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Degrading connection over last month

rsmeeton87
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Degrading connection over last month

Hi,

 

I've had plusnet installed since June, and it has been largely stable until now. For the past month or so the router will regularly drop out for 2 minutes, and when it is working I've had increased packet loss. This isn't the service I expect. 

 

Happy to do any diagnostics, although I don't have a physical phone I can plug in (because it's 2017) 

 

 

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rsmeeton87
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Re: Degrading connection over last month

Speed test this morning attached.

Please check my line
jab1
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Re: Degrading connection over last month

@rsmeeton87 Welcome to the forums.

You definitely have a problem there Smiley.

From the upload speed on that speed test, you must be on fibre, and my only recommendation is to follow the guide at the top of the Fibre Broadband sub-forum.

This is unlikely to be picked up by Plusnet staff until Monday.

Sorry I can't advise further as I have no experience with FTTC.

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rsmeeton87
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Re: Degrading connection over last month

thanks!

 

I'm on ADSL. The exchange is approx 20 metres from my house. I'm using the connection both wirelessly and ethernet so it's not a wireless specific issue. 

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Re: Degrading connection over last month

OK - In that case follow the guide at the top of this board.Smiley Wish I could get that upload speed.

Re: the landline phone - they're only £5.00 from e.g Argos, and you really do need one to complete the checks and avoid a 'no fault found' charge from Openreach.

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rsmeeton87
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Re: Degrading connection over last month

Why has this thread been moved to the fibre board when I specifically stated I'm on ADSL? 

 

re: buying a phone - I'd be mildly amused if I'm expected to incur personal expense when attempting to fix a problem Plusnet is liable for. Will await a reply from them 

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Re: Degrading connection over last month

Re the phone suggestion (and I promise I am not trying to be difficult), but without checking that the fault is definitely not with your internal wiring, you would still be liable to the charge.

It would be helpful to know your router stats, details of how to get them are in the aforementioned post

John
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Re: Degrading connection over last month

There's something totally screwed up here. As far as I am aware the fastest possible ADSL upload speed is around 1.4 Mbps so looking at your screenshot you are either on fibre or the speed tester is screwed up. What speeds did you originally get?

Also if you want a quick resolution with minimum fuss it is best if you try to help yourself with preliminary tests even if it costs a fiver.

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rsmeeton87
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Re: Degrading connection over last month

I guess I must be on fibre at the exchange, the last 20 metres is definitely coming through a phone line. 

 

Typical speed is 60 down / 10 up

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@Baldrick1 You are totally correct, the OP has no chance of that upload on ADSL, even if he was sat in the exchange.

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Re: Degrading connection over last month

@rsmeeton87 So you are definitely on FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet). From your street cab to you is still copper wire.

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rsmeeton87
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Re: Degrading connection over last month

Yeah, technically not fibre but fair enough if they want to call it that!

 

either way it's underperforming 

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Re: Degrading connection over last month

As I said above, it is Fibre to the cabinet FTTC, and yes it is under performing, but to get help here, which may be faster than waiting for PN, we need a bit more data.

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Re: Degrading connection over last month

I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing connection problems

Testing your line isn't finding any problems and the connection from your router to the cabinet looks relatively stable:

 

Do you notice the light on the front of the router change colour more regularly than the drops indicated above?

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rsmeeton87
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Re: Degrading connection over last month

Thanks for the reply. Its interesting to see the graph.

Its hard to determine whether it's dropping more than the 1 or 2 times per day that it's showing. I've definitely noticed two drops in the day before.

Is this considered normal? I probably won't continue the service if the connection drops multiple times per day