Internet constantly dropping off Home Hub 3

Hi All
Hoping that someone can assist me as I am about to give up on BT and move to Virgin due to having unuseable Broadband.
I have had issues for some weeks now and spoke to BT who said there was an issue on the line and then arranged after a long wait of over a week for them to test the line, come out and then fix the issue.  The home hub was dropping off and the orange light would come on .  SInce they have fixed this issue the blue lights are on the home hub but i still have issue with internet constantly cutting out.
I am using Windows 8 and have my home hub near the TV.
Basically the itnernet keeps dropping out and when i look the Home Hub connection on windows 8 will show either no connection at all or limited connection.  I then have to reset it or disconnect it and the sign in again and it works again but only for a few minutes.  It can drop off every few minutes so is in effect totally unuseable.
Any suggestions as to what this may be.
ADSL settings below: -
ADSL Line Status
Connection information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
8 days, 22:37:45
Downstream:
1,600 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):
10.0 dB / 12.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
63.0 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
16.3 dBm / 12.7 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
249631 / 1235
CRC Events (Down/Up):
5743 / 523
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):
15551 / 461
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 0

further away the better but preferably 3 or 4m
as it is probably your wifi that is dropping and not your internet you can try downloading inssider3 (istumbler if MAC) and then run it. This will show the broadcasting networks round about you and their channels including your own. If you then enter your router and change your wireless channel to a free or less congested channel.
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