BT Hub 2 Ethernet Connection Dropping

My apologies I have not posted before and there is probably already messages likes this but I had trouble finding them. I have a BT Hub 2 which I have had since March this year. Its connected by ethernet cable not wireless. I has lately become very slow although I was lead to believe that the speed in our area has been increased !
For the last 7 days my broadband constantly drops out and I am asked via BT connection pages to reset the hub anything up to 10 times a day as my broadband connection has been lost. I have called techincal help but dont seem to get very far. They just say its wireless interferance but how can it be I am NOT wireless I am via ethernet cable. I have done all they have suggested which is disconnect the whole thing and then reconnect and reset whenever I am asked, I have tested my phone line that appears okay, apparently there is no work on the lines being done in the area. So I am at a loss but its driving me potty everytime I am online I get cut off and have to reset all over again to get back online.
Has anyone experienced this with Ethernet cables ? Is it worth me replacing the Hub ?
Many thanks for reading
Mel

Hi, thankyou for responding. Okay yes to the first I have just changed ethernet port this morning. No to the second not replaced teh cable as yet. Test results from the speed test are at the end of this message. So far I have not been disconnected since changing the port today, however it remains to be seen how long it lasts. If it happens again I will get a new ethernet cable out of the box and replace the current one. After that I am not sure whats next, replace whole hub I guess.
If yourself or anyone else can decipher the test results as to whether this is good or bad I would be grateful.
<script type="text/javascript">// paintProgressAndMessageOnBar(100,"The test has successfully completed" ); // </script> Test1 comprises of two tests
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
18363 Kbps
0 Kbps
21000 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speed achieved during the test was - 18363 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 4000-21000 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :22331 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 888 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 19000 Kbps
The throughput of Best Efforts (BE) classes achieved during the test is - 11.62:21.54:66.84 (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
737 Kbps
0 Kbps
888 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
>Upload speed achieved during the test was - 737 Kbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 888 Kbps

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