also effected, but to a lesser degree.
I actually have two separate VDSL based SoGEA broadband connections, one from Plusnet and one from Zen, what come over the same drop line from the street.
Upload speed from the Plusnet line is normally around 6-7Mbps, give or take, but today it is an abysmal 0.6Mbps on average.
Now I am one of the more unusual customers that uses two Openreach VDSL modems (One for Plunet, one for Zen) along with a Draytek Vigor 2962 dual wan VPN router rather than the ISP supplied router.
But to rule things out my end, I temporarily directly connected my Plusnet DSL line directly to the Plusnet branded router (Which I don’t normally use), which was then connected to my Laptop via an Ethernet cable. Same lower than expected speed results as my own Draytek router.
I am also seeing the same thing with my Zen DSL Line, significantly lower upload speeds than normal; not that that is any use over here on a Plusnet forum.
Being both my DSL SoGEA lines seem to be affected in the same way and the fact that all joints in connections at my place use proper jelly crimps where it is otherwise unavoidable, tells me that it is likely the weather related and maybe water has got in somewhere on the pole in the street.
A bit later, I will ask if any of my neighbours are experiencing similar issues. In the mean time, what do I need to do to resolve this issue with my two DSL based SoGEA lines?
Also please note, being both my connections are SoGEA, I no longer have a traditional land line and my “land line” phone service is now VoIP based.
Lastly and for reference, attached is screen shots of the DSL stats for my two lines. I guess the CRC/FEC/HEC errors are not good?
Regards: Elliott.
