Issues with FTC
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Issues with FTC
05-10-2019 6:57 AM
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I've been experiencing a lot of issues with my fibre connection lately. Usually when VPN-ing into work using SoftPhone, WebEx etc. Connection drops, lots of distortion - but I wasn't sure if that was the company VPN or the apps I was using.
Today I've had major issues connecting to games and Netflix during the night, with extremely slow buffering, packet loss etc. I checked the speed via my router and it seemed extremely low. So I've rebooted and it's still showing the following:
5. DSL uptime: | 0 days, 00:06:31 |
6. Data rate: | 7735 / 42051 |
7. Maximum data rate: | 7735 / 47805 |
8. Noise margin: | 5.9 / 7.2 |
9. Line attenuation: | 33.7 / 21.4 |
10. Signal attenuation: | 34.5 / 19.5 |
It doesn't look right to me?
It's not been right ever since Openreach sub-contracted to put in a new cabinet which took many weeks and included me losing phone then internet loss for about 4-5 days. Mostly I haven't seen too much of an issue with speed (until today) but the quality of the line is definitely worse.
Next steps please?
Re: Issues with FTC
05-10-2019 10:48 AM - edited 05-10-2019 10:49 AM
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Did a BT speed test - 35M down, ~8M up, so no issues there. It wouldn't go to the next page to run a detailed analysis though - tried twice and each time I received a message (pretty quickly) that it had timed out.
Oh and I should mention that, apart from Netflix, work VPN and main use is via ethernet, not wifi.
Re: Issues with FTC
05-10-2019 8:29 PM
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Hi @Profiterole, thanks for your posts and for the stats provided.
On checking the line, we can see that everything does seem to be OK, although we are seeing that the line is banded to 44mbps, as shown below:
GEA Test Detail | |||
Circuit ID | NA | Service ID | |
Test Outcome | Pass | ||||
Test Outcome Code | GTC_FTTC_SERVICE_0000 | ||||
Description | GEA service test completed and no fault found . | ||||
Main Fault Location | OK | ||||
Sync Status | In Sync | ||||
Downstream Speed | 42.1 Mbps | ||||
Upstream Speed | 7.7 Mbps | ||||
Appointment Required | N | ||||
Fault Report Advised | N | ||||
NTE Power Status | PowerOn | ||||
Voice Line Test Result | Pass | ||||
Bridge Tap | Not Detected | ||||
Radio Frequency Ingress | Not Detected | ||||
Repetitive Electrical Impulse Noise | Not Detected | ||||
Cross Talk | Not Detected | ||||
Estimated Line Length In Metres | 788.0 | ||||
Upstream Rate Assessment | Good | ||||
Downstream Rate Assessment | Good | ||||
Interference Pattern | Not Detected | ||||
Service Impact | No Impact Observed | ||||
Home Wiring Problem | Not Detected | ||||
Downstream Policing Discard Rate | 0.0 | ||||
Customer Traffic Level | Upstream and Downstream Traffic Detected | ||||
Technology | VDSL | ||||
Current 15Min Bin Retrains | 0 | ||||
Last 15Min Bin Retrains | 0 | ||||
DP Type | External | ||||
Profile Name | 0.128M-44M Downstream, Retransmission Low - 0.128M-10M Upstream, Error Protection Off | ||||
Time Stamp | 2019-09-22T20:00:00 |
Parameters | MIN | MAX | AVG |
Down Stream Line Rate | 44.0 Mbps | 44.0 Mbps | 44.0 Mbps |
Up Stream Line Rate | 7.6 Mbps | 7.7 Mbps | 7.7 Mbps |
Up Time | 602.0 Sec | 900.0 Sec | 899.6 Sec |
Retrains | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Current and Last 15 Minute Bin Performance | ||
Parameters | Last Traffic Count(Upto 15 mins) | Current Traffic Count(Upto 15 mins) |
Start Time Stamp | 2019-10-05T18:38:00Z | 2019-10-05T18:53:00Z |
Ingress Code Violation | 0 | 0 |
Egress Code Violation | 0 | 0 |
Errored Seconds | 0 | 0 |
Severely Errored Seconds | 0 | 0 |
Unavailable Seconds | 0 | 0 |
The banding would indicate that there's something out of place and so we'll more than likely need to get an engineer out to investigate.
Before we do that, though, we'd advise to utilise the test socket for around 48 hours to see if you see any improvement. If so, we can reasonably confident that it's an internal issue. If not, we'll raise the issue to BT Wholesale and arrange for the engineer.
Please let us know how it goes.
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