Awful broadband speed, line noise + disconnecting ...

We're experiencing very slow internet speed, as well as noise on our phone line, to the point where we can hear voices in addition to static etc. Our BB speed fluctuated from a decent IP Profile to a bad one (<500kb) and I can only assume that the noise on the line is the cause.
We've gone over the tests and phoned support, who ran a test at their end and said there was nothing wrong with the line, but when they phoned back, noticed the noise.
BT suggested an engineer call out, but we've put this off until next week ~ a friend of the family who's a qualified electrician is coming to have a look first.
We can't locate our main phone socket to rule out internal or external problems - we think its in an inaccessible part of the loft, which would be a nightmare if this is true. The electrician should be able to confirm this at least.
From my troubleshooting and a rather helpful BT support member, we both came to the conclusion that the phone line is causing the problems. This would explain the noise, and the poor IP profile that fluctuates so much (from >2500kb to 135~500).
If someone answers the phone, our broadband gets immediately cut off. Have tried different microfilters. What does this suggest?
If our master socket is in the inaccessible part of our loft, what sort of costs can we expect to get a new master socket, if this is even possible?
Thanks a lot.

when you find out, could you let me know as I have had this exact same problem for 5 months. BT cant fix it.

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Infinity, line noise, disconnections: incorrect in...

Hi,
I've had ongoing issues with disconnections on Infinity (and prior to that, copper broadband) - we were getting dozens of disconnections a day - and I think I've found the root cause: intermittent extreme line noise, caused by badly oxidised wiring in the XNTE.
I investigated the entire circuit from faceplate to openreach side of circuit and found the problem to be a very worn connection inside our XNTE (our house is a new build from 2010, so of course we have the infamous XNTE box on the outside wall) - the wires literally fell out of the plug when I touched them.
I've rewired, the line noise has gone and my homehub5 VDSL uptime is nearly two days (its not been this stable since May!) and now I have two questions.
1) Due to the extreme disconnection/error rate, DLM has dropped our data rate to 5.8Mbps download with noise margin of 27/33. How long will it take to re-train? Could/should I request a manual reset? We should be 40Mbps (and indeed, the service ran at this speed for a short while after initial install).
2) My main question: I've read that the XNTE is phased out, and new vDSL installs require the XNTE wiring to be gel-crimped (the XNTE becoming just a simple junction) and a new NTE5 + SSFP (service specific face-plate, I guess this is the one with the filter built into it?) installed as the master socket inside the house. Should this have been done when we switched over to Infinity? Would dearly love some moderator input into this second question. If it turns out we still don't have the correct wiring for Infinity this needs to be addressed.
Thanks in advance for any advice and help.
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Hi punchybda,
Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting about the problems with your line and BT Infinity.
It can take several weeks for DLM to increase the profile again as long as the connection is stable and the noise is gone but if you send in your details we should be able to organise an engineer to visit you and make sure the Infinity set up is up to standard and while he is there he can also organise for the profile to be reset.
Please use the 'contact the mods' link in my forum profile to send in your details and we'll be happy to help you with this. You can find the link by clicking on my username.
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Low Broadband speed = line fault?

Hi,
We have had a very slow download speed since the high winds started last week (live in a rural area about 1 mile from exchange).
I have run through the BT Broadband speed wizard & not improved the speed.
ADSL Speedtest results are:
Download speed achieved - 194Kbps
                           Acceptable = 50-250Kbps
                           DSL 3424Kbps (downstream)
          448Kbps (upstream)
                           IP Profile = 250Kbps
Now, I don't know what it was before - but this appears to me to be pretty slow!
If I understand the notes correctly? for 3424Kbps we should be getting 600 to 7150Kbps throughput speed?
All I know, is that pages are taking an age to load...
Any thoughts on what to do next please?
PS After restarting the Hub 2.0, we got the following results:
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 1:20:46
Downstream
5,120 Kbps
Upstream
448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
12.3 dB / 23.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
48.0 dB / 29.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
19.7 dBm / 11.9 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
0
Loss of Signal (Local)
0
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
2701 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
64 / 2147480000
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
nil / 0
Error Seconds (Local)
16
Appears faster on paper - but still as slow loading pages!
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Hi again,
As promised, we have left on 24/7 & not re-set etc. Although it seems to have re-set itself a few times.
I am amazed at the low 480 Kbps speed! It is usually around 5400 Kbps...
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test
Download Speed
243 Kbps
0 Kbps
500 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 243 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 50-500 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :480 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 350 Kbps
ADSL line statusConnection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
1 day, 15:47:51
Downstream
480 Kbps
Upstream
448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
29.3 dB / 19.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
47.0 dB / 29.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
15.3 dBm / 11.9 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
14
Loss of Signal (Local)
28
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
26086 / 1
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
1766 / 2147480000
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
nil / 1
Error Seconds (Local)
7085

Very slow broadband speed and many disconnections

Here is my speed tes result
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
66 Kbps
0 Kbps
250 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 66 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 50-250 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :192 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 160 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 135 Kbps
Here is my hub
Modem Type:
Built in modem - ADSL
DSL Line (Wire Pair):
Line 1 (inner pair)
Current DSL Connection:
Down Up
Rate:
192 kbs
160 kbs
Max Rate:
192 kbs
164 kbs
Noise Margin:
15.0 dB
7.0 dB
Attenuation:
58.5 dB
31.5 dB
Output Power:
14.5 dBm
12.4 dBm
Protocol:
G.DMT Annex A
Channel:
Interleaved
DSLAM Vendor Information
Country: {46336} Vendor: {TSTC} Specific: {0 }
ATM PVC:
0/38
Rate Cap:
192 kbs
Attenuation @ 300kHz:
58.5 dB
Uncanceled Echo:
-10.4 dB
Ok
VCXO Frequency Offset:
19.3 ppm
Ok
Final Receive Gain:
30.2 dB
Ok
Impulse Noise Comp. Tones:
0
Ok
Excessive Impulse Noise:
0
Ok
Results for exchange: Hodnet CongestionCongestion status on this exchange is GREEN.
Your telephone line is on an un-congested exchange.Major Service OutagesThere are no Major Service Outages on your line at this present time
I started to get the problem on 20th august my speed was 160-190kylobytes and now is 10times slower i sent email to the modderators but didnt get any answer yet please someone can help me?

I have now this in my hub but the speed is the same slow DSL Details
Modem Type:
Built in modem - ADSL
DSL Line (Wire Pair):
Line 1 (inner pair)
Current DSL Connection:
Down Up
Rate:
2208 kbs
448 kbs
Max Rate:
2208 kbs
736 kbs
Noise Margin:
15.0 dB
16.0 dB
Attenuation:
57.6 dB
31.5 dB
Output Power:
18.4 dBm
12.4 dBm
Protocol:
G.DMT Annex A
Channel:
Interleaved
DSLAM Vendor Information
Country: {46336} Vendor: {TSTC} Specific: {0 }
ATM PVC:
0/38
Rate Cap:
2208 kbs
Attenuation @ 300kHz:
57.6 dB
Uncanceled Echo:
7.9 dB
Suspicious - check phone filters and alarm
VCXO Frequency Offset:
19.0 ppm
Ok
Final Receive Gain:
32.2 dB
Ok
Impulse Noise Comp. Tones:
0
Ok
Excessive Impulse Noise:
0
Ok

Very slow broadband speed and random disconnection...

I have a problem with my home hub and broadband connection. The download speed is ridiculously low at only 768 kbits per second. I have been running speed tests all week and the speed has been getting gradually slower and slower starting at around 1.4mbits and lowering to between 0.4 and 0.8 mbps.The broadband is also losing connection every so often.
This has been happening for a few weeks now, ever since the broadband and phone lights on my Hub turned orange, then continually flashed orange, went green then went off and then back to orange, flashed orange, then green then off and this cycle repeated until I restarted my Hub. Upon restarting the power light turned solid red and did not change. So I restarted it again. This time it rebooted properly (or so it seems to have). Before this the hub was (still slow) around 2mbps although this was much better than the speed now.
I have a BT home hub version 1.5. I am on Bt Broadband option 3 meaning I should have unlimited broadband. Reason why I am asking for help is I am getting lag when ever I play games on My xbox 360 or browse on my laptop. Im in scotland, dundee in the DD2 post code area if that matters.
I have not tried plugging directly into the main telephone socket yet but as I have been using BT for well over 4 years and not had as little speed as this Im doubtful its due to interferance.
Any help would be fantastic. I just want to be able to play my **bleep** xbox again
Here is the DSL information. I have recently restarted my Hub (due to the broadband cutting out again). This is why the uptime is so low.
DSL Connection
Link Information
Uptime:   0 days, 0:29:27
Modulation:   G.992.1 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:   448 / 768
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]:   19.28 / 20.58
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]:   12.5 / 13.5
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:   27.5 / 47.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:   23.0 / 13.5
Vendor ID (Local/Remote):   TMMB / IFTN
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
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):   0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down):   0 / 1,216
CRC Errors (Up/Down):   0 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down):   0 / 0
Line Profile:   Interleaved
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam

Quick update: Well, I moved my hub and have plugged it into the master test socket... Couldn't connect at all wirelessly, so I had to phone up the BT helpline, they changed the wireless channel and I got on after that (however the assistant said that my plugging into the socket should not have disabled the wireless.) As for the speed, well, needless to say there is little to no improvement. I cannot post my DSL stats, as I cannot even connect to my home hub via the ip address and the bthomehub.home address as the connection times out.
The speedtester on the other hand is working. Here are those results:
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
409 Kbps
0 Kbps
500 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 409 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speedsis 100-500 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :4704 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 500 Kbps
The throughput of Best Efforts (BE) classes achieved during the test is - 8.62:28.39:63.06 (SBE:NBEBE)
These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.
The results of this test will vary depending on the way your ISP has decided to use these traffic classes.
2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.
Upload Speed
307 Kbps
0 Kbps
448 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
>Upload speed achieved during the test was - 307 Kbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 448 Kbps
I have noticed that the DSL downstream speed has shot up remarkably (by about 4000) since plugging it in to the test socket, but for some reason, the IP profile is still very low, I would have expected it to have went up at least a little but it has remained the same for the past 2 days now should I be concerned with this or give it some more time?
Oh and I have an engineer coming to the house on friday, turns out when my parents were installing the broadband accelerator they inadvertently knocked out the wires to the extensions and now none of the extensions in the house are working so I hope he or she can resolve things with my speed and I will update on Friday evening, and again next Wednesday(after the 5 day period) to see if the IP profile speed has improved.
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam

Loss of broadband speed after line fault

We have just experienced another of our all too frequent faults on the telephone line. This has now been fixed (OpenReach repaired a couple of joints in our line) or, at least the crackling that was on the line is no longer detectable using quiet line test.
The broadband speed is now at a crawl - see summary router stats below. (router is a NetGear DGND3300). Until the problems downstream speed was about 12Mbit and upstream 0.6Mb ; noise margin was around 6db.
When we have had problems in the past the speed has always recovered within a few hours, on this occasion the speed, noise margin and attenuation haven't budged for 24+ hours. A few questions:-
1. I know that one is advised to wait up to 3 days, but should I expect a gradual improvement over this time or might it suddenly get better? (or have we still got a fault?)
2. Our exchange has been upgraded to ADSL2 since the last time we've had a fault; could this effect the way the line recovers (or not as the case may be!)?
3. The modem is not connected to the master socket at the moment. Although I doubt if this is the source of the problem; I'm tempted to do this. However this would entail disconnecting it - would the 3 day period start all over again?!
System Up Time 24:13:13
ADSL Link
Downstream
Upstream
Connection Speed
283 kbps
440 kbps
Line Attenuation
28.5 db
12.7 db
Noise Margin
26.3 db
22.4 db

Connection has now been up constantly, connected to the test socket for 4+ days and performance hasn't changed (see modem stats below)
What do I do next?
System Up Time 96:12:01
ADSL Link
Downstream
Upstream
Connection Speed
283 kbps
444 kbps
Line Attenuation
28.5 db
12.6 db
Noise Margin
26.1 db
22.5 db

Broadband dropping out, noise high, speed slow

Have had past problems with high noise, which seemed to have been solved by having the mods reset noise down (thanks) with line speed increasing up to around 2Mbps over the last couple of weeks (great from where I was previously). See http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-Speed-Connection-Issues/Slow-broadband-downstream-line-speed/m-p/33081...
Tonight around 4:50pm (when all the kids in the neighbourhood have come back to their homes, and are playing online games) broadband drops out, noise jumps up to 22 from about 15 where it was previously I think, speed dramatically drops to less than 1Mbps.
Q1: Any idea how to get noise down again and speed back up?
Q2: Have I got a faulty hub that it keeps dropping out like this (hub is quite new)? Peculiar that it seems to happen at busy periods though - I've had this kind of drop out before, which is why I'm going straight to the forum. I have already had broadband boost engineer out in the past and that makes me think it's unlikely there's anything wrong with my line.
Any ideas about solutions will be gratefully received! (Just started working from home office today with 3 people - had thought I had us all on 2MB+ - but not now!) Help!
Thanks
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
881 Kbps
0 Kbps
2000 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 881 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 400-2000 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :1120 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 2000 Kbps
Connection Information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 04:39:52
Downstream:
1.094 Mbps
Upstream:
448 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
22.0 dB / 20.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
50.0 dB / 31.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
15.8 dBm / 11.9 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
312 / 23
CRC Events (Down/Up):
24 / 32
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
HEC Events (Down/Up):
20 / 18
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
133249 / 784
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No Phone Line and Broadband Speed at 0.2 - Not hap...

Afternoon,
I ordered the phone, TV, and Broadband with an activation date of the 5th December. I then received a text message to advise that a phone line engineer will visit between 1pm-6pm, I booked half a day off work but no one got in touch.
At about 7pm I checked my phone line and the line was dead.
I then phoned through to see what was happening and the customer service kept putting me through to the wrong teams and from my mobile I was on the phone for just over an hour.
I am not happy that I had to make this phone call from my mobile when the line was meant to be sorted. After speaking to the delivery team, he advised me that an engineer did come but didn't need to come into the property and the phone line should be working.
NO communication about this on the day and after checking this with the engineer he advise he would raise a fault after we went through some tests.
we are now Tuesday the 11th and I have not heard back.
I assume from the fault on the line I am only getting 0.2 download speed on my Internet and the broadband line keep disconnecting and reconnecting again.
As mentioned before being a new BT customer my experience has not been very good at the moment and I hope you can put this right.

The link on my signature, is just a collection of my own help pages, the links below come directly from BT, so you should be able to use them.
You should be able to run a test on your line from this link from the BT website.
Reporting Phone Faults
It does sound like there is one wire disconnected somewhere, as broadband will just about work under those conditions.
It would be best to do a couple of checks yourself, using this BT link, to make sure the problem is not within your own wiring.
Fixing phone faults
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

Broadband speed slow, high noise margin

This is my first time posting on the forums here and I would just like to report an issue with the connection I have, I live right at the end of the main phone line on a farm and have never had a good connection but recently the speeds have become appalingly slow and I dont understand what is causing it. Here are the stats of the line:
Very slow as you can see.
Here are the advanced options when doing the ping test which state that the maximum download speed is 0.25, which I don't understand as the day before I had 0.50. I asked a friend who said it was likely a noise issue so here are the stats for that:
I'm unfamiliar with what these stats mean but my friend who used to work for BT said my noise ratio is to high and would cause caps on my connection. I'm at a loss as to what to do and would appreciate any help on what may be causing this and any ways to fix it. As a bit of background I switched from AOL to BT a month ago due to infernally slow internet speeds, after a brief spell where the speeds under BT were good they suddenly went back to these levels again, I have spoken to BT staff over the phone who have reset the line twice which causes a brief spike in performance then it goes back to this level. Any help would be appreciated and thankyou for your time.

Hi Paul_Mastrangelo,
With a line attenuation of 70.9dB your landline is approx 5.1km long from your property to your local exchange.
With a line attenuation of 70dB you may not be able to get a broadband connection much over 1mbps or even much over 0.5mbps as your line is just too long in distance from your property to the exchange.
I also see your on Adsl2, nice too see such a long line that can atleast support it, mine can't
As Keith and imjolly has said, it is recommended to keep the homhub/router connected 24/7 and constantly connected especially for those with longer lines as any slight upset to the sync rate can cause an effect to the speed.
You may also be interested in this here: http://goo.gl/MNb8s
It's about providing superfast broadband for rural communities and to areas with slow broadband speeds.
Hope that helps,
Cheers
EDIT
PS: The quite line test is when you dial 17070 from your landline phone and select option 2 called Quite line test. There should be no noise (such as crackling, hissing, popping, etc...) but a slight hum on a cordless phone is normal.
I'm no expert, so please correct me if I'm wrong

Broadband speed drop since line fault repair

We have recently had a phone line fault fixed but after more than 3 days the broadband speed has been lower than it was during the fault and less than half its original speed.
Pre-line issue downstream was around the 16,500kbps with some drops down to 13,000kbps. The line developed a fault which started causing dc's and the phone line became noise with constant cracking and rustling sounds which turned out to be a damage connector causing water to corrode the cables, during that time when active broadband speeds dropped but while connected gave 9726kbps download and 888kbps upload, the phone line was fixed on friday the 15th of January and the phone line itself is very quiet, better than its been in maybe years, no noise that i can hear at all. However the connection dropped out during the night after the line was fixed and came back at 6652kbps down and 440kbps up, it remained at this speed for atleast 3 days then the router reconnected at 6652kbps down with 888kbps up were it remained until this morning, the router reconnected again at exactly the same speed.
I can understand it dropping originally due to the fault but has had over 72hrs connected but the speed has not increased, infact the speed is slower than with the fault which makes very little sense but i suspect is something to do with the noise margin, I include router and btw reports. Hopefully I can get some help with this.
Thanks
Jon
HomeHub2 Connection info
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 2:59:42
Downstream
6,652 Kbps
Upstream
888 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.5
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
11.8 dB / 12.8 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
27.0 dB / 13.6 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
0.0 dBm / 12.8 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
0
Loss of Signal (Local)
0
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
1678 / 4294967264
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
0 / N/A
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
N/A / 0
Error Seconds (Local)
0
Results from btw preformance test
Download speedachieved during the test was - 5.85 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 2 Mbps-7.15 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 5.87 Mbps Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.71Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps
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Great just shy of 3days connected I appear to have had another sync on the line, still no change to downloadspeed but yet again an upload speed increase, Obviously the exchange is trying to resync but it seems my download speed is stuck. This was the 1 and only connection change, should have posted the stats las tnight to show 2days 12+hrs before I went to bed
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 3:50:34
Downstream
6,652 Kbps
Upstream
1,132 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.5
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
11.9 dB / 5.8 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
27.0 dB / 13.6 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
0.0 dBm / 12.5 dBm

Capped (very slow) broadband speed after line repa...

Hello,
I have just had my BT line repaired due to a fault on the line 400 metres from my property. However, although the line is now fine and there is no crackling and a normal dial tone, my broadband speed seems to be capped at 273 kbps download and 811 kbps upload speeds. It won't go any faster. Before I would get roughly 2.5mb. My noise margin is 8db (it has always been quite low) and line attenuation is 58.5db (I am a fair way from the exchange).
Is there any way to manually reset the IP profile so that it goes back to normal or do I have to wait until the exchange server thinks my line is "stable"?
Any help much appreciated...
Many thanks.
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welcome to the BT community forum where customers help customers and only BT employees are the forum mods
from the information you have provided you are on 21CN adsl2 and your profile will be correct as it changes as and when your conenction speed changes. problem is probably your low connection speed
in order for the forum members to help please can you post the adsl stats from your router may need to 'show detail' to get all stats (if hub enter 192.168.1.254 in your browser and navigate to adsl or use a-z, if netgear enter 192.168.0.1) and run btspeedtester (MAC users may have problems). when first test completes then run diagnostic test and post the results .
are you connected directly via a filter to the NTE5 master or test socket or to somewhere else? Is the master the only phone socket in your home?
Have you tried the quiet line test? - dial 17070 option 2 - should hear nothing - best done with a corded phone. if cordless phone you may hear a 'dull hum' which is normal
Someone may then be able to offer help/assistance/suggestions to your problem
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Slow speeds after transient line noise

Morning.
I've had a problem with line noise this morning that seems to have re-set the IP profile for my line (speed test attached).
Could an admin please look into this?
Many thanks in advance.
-John-
Download speed achieved during the test was - 4895 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 1000-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :13219 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 1151 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 5000 Kbps
The throughput of Best Efforts (BE) classes achieved during the test is - 13.36:20.65:65.99 (SBE:NBEBE)
These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.
The results of this test will vary depending on the way your ISP has decided to use these traffic classes.

Hi Waub,
Thanks for the email, I'll get back to you shortly about this, need to check a few things first.
Ta,
Stephanie
Stephanie
BTCare Community Manager
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High amount of daily d/c's and line noise regularl...

Afternoon all, heres my problem/gripe:
I'm a regular online gamer, and i'm finding that i get anything from 8-15 disconnections from the network daily, which, as you can understand, is a lil bit frustrating. I have tried different modem/routers, and, at the moment, the HomeHub 3, although it gives slightly lower speeds than the Netgear DG834v4 I was using before, it's not bad for handling the d/c's, ports are forwarded etc for games....
    Also, i have a lot of line noise on the phoneline using the quiet test, heres my stats below. I find that if I completely unplug the filter, it settles the noise for an hour or so, then its all cruddy again. Im using the filters provided by BT. Also, the speed drops randomly, its pretty stable at the moment, but sometimes can drop as low as 0.98kbps, sending me into the dark ages, having me scrabbling around for my club and loincloth, which is annoying, as when i first moved into this house, the net was a respectable 1.4mbps, but has dropped in about three noticable stages over the 6 months since i've lived here.
     I have tried both microfilters that BT have given me, and, am unable to really get a stable line thru the test socket as it would involve metres of extension cable, which would be a pointless exercise..Oh..and the other annoyance is that every time, without fail, the landline rings...I get a disconnection.
    Apologies for the wall of text..but it's not isolated incidents, but daily, regularly..often.. and ofc, i'm a bit wary of phoning the helpdesk, as, ofc, I don't want to be taught to suck lemons, and want to eliminate any hardare error before risking the £130 callout..
   Apologies for wall of text, I have a VERY manly chest and have a lot to get off it!!!
ADSL Line Status
Connection information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 day, 00:16:16
Downstream:
9,619 Kbps
Upstream:
1,103 Kbps
  ADSL settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up):
3.0 dB / 6.3 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
33.5 dB / 18.2 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
0.0 dBm / 12.3 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up):
41 / 0

As you can hear line noise that needs to be resolved first If you connect via the test socket and try the quiet line test socket and can still hear the noise then you need to report it to BT faults on 151 but do not mention broadband when you call as you are disconnecting when the phone rings that also implies a line problem providing you connect at the test socket and the problem is still there you will not be charged for an engineers visit
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Broadband speed is low.

Hi,
I did a speedtest on the 1st and it showed I was getting 16mb DL speed however in the past couple of days I have only been recieving 3-4mb sometimes even slower.
I checked my status through ADSL settings and was wondering if the noise on the line is the problem:
ADSL line status
Connection Information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
2 days, 01:26:37
Downstream
5,479 Kbps
Upstream
763 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type
Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up)
31.1 dB / 10.3 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
18.9 dB / 7.8 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
35.0 dBm / 1.1 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote)
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote)
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote)
0 / 0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
0 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
7 / 0
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
2 / 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote)
7 / 0
Thanks.
Tom.

HI welcome to the forum
Yes your noise is the problem that has risen because of disconnections
can you please try the quiet line test at the test socket located inside the master socket dial 17070 select option 2 you should hear no noise if you do then you need to phone bt faults on 151 and report a noisy line but do not mention broadband when you call increases in noise margin can also be caused by manually restarting the hub have you been doing that in the hopes of increasing speed if so please stop as restarts of the hub are the worse thing you can do this link may also help the post by RogerB gives lots of suggestions to try as well http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-in-Home/Poor-Broadband-speed/m-p/14217#M8397
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Recent drop in broadband speed

Hi,
I've been with BT approx 2 months now (since I moved into my new house) and have usually got a speed of ~2Mbps.
However over the past few days I've noticed an obvious drop in speed.
I've run the BT Speed Test and here are my results:
Download speed achieved during the test was - 674 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 200-1000 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :3136 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 750 Kbps
ADSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 08:31:23
Downstream:
3.063 Mbps
Upstream:
448 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
7.6 dB / 24.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
49.3 dB / 25.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
19.5 dBm / 12.3 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
62486 / 30
CRC Events (Down/Up):
145 / 26
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
HEC Events (Down/Up):
2501 / 4
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
245 / 94
Is anyone able to offer any advice on what the problem may be?
I'm on BT Unlimited Broadband (up to 20Mb) and the speed is so bad that I can barely use BBC Iplayer without buffering for ages.
Thanks

Hi Welcome to the forums
youe speed has dropped because of disconnections of your hub causing a drop in your ip profile if you do the following then we can help you further
If you post the full stats from your router
For homehub – type 192.168.1.254 into your browser
Navigate to ADSL Settings or use the A-Z at the top right of the home page and scroll down to ADSL Settings and click on it
Click on More Details and then post the full results.
also post the full results from http://speedtester.bt.com/
Have you tried connecting to the test socket at the rear of the master socket
Have you tried the quiet line test? - dial 17070 option 2 - should hear nothing - best done with a corded phone. if cordless phone you may hear a 'dull hum' which is normal
also you could try the hints given by poster RogerB in this link they may help http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-in-Home/Poor-Broadband-speed/m-p/14217#M8397
This is a customer to customer self help forum the only BT presence here are the forum moderators
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