Airport symbol/icon is flashing black as if searching for a wifi signal despite being connected and having internet

Is anyone else having this issue, while it is not really a significant issue because it still connects recognizes the signal and allows me to have internet, it is annoying to see the icon flashing when you look at the time. This issue has only began a few weeks ago.

Thanks for the replies... I don't go on forums much but BT has not been any help so I'm trying it.  Anyway, just got off the phone with the level II team who has confirmed that no one has ever reset by IP profile.... wonderful.  So, essentially I was lied to on muliple occasions.  Supposively being reset now and will get a call back in 3 days as it stabilizes.  
However, in the meantime... here's the data from my router and the latest Speed-test copy/pasted - let me know if you need anything else, but I do think this IP profile reset will work eventually:
BT SPEED TEST - Download speedachieved during the test was - 0.12 Mbps
 For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.05 Mbps-0.25 Mbps.
 Additional Information:
 Your DSL Connection Rate :5.73 Mbps(DOWN-STREAM), 0.45 Mbps(UP-STREAM)
 IP Profile for your line is - 0.14 Mbps 
ROUTER INFO ....
ADSL Line Status
Connection information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 day, 10:40:17
Downstream:
5,472 Kbps
Upstream:
448 Kbps
  ADSL settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
9.8 dB / 20.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
47.0 dB / 27.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
20.2 dBm / 12.1 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
37853 / 17
CRC Events (Down/Up):
141 / 5
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote):
0
HEC Errors (Down/Up):
904 / 3
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Thanks again!

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