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Connection dropping all of the time
18-10-2017 4:31 PM
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This has been going on for months. Every single day, several times a day the connection drops out for up to 10 minutes at a time.
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
18-10-2017 4:40 PM
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Testing your line isn't showing any issues.
Apart from a few drops in the past couple of days, the physical connection seems stable:
Are you seeing more drops than the above? And are you connecting over WiFi or via Ethernet?
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
18-10-2017 4:49 PM - edited 18-10-2017 4:50 PM
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Ethernet, but this is the router itself losing connection - the orange light comes on, the error message pops up on screen and it takes ages to reconnect.
That graph shows its already dropped twice today, 4 times yesterday. Most days I notice at least one connection drop.
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
18-10-2017 5:08 PM
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Re: Connection dropping all of the time
25-10-2017 3:55 PM
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I raised the fault last week, haven't heard anything back. Meanwhile the disconnections are getting worse.
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
25-10-2017 4:12 PM
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Sorry to hear your fault ticket hasn't been picked up yet.
I'll take a look now. Expect a response here within about an hour.
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
25-10-2017 4:19 PM
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Re: Connection dropping all of the time
03-11-2017 4:14 PM
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I got a mesage saying it should now be fixed, but I'm not seeing any difference. Still getting drops every day.
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
03-11-2017 4:18 PM
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Re: Connection dropping all of the time
03-11-2017 4:23 PM
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I'm pretty sure there was one yesterday which isn't showing there.
Are sporadic dropouts generally expected on a normal line?
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
03-11-2017 4:26 PM
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Are sporadic dropouts generally expected on a normal line?
Yeah due to the nature of broadband connections, some drops are to be expected.
The next step would potentially be to arrange an engineer visit, but it's possible an engineer may find no fault and a call out charge applied.
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
03-11-2017 4:37 PM
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I've had engineers here in the past with my old ISP - one found a fault beyond his skill to fix and sent it on to Openreach. The Openreach engineer came and found no fault and charged me.
I suppose there's nothing to do then, and I just have to tolerate dropouts. In the past, with Talktalk, sometimes changing my SNR profile stopped the disconnects for a while, can we try doing that?
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
03-11-2017 4:51 PM
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In the past, with Talktalk, sometimes changing my SNR profile stopped the disconnects for a while, can we try doing that?
As you're on fibre, we've got no control over DLM or the SNR profile I'm afraid.
I've discussed this with one of my colleagues and looking back on the connection for the past 12 months, there does certainly seem to be a problem so we'd like to offer you an engineer visit to further investigate this.
I've updated your here and moved it to my teams ticket pool so we can take a bit of ownership of this for you.
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
03-11-2017 5:12 PM
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I don't really fancy having to pay out again when they don't find any fault. The last time an engineer came he couldn't find any problems, mumbled something about "interference from my fridge" and then left me with a bill for £50.
Re: Connection dropping all of the time
03-11-2017 5:20 PM
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From looking at the connection drops, it's unlikely we'd pass on a charge if there's no fault found in this instance.
With that said, I can't guarantee that and the potential fee would be £65.
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