Broadband frequently dropping for a few seconds

been a customer since bb was brought into the area, had a few past local problems like a week or 2 back nobody in my area could connect, now the last few days i have frequently had my game sessions interupted by complete connection drops for seconds, bt home hubs api.home resets recieved and transmitted counters everytime this happens i have come here looking for a suggestion on how to go about resolving this problem and i thank any help in advance and will check here frequently

Hi Tey,
Welcome to the BT forum.
How are you connected to the internet? Have you noticed a drop in speed at all? Usually if your connection keeps dropping the first thing to suffer is your broadband speed.
Please drop me an email to [email protected], include your BT account details and the link to this thread and I will run a few checks from my end.
Cheers
Sean
BTCare Community Manager
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