Fluctuating Broadband speed - consistently poor BT...

I'm really coming to the end of my tether with BT - what a shower! They do not seem to understand the concept of "customer service" So this is my last "port of call" before I completely lose my sanity...
BT line
Belkin Wireless Router F5D8636-4 v2 (01) installed in November 2011 & provided stable service up to about 2 weeks ago when we started suffering MASSIVE speed fluctuations as per the example below, the download speed has actually been down as far as 440kbps …
Have complained to BT on several occasions, the line has been tested & I finally got an engineer round a couple of days ago, but apart from replacing the master socket “just in case” offered no other help or assistance

the graph says the figures are connection speed and show large fluctuations. If the figures are connection speed then your router must be dropping connection often to get different connection speeds but this does not seem to be confirmed by your noise margin still at normal 6. with all these drops I would expect a far higher noise margin - unles the graph is reporting download speed and not connection speed as it says.
running btspeedtester and posting results would help
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Broadband dropping constantly, poor speeds, poor s...

Hi Can anyone help - I had a new line and hub in Dec 2009. The broadband speed has never been brilliant but since Feb 2010 it has been awful. It is so bad my email's don't load and nor does my home page.   5 out of 7 days I am unable to connect to the Internet the router will have a flashing amber light or a red light. I have the Desktop Help which I use but usually it runs out of options. There is only one (new) socket into the house. The router is plugged into the "test" socket in the plug. Nothing else is plugged in anywhere near the router. I have emailed countless times to express my frustration. I have spoken to two help desk people who ask the same questions and go through the same routine. One said I did not have a BT account which was why I was having a problem. An engineer phoned and said my speed was 4.2 and would improve "now" (!!??)   It hasn't and is often 2.5. The main issue is that I am so often without any broadband at all. For example this last week Monday at 1200 the router wasflashing amber and nothing would reset for 2hrs then using the Desktop Help and earthnet cable I was able to get back online. Tues between 1730 - 1900 router was flashing amber then went red. Thursday 0800 the unit flashing amber and I got a message "Your hub cannot connect to broadband." Really??   Saturday 1020 I had connection but so slow I could not send emails and got Desktop message saying "Failed to load due to an internet connectivity problem.   I tried to get online this morning Sunday and had no service with the router flashing amber again. I went out to save my sanity. Came back - I could not reset until now at 1800. The second UK person I spoke to was definite there was no problem with the broadband speed at 4.5 so could it be my router is faulty? I am at my wits end. BT do not give a **bleep** as I guess I am locked in for 18months due to a new line being put in. I pay for a service and get decidedly limited service. Does anyone know how to get their attention or better still reliable broadband.   By the way I live a two miles outside Chichester. I have not been able to post this for 15mins due to "connectivity problems".

Here are some of the results i found... hope they can help....
ADSL line status
Connection Information
Line state   Connected
Connection time   0 days, 00:08:27
Downstream   1,344 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)   15.6 dB / 21.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)   40.3 dB / 23.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)   2.4 dBm / 1.6 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)   1 / 3
CRC Errors (Down/Up)   4 / 9
HEC Errors (Down/Up)   20 / 5
Error Seconds (Local/Remote)   1 / 4
Download speedachieved during the test was - 122 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 50-250 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :192 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 135 Kbps

Broadband speed stuck at 0.28Mbps

I recently moved from Orange broadband to BT broadband as my Orange broadband speed was unusable at 0.13Mbps. BT said they would gurantee a minimum speed of 2Mbps - however since joining BT my speed has consistently been 0.28Mbps. Fault reporting doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere.
After looking at the posts on this forum I am beginning to get a (murky) view of what ADSL is about. I include a recent report from my home hub 3. The hub is connected directly to the internal socket on the master socket box. Although the speed is set low the hub never seems to achieve a connection time of more than a few hours. I have also done a quiet line test - the line is very crackly. Is it possible that the poor speed and frequent loss of synch is due to a bad line to the exchange? It is also dawning on me that the poor speeds date from a period of very heavy rain that we had in early July which resulted in a lot of flooding in this area.
Any comments or advice will be much appreciated.
ADSL Line Status
Connection information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 day, 00:15:56
Downstream:
288 Kbps
Upstream:
378 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
9.9 dB / 10.8 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
40.0 dB / 22.8 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
16.4 dBm / 12.2 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
138 / 2444
CRC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 168

teaboat wrote:
Keith,
Thanks for the reply confirming that my speed problem could be due to a noisy line.
Do I report this using the phone fault number (0800800151) rather than the broadband number (which I have had very little success with)?
Many thanks
If you are 100% sure that the noise is still there when the home hub is turned off, and you have run through the self help checks on this pageFixing phone faults
Then you can report it online as a noisy phone line here Reporting Phone Faults
You can call 0800 800 151 if you prefer, but do not mention broadband, or it could end up in the wrong queue.
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 dropped and wont come back

Hi, I need help and advice please.
Background info first though, so please bare with me.
During last July 2011 I was fed up of very low speeds and managed to get a BT engineer out to check the wiring etc... He did a great job by finding a badly insulated cable between myself and the Cabinet in our village. He also changed our master socket to a newer version.
Over the next few days my broadband speed went from 0.74mb download to 1.95mb download. Fantastic!
This speed has pretty much been a consistent rarely dropping below 1.7mb and at times has even gone up to my highest recorded of 2.46mb. I thought this was brilliant, I could watch iPlayer no problems and xbox live was even bearable (most of the time).
The big problem where I live is sometimes we have power cuts. Sometimes lasting hours but mainly just for seconds. Even so it switches the BB router off. (I know, but not my fault)
When we had the freak snow fall the other month problems started to raise their head. The computers in the household found issues connecting to the router and to resolve this BT BB Helpdesk kept advising me to reset router to enable connection. After connecting new ADSL filters the speed returned but connection issues continued.
BT supplied me with a brand new home hub 3 which I connected thinking it would give me my 2.4mb speeds again. Oh No. To be fare I think I was getting 1.95mb but I wanted more, as most people would. Why cant I get 2.4mb most of the time I have had for a few months.
Anyway I contacted BT who were kind enough to send a BT engineer out. He Said to me the Broadband speed is put out at the exchange (4.5km) at 8mb and comes into our village at between 3mb and 4mb. He detected no fault on the lines and spent the next 3 hours renewing 'D' and 'E' I think side of cabling (found this out later). He mentioned the noise was high but did something to lower it. On leaving he said I had 2.5mb and was confidant it would rise to 3mb.
Great not drastic but should give me 250kbs to 50kbs extra.
The day he was at my house we had 2 short power cuts followed by another couple some days later. This has not helped I'm sure.
NOW TO THE ISSUE.
My download speed since that day has not gone above 1.46mb download and every time I speak to the call centre they tell me my line is only capable of 2mb therefore 1.46mb is within acceptable range.
I am so tired of explaining that I was capable of receiving 2.4mb some 2 months ago yet now since the new hub 3 and line fiddling I am only capable of a 2mb downstream - 1.46mb DLS.
I know I have to wait 3 - 10 days but with power cuts its a nightmare, and they are so adamant about my 2mb downstream limit What the hell has happened.
Here is a link to my recorded (Speedtest.net) data over the past 11 months showing actual proof of receiving 2.46mb:
http://www.speedtest.net/results.php?sh=19a6b38248773feaa954bcf8e17ae768&ria=0
And here is my BT speedtester data:
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
1.38 Mbps
0 Mbps
2 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 1.38 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.4 Mbps-2 Mbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :2.21 Mbps(DOWN-STREAM), 0.45 Mbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 1.5 Mbps
My home Hub data:
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 day, 17:16:04
Downstream:
2,208 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):
9.3 dB / 15.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
56.5 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
18.1 dBm / 11.9 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
12650 / 48
CRC Events (Down/Up):
50 / 17
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):
289 / 10
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Please Help me I know I've had better than this but all the numbers point to the fact I can no longer have them. Why?
Many thanks
Jon
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Hi JONNYYOUNG,
I'm not educated enough to help but it mat reassure you, as it did me, to know your circumstances are not unique.
Your story sounds very simialr to my experiende last November, speeds and line length being very similar. An engineer said there was noise on my line so he switched me to another pair. Did the engineer do that for you too ? Net result my speed dropped from ~2.3 to ~1.4Mbps.
Fortunately a 21CN upgrade at my excahnge has brought my speed back up to ~2.4Mbps.
I'm sure imjolly, john46 and maybe a mod if you need it will sort you out as well as they did me.
Good luck,
dfenceman
Best regards,
dfenceman

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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Re: Slow Broadband Speed

I am having the same type of problems I just joined BT from another provider as they have cut my broadband speed in more than half since July the 1st 2012 I live in a small Welsh Vallley called Gilfach Goch. I have two seperate internet lines into this house one with BT and one with Sky they have both has their speed cut by more than half I spoke with a BT engineer at the local exchange today who told me that BT know that there are severe Broadband problems here in Gilfach but that the BT management is refusing to allow engineer's to track and repair the fault. So all I can say is that unless BT does it's job and repairs the fault in this area I will not pay them for such a extremely poor levell of service and I would also suggest that people start complaining to Ofcom about the service issues as I most certainly will be.

As you can see from above the BT Mods do not appear to like the truth being told about how bad BT service is in essence you must not say anything bad about BT. I can honestly say that I do not suffer from the rose tinted spectacles of the Mods myself as someone else has pointed out that BT make you sign an 18 month contract in advance I will point out now that BT if they are providing less than the service that you agreed to and were receiving prior to signing said contract will be in breach of their own terms and conditions and they are also liable under the Goods and Services act which states that a company must provide the agreed to service in a reasonable time frame and with due care. If this is not the case then they potentially face a claims for damages against them and they would have to explain their lack of services in a open court room you can file these types of claims using the Money claim online service should the individual choose to do so and you would of course have to be prepared to argue your case and pay the required fees. As I have already been informed that BT knows about the problems here in Gilfach and is not willing to do the required repairs to deal with the loss of services this clearly puts them in a breach of contract situation and potentially liable for said damages as well as a fomal complaint to the Telephone regulator ofcom finally it is up to the individuals own choice as to what course of action they choose to take whether they wish to continue paying for poor service or trying to deal with it the facts around here speak for themselves.

Difference between BT Broadband Speed Test and all...

I have recently moved to BT Broadband from TalkTalk as I was dissatisfied with the speeds that I was getting with my TalkTalk line – they were OK outside of peak time but woeful in peak time. With TalkTalk, I was on their ‘up to’ 8Mbps which, in practice, translated to about 6Mbps for download outside peak times but dropped to below 1 Mbps in peak (around 500Kbps and sometimes even lower!) – these measurements were taken regularly with both the TalkTalk and Think Broadband speed tests which were usually roughly in agreement and I haven’t had to rely on memory as I downloaded the spreadsheet records available to Think Broadband registered users.
I am now posting this in the hope that somebody can explain the difference between the BT Broadband Speed Checker (Here) and all the others available on the web.
When you are first connected to BT Broadband they warn you that your speeds will vary over the first ten days while they test your line to ascertain optimum speeds for it. During that time, I checked it every day early, mid-day and evening (usually around 0630, 1230 & 2000 hrs) with Think Broadband and, yes, it did vary – the first day it started at around 1Mbps for download but rose to 10Mbps by the end of the day. On the second day, it rose to a peak of 17.8Mbps which was unbelievably fast to use (well, to me anyway) but never reached that speed again as over the rest of the ‘test period’, the download speed dropped and dropped to the point where I am now outside of the BT test period and consistently seeing only 2 to 2.5Mbps over a 24 hour period.
I emphasise that those speeds were all recorded using Think Broadband but I am now doing tests using the BT checker mentioned above and the speeds which BT indicate for downloads are consistently in the 14 to 18 Mbps range. If I do the BT and TB test in quick succession, they generally show the BT calculated speed to be better than that of TB by a factor of around 7 (ie. TB at 2 Mbps whilst BT show 14Mbps). Now either they are measuring different things (or the sams things differently) or one of them is lying – all I know is that my general browsing experience is slower outside of peak times and I can tell by the time it takes to load pages.
I might have misunderstood something in these tests but I am now beginning to regret that I fell I for the BT sales pitch which promised me ‘up to’ 20 Mbps but ‘more likely’ 17 Mbps. I have tried to discuss thisl with BT Broadband technical support but they were no use whatsoever – indeed, I got the impression that he was reading from a script and as it didn’t cover my issue, I was wasting my time – it would also have helped for English to be his first language!
According to the BT test, I am well within their ‘minimum guaranteed access speed’ (Here). for my area (about 4Mbps) and therefore cannot do anything about it. BUT that is only when measured using the BT speed tester – with any other, I am well below. I am beginning to feel very conned and might even start looking to withdraw from BT if I cannot get this settled.
Can anybody help. I will happily post detailed records of my various tests or router stats if they will help.
Thanks in advance.

OK, I have now done all the tests etc. And here are the results:
ADSL Line Status from HomeHub 3
Connection Information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 00:27:11
Downstream:
23.71 Mbps
Upstream:
1.176 Mbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up):
3.4 dB / 6.4 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
5.3 dB / 2.1 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
19.4 dBm / 11.6 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up):
41 / 24
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 / 7
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
61 / 13
BT Speed Test Result
Download Speed: 6.59Mbps
Acceptable Range: 4Mbps - 21 Mbps
IP Profile: 21.42Mbps
Upload Speed: 0.99Mbps
Upstream IP Profile: 0.83 Mbps
Think Broadand Speed Test
Download Speed: 1.8 Mbps
Upload Speed: 0.9 Mbps
Uswitch Speed Test
Dowload Speed: 1.7 Mbps
Upload Speed: 0.9 Mbps
For what it's worth, I followed the guidelines for the BT test and took all of the tests within a 10 minute period.
All I know is that my daytime BT connection is nowhere near as fast as I had from TalkTalk. Indeed, it was not even quick enough to watch non-HD YouTube videos earlier this morning without freezing to buffer.

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
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Slow broadband speed/connection dropping.

Hi, I discovered yesterday that my Hub was unable to connect to broadband, this was around 5pm, at around 7-8pm, the hub was then able to connect to broadband, but with painfully slow speeds, (under 1Mbps download). Connection ha not been any better today and regularly cuts out before reconnecting. Until around 5pm the broadband cut out completely, and did not reconnect. Much like yesterday's problem. It can't be a line fault without our house as the phone works fine, and the broadband was reaching 7Mbps downloads before Wednesday. It's as if BT have come out and downgraded the line. Infact, I'm writing this message using a BT Openzone hotspot from another router in my street, which is capable of 3Mbps download speeds, much faster than what my Hub is able to manage.
Obviously can't give ADSL stats as there is no connection to the Broadband.
Any ideas as to what the problem might be, and how to solve it?

Hi Welcome to the forums
Here are some help pages done by CL Keith http://www.btinternet.com/~cbeddoe/wireless/hub3_wireless.html
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
Then someone here may be able to help and offer more advice.
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Rubbish Broadband speed

Hello, my broadband speed has recently (10 days or so) dropped considerably. I have looked on this forum and looked at many of the suggestions. I have done a BT speedtest- results below
Download speedachieved during the test was - 109 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 50-250 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :1536 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 800 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 135 Kbps
My max speed is supposed to be 2mb. I am convinced my IP profile is stuck. Any how, I called customer service last night to explain hoping that I could get things quickly resolved, but it seems I am going to have to go through the usual helpdesk motions. I was told to switch off my home hub over night and switch on this morning. Have done that and GOSH low and behold no difference. Is there anyone that can offer a quickly solution or am I going to have to do the usual 15 or more calls to a helpdesk to get this resolved. Thanks in advance for any help. Please!!!! I was with Tiscalli for years and always maintained a steady 2mb, I really hope I haven't made a mistake moving isp's.
p.s. I have done a quiet test - no problems. The person at customer service said my line was ok but very slow at which point she suggested the above process of turning off hub overnight.

Ok. The engineer has been and fitted a new cable from the man hole cover in the street to our house. He has fitted a new box in the house and reconnected everything. This unfortunately didn't solve the problem. I was still getting very low speeds (the BT Speedtester was still showing very low throughput). Another engineer has been out since and has replace the separate filter with one that actually fits to the new box on the wall. Excellent, this seemed to work. The BT Speedtest showed a throughput of 2000kbs and our test speed was 1870 kbs. As we can only get 2mb max this I thought was very satisfactory. However, that speed was to be short lived, and now the speed is so inconsistent ranging from 750kbs to 1000kbs. Why is this so??? The engineer did say that it could be due to the 'supply and demand' aspect of broadband in my area, which meant nothing to me. All I want is a consistent 2mb (or at least more than 1/2 a mb) speed. I don't feel I can stomach another call to customer services only to be told 'switch your router off overnight and try again in the morning'. Please- anyone??
Thanks Very Grizzly, Grizzly

Broadband speed slow

My Broadband speed is nowhere near what is advertised.
Is there anything I can do to improve things?
BT Home Hub 3
ADSL Line Status
Connection information
Line state:    Connected
Connection time:    12 days, 15:45:27
Downstream:    5,184 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):    7.8 dB / 17.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):    48.5 dB / 31.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up):    19.3 dBm / 12.6 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):    36918351 / 3940
CRC Events (Down/Up):    64685 / 3271
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):    0 / 11
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):    5 / 11
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):    0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote):    0
HEC Errors (Down/Up):    763004 / 3343
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):    0 / 0
Broadband Speed Test
at 11:20 14th March 2014
From Exchange   5.18Mb
At PC Download   4.54Mb
           Upload   0.36Mb
Quiet Line Test is quiet, no noise.
Master Socket is where the phone line enters the house.
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welcome to the forum where customers help customers
your conenction speed appears about what I would expect for someone with an attenuation of 48/49db on adslmax
your download speed appears consistent with your connection speed suggesting that your ip profile is correct
check speed here
check speed
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Broadband Speed Experiment

Hi I'm going to start posting daily stats in an attempt to prove to BT that the quality of the Broadband they are supplying me is substandard. For info, I am currently connected to the test socket with a brand new filter and ethernet connection to my Mac. ADSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
11 days, 22:14:36
Downstream:
1.117 Mbps
Upstream:
967.9 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.3 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
14.7 dB / 5.6 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
54.0 dB / 30.9 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
15.0 dBm / 12.6 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up):
294994 / 7264
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):
89667 / 4507
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
53793 / 5512
Broadband Speed Test: Results
1.14Mb
Download
0.96Mb
Upload
0.77Mb
The connection speed between your telephone exchange and your Home Hub could be improved. Try using the tips below and then re-test your speed.
The speed coming into your house
The speed you get at your computer
Connection speed 1.14Mb
Could be improved
Download speed
0.96Mb
Upload speed
0.77Mb
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Router reset. Stats below:
ADSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 00:10:13
Downstream:
1.117 Mbps
Upstream:
999.9 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.3 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
18.6 dB / 6.2 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
53.9 dB / 30.8 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
15.0 dBm / 12.6 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up):
97 / 53
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):
47 / 15
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
24 / 11

Slow broadband speed after exchange upgrade

Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help. My local exchange was 'upgraded' on 14th August, immediately following that my Broadband speed has halved and never recovered, I used to get approx 7Mbps connection speed with a 5.8 ~ 6.3 Mbps down load speed. SInce then and upto now I only get a connection speed of approx 3.3Mbps with a download speed of around 2.8Mbps.
Since we have BT Vision this is now close to the limit of what it requires to work for on demand content.
I have spoken to BT Technical on a number of occasions. At first they told me it was my router (HomeHub V1) and that I could have a new one if a signed up for another 12 months. Since I doubted this and I also had a Home Hub V1.5 router I swapped to this router and it gave the same results! This was on the 7th September.
Since then I have spoken to BT Technical on a number of occasions, always this involves the same path - get asked whether I have tried different microfilter, connection to the main socket blah blah. Then they check the exchange, it comes up with a CC12 ADQ error, they ask BT Wholesale to investigate, BT Wholesale clear the error, BT technical ring back, ask me if speed is any better, tell them no, they say they will reset the line profile, this makes no difference!
If I ring again then we just go round in the same circle again.
Has anyone got any ideas or can someone sort this out, fed up of pointless phone calls at the moment!
Here are the line statistics from the BT Home Hub (V1.5) as things currently stand.:
Hope someone can help,
Thanks
DSL Connection
Link Information
Uptime:
0 days, 13:08:25
Modulation:
G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:
664 / 3,327
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]:
11.57 / 62.47
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]:
9.5 / 0.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:
8.5 / 18.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:
11.0 / 27.5
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 / 0
CRC Errors (Up/Down):
0 / 6
HEC Errors (Up/Down):
0 / 0
Line Profile:
Fast

Well 12 days later and still no improvement. Changed back to the homehub V1.0 (10 days ago) as the Homehub V1.5 was to unstable and kept dropping connection every few hours.
Spoke to BT technical last Sunday, they agreed to send me a new HomeHub in the end. This has now been lost / stolen during delivery - what a farce. Spoke to BT Technical again last night, went through the same sets of testing same results. Technical this time said I shouldn't have been sent a new homehub anyway as I was not in contract!
Reading through this forum and others it seems that there are a lot of people reporting speed issues (speed halving from original sync/download speed) when exchange has been upgraded to ADSL 2+ and the home hub is V1.0 or V1.5.
The tech i spoke to last night seemed to think it was the homehub but said i wouldn't get another one unless I signed a new contract. Told him there was no way I would sign a new contract when their customer service was so poor and they are unable to resolve problems.
He stated he would reset the I.P. profile. This morning download SNR has shot up to 30db (has got down to 18db) last night and sync speed was lower.
It seems to me that BT know there is an issue with HH V1.0 and V1.5 and ADSL 2+ but rather than send you a new router ask that you sign up to a new contract. This seems partly a ruse just to tie people into another 12 month contract.
My neighbours have the same set up and are experiencing the same problems since the exchange upgrade!

Very Erratic Broadband Speeds

Hi everyone,
About a month ago, my broadband speeds went down to around 1.5mb from around 6.5mb. I rang Bt and they said that my profile was incorrect so they reset it again.
The speed went back to normal for about a day, and ever since then, the speed has been very erratic, averaging about 2mb, but with the speeds sometimes going back to 6.5mb and sometimes going down to 0.8mb.
This is very strange as 6 weeks ago we consistently received a speed of 6.5mb at all times.
I have tried resetting the hub, changing filters etc and nothing is working, BT say there is no fault at there end, but the fact that the speed does sometimes go back to normal, proves that there must be an issue.
I ran a wired bt wholesale speed test & diagnostic a couple of hours ago so that should be logged with BT.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Many Thanks, Adam

welcome to the BT community forum where customers help customers and only BT employees are the forum mods
in order for the forum members to help please can you post the adsl stats from your router you may need to 'show detail' to get all stats (if hub enter 192.168.1.254 in your browser and navigate to adsl or if HH4/5 then go to troubleshooting then logs and you are looking for 2 line together when hub last connected to internet and they will show your connection speed and noise margin or if netgear enter 192.168.0.1). Then run btspeedtester (MAC users may have problems). when first test completes then run diagnostic test and post the results ( do not reset the router).
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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Strange broadband speed drop

Hello
Since Monday I've noticed sudden drop in my broadband speed. Usually I've been receiving 80-120kbps but since Monday it is only 15-21kbs. I did everything they saying about improving broadband speed and it is not working. Strange thing for me is that Hub stat showing good downstream:
ADSL line status
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 0:45:30
Downstream
1,792 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)
9.8 dB / 17.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
59.0 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
16.9 dBm / 12.4 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
15
Loss of Signal (Local)
2
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
67106 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
4583 / 2147480000
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
nil / 0
Error Seconds (Local)
7
But I still can download with max 21 kb/s.
What's more I did speed check via BT web site and did WCC test (whatever it means) and I received following info:
FAQ
WCC Assured test InConclusive.
Your WCC service was found to be performing poorly. Please raise a fault with your service provider, stating that the BT Performance Tester tool indicates
poor service throughput performance.

Hi Dragdy
Did you notice what your present IP profile is set to?....
I'm betting it's come down, because you have loss of signal after only a 45 minute connection time.
A BT speedtest .. will tell you : http://www.speedtester.bt.com/

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