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

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Broadband speed after phoneline fault fixed.

How long does it take for broadband to get back up to speed after a phoneline fault has been resolved?
Our phone fault has just been fixed after being out for more than a week. The broadband remained connected but cripplingly slow. Now the phone is back the bb is slightly better but nothing like it's old speed.
I appreciate that it may take a while but any idea how long?
Thanks.

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
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Very slow broadband speed following line fault

Having recently had a noisy line fault repaired I have been left with broadband that is running at a very slow speed. Having read several other posts on this forum it seems that my IP profile needs resetting in the local exchange. I am reluctant to try to explain my problem to someone in India (because I can envisage a rather lengthy call which could possibly be to no avail) so can anybody tell me if there is an alternative way to reset my IP profile.
BT's speed test results were as follows:
Download speed: 680Kbs
DSL connection rate: 2464Kbs (downstream) 448Kbs (upstream)
IP Profile: 750Kbs
Any help would be useful,
Jim
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Soulvache wrote:
reme8488 wrote:
You have 2 choices -
1: wait the 3 - 5 days and see if your profile resets (providing you have a stable connection for the period and leave your modem on 24/7)
or
2: contact the moderators here to see if they can be of help.
I think you'll be stuck with the former though.
Tom,
As I have posted above, we have not even seen Jim's line stats. This would make it impossible to try and establish what is actually occurring with the line and connection.
I thought about that straight after posting (actually meant to put that bit in my op ) and then spotted your post when I was going to edit my own. Was too quick on the keyboard there after watching a rather entertaining Fullham vs Chelsea match on my lappy.
Kind regards... Tom
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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 Broadband after line fault fixed

Hi,
After a fault was fixed on the line two weeks ago Broadband speed has been incredibly slow - 32kBs at the most (previously it was around 400kBs)
After replacing the microfilter, resetting the router, plugging directly into the test socket I just left it alone but have seen no improvement.
Tried the quiet line test and all seems fine.
Looks like the router disconnected at least once, otherwise the connection time should be longer
Stats today...
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
3 days, 22:43:33
Downstream:
287.1 Kbps
Upstream:
1.088 Mbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
10.9 dB / 4.9 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
44.2 dB / 28.1 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
17.6 dBm / 12.7 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
134945 / 6918
CRC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 341
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):
0 / 246
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 211
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Also I saved the stats from the 29th Sept, the day after the line was fixed if they are any use, much the same except Noise Margin was 14.9 dB / 10.6 dB
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Hi,
Yesterday mods replied that there was indeed still a fault (didn't specify what) and they were looking into it.
This morning broadband was back and faster than ever
Thanks to all involved
My current stats, in case anyone's interested...
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 13:14:59
Downstream:
5.615 Mbps
Upstream:
1.04 Mbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
9.6 dB / 5.7 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
44.2 dB / 28.1 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
19.8 dBm / 12.7 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
379372 / 686
CRC Events (Down/Up):
471 / 60
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):
6422 / 41
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
277 / 169

Slow Broadband after line fault

Hi,
I really hope i can some advice on here! I've been connected for over 18 months - never had a problem, brilliant BB speed (for my area) and was a happy customer. A fortnight ago my BB connection cut out suddenly but the phone was working ok. So I called 151 and did all the checks to make sure it wasn't my equipment and the line test eventually showed there was a line fault. I was told it would be fixed in due course which was fine.
4 days later the steady blue BB light came back on on my hub (after flashing purple/orange for at least an hour) and since then my speed has been so bad it feels like I'm back on dial up! Downloading is impossible, the connection drops at least 3 times a day and the BB light on my hub goes back to the orange/purple light for long spells.
Everytime I phone the fault line I get told that my line tests OK to wait untill my line 'settles in' again after having the fault. I've left it for over a week now and there has been no improvement at all - My router has been plugged into the test socket directly for the last 48 hours too but that made no change.. I'm sick fed up of being told to 'wait a while' by the indian fault team! I'm hoping for some advice on the state of the line from you guys - is it worth calling back the fault team (again!) and pushing for an engineer call out?
I've done the noise test on 1707070 on a corded phone and there was a few crackles when i tried it the first time - second time seemed ok though.
I've got a Home Hub 3.
The first BT speed test I did came back saying they could not carry out my speed test as the line was slow and it diverted me to another website where I got these results:
Download Speed (Mbps): 0.07
Upload Speed (Mbps): 0.35
Ping Latency(ms): 82.38
ADSL Line Status
Connection information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 day, 01:21:52
Downstream:
8,128 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):
12.9 dB / 25.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
5.0 dB / 3.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
11.8 dBm / 12.0 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
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):
0 / 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
My Exchange is only about 400m away.
Any information would be much appriciated (and sorry for the long post!)

Results are:
Download Speed (Mbps): 0.09
Upload Speed (Mbps): 0.35
Ping Latency (ms): 62.50
Diagnostic test:
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
0.09 Mbps
0 Mbps
0.25 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 0.09 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.05 Mbps-0.25 Mbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :8.13 Mbps(DOWN-STREAM), 0.45 Mbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 0.14 Mbps

Slow Broadband speed after a spate of faults

Hi all,
have read many messages on here over the last few weeks and gained a lot of useful info, thanks.
My own issue started a couple months ago with a line fault which led to very poor phone and non-existant broadband, this was repaired within a few days by BT, at the same time the engineer who was very good tested the internal wiring and disconnected some very poor extensions for outside bells etc.
After he left we continued having problems and identified the problem as a faulty ADSL filter, STILL had issues with the router locking up and running extremely slowly every few hours, so router was replaced.
Now all is fine and have been connected for 3 days with no issues other then speed.
Here are the stats:
Down Speed : 2269kBps
Up Speed : 1023kBps
Attenuation (Down/Up) 38/10.5 dB
SNR Margin (down/Up) 19/4 dB
Router is now a netgear DG834v3 with dgteam firmware, connected via adsl 2+
I have phoned bt customer support and they claim to know nothing about why the speed is so low and say that it is good for my line, however I used to get 6Mb+ before the 'troubles'
Any help much appreciated,
Cheers,
Olly
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Hi john, thanks for advice, here are my stats.
I no longer have any extensions, and the router has been connected to the test socket for 3 days, through an asdl filter with a walkabout phone.
AR7 DSL Modem Statistics: -------------------------------- [DSL Modem Stats] US Connection Rate: 1002 DS Connection Rate: 2269 DS Line Attenuation: 38 DS Margin: 20 US Line Attenuation: 21 US Margin: 6 US Payload : 2108690496 DS Payload: 2333705712 US Superframe Cnt : 15116685 DS Superframe Cnt: 15116686 US Transmit Power : 0 DS Transmit Power: 0 LOS errors: 0 SEF errors: 0 Errored Seconds: 6 Severely Err Secs: 1 Frame mode: 0 Max Frame mode: 0 Trained Path: 1 US Peak Cell Rate: 2363 Trained Mode: 8 Selected Mode: 1 ATUC Vendor Code: 4946544E ATUC Revision: 2 Hybrid Selected: 3 Trellis: 1 Showtime Count: 4 DS Max Attainable Bit Rate: 7492 kbps BitSwap: 1 US Max Attainable Bit Rate: 1004000 bps Annex: AnxA psd_mask_qualifier: 0x0000 Power Management Status: L0 DS HLINSC: 0 US ACTPSD: -345 DS ACTPSD: -366 Total init. errors: 4 Total init. timeouts: 0 Showtime init. errors: 0 Showtime init. timeouts: 0 Last showtime init. errors: 1 Last showtime init. timeouts: 0 ATUC ghsVid: b5 00 49 46 54 4e 71 be T1413Vid: 00 00 T1413Rev: 00 VendorRev: 00 ATUR ghsVid: b5 00 54 53 54 43 00 00 T1413Vid: 00 00 T1413Rev: 00 VendorRev: 00
[Upstream (TX) Interleave path] CRC: 0 FEC: 0 NCD: 0 LCD: 0 HEC: 0
[Downstream (RX) Interleave path] CRC: 5 FEC: 2459 NCD: 0 LCD: 0 HEC: 0
[Upstream (TX) Fast path] CRC: 0 FEC: 0 NCD: 0 LCD: 0 HEC: 0
[Downstream (RX) Fast path] CRC: 0 FEC: 0 NCD: 0 LCD: 0 HEC: 0
[ATM Stats] [Upstream/TX] Good Cell Cnt: 43931052 Idle Cell Cnt: 563942044
Tx Packets Dropped Count: 0 Tx Bad Packets Count: 5293
[Downstream/RX)] Good Cell Cnt: 48618869 Idle Cell Cnt: 1326965118 Bad Hec Cell Cnt: 22 Overflow Dropped Cell Cnt: 0 Rx Packets Dropped Count: 0 Rx Bad Packets Count: 0
[SAR AAL5 Stats] Tx PDU's: 7164003 Rx PDU's: 8835823 Tx Total Bytes: 3316898468 Rx Total Bytes: 1900473039 Tx Total Error Counts: 0 Rx Total Error Counts: 3
[OAM Stats] Near End F5 Loop Back Count: 0 Near End F4 Loop Back Count: 0 Far End F5 Loop Back Count: 0 Far End F4 Loop Back Count: 0 SAR OAM Ping Response Drop Count=0
And here is todays speedtester result.
FAQ
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
1.84 Mbps
0 Mbps
2 Mbps Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 1.84 Mbps For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.8 Mbps-2 Mbps. IP Profile for your line is - 2 Mbps
2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.
Upload Speed
0.87 Mbps
0 Mbps
0.83 Mbps Max Achievable Speed
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.87Mbps Additional Information: Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps
I hope these results are o.k. being that they have been connected for 3 days, but I am trying not to disconnect for 5 days or more.
Just one more thing, the SNR is 20db in the day dropping to 15db at night, it is a long overhead overhead supplying the property (1 mile +).
Thanks,
Olly

Broadband still slow after line fault

Hi there,
Hope you guys can help me out
On saturday 24/11/12 I lost my broadband/phone line the whole lot, i believe due to the rather unpleasent
weather that weekend. I reported the fault, and on saturday 01/12/12 BT reported it as fixed, which was
correct, phone was working and as expected, broadband reconnected but slow.
Before the fault I would get speeds between 2000 - 4000kbps depending on time of day etc.
After the fault it was running at 572kbps and stayed here for a couple of days, although we were getting a lot of disconnects, the last one dropping the speed to 288kbps
I connected my router (its a netgear not a bt home hub) straight to the test socket and has now been stable for 3 days but no increase in speed as of yet.
My only concern is that using the BT speed tester it says the maximum speed for my connection is 0.25mbps??
Do i need to leave it connected for a couple more days? Anything else I need to try first?
Thanks
Stuart
Router:
WAN up time : 3 days 00:18:07
TxPkts : 433707
RxPkts : 535261
Collisions : 0
Tx B/s : 228
Rx B/s : 1706
Connection speed down/up : 288kbps/956kbps
Line attenuation down/up : 50.0db/26.3db
Noise Margin down/up : 5.2db/6.3db
BT Speed Test
Download speedachieved during the test was - 0.19 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.1 Mbps-0.25 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 0.25 Mbps
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.82Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps

Hi again,
Reporting back after 5 day connection, still no improvement
WAN up time : 4 days 23:58:07
TxPkts : 710094
RxPkts : 844184
Collisions : 0
Tx B/s : 227
Rx B/s : 1503
Connection speed down/up : 288kbps/956kbps
Line attenuation down/up : 50.0db/26.3db
Noise Margin down/up : 5.8db/6.0db
BT Speed Test
Download speedachieved during the test was - 0.17 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.1 Mbps-0.25 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 0.25 Mbps
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.88Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps
Is it worth rebooting my router at all?
Stuart

Slow broadband speed after noisy line repaired

I've recently had a noisy line which eventually got repaired (dirty connection on block at local poll). Since then Broadband has remained connected (good) but download speed has been none existant >250Kbps ASDL line details are as below:
I'm not getting any progress on the fault I've registered with BT on Dec 12 (says more testing is required), I keep chasing with the online support chat but keep getting the same response "we need to do some checks on the line we will get back to you in a hour or so, an then nothing". Any tips on how to get resolution of the issue speeded up?
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 0:00:44
Downstream
283 Kbps
Upstream
1,088 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.5
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
9.2 dB / 6.3 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
43.5 dB / 24.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
0.0 dBm / 13.0 dBm
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Well the noise margin has gone up from 9.2bB to 15.4dB, which is much better, and leaves lots of room for a speed improvement.
You must be losing a lot of signal between the master socket and wherever you plug your home hub into.
Your estimated final speed should be about 7552Kbs, but you are stuck in a banded profile due to the line fault.
You are not going to get the full speed with a margin of 9.2db, but if its not practical to use the master socket, it would be worth disconnecting the bellwire while you are up in the loft, as that may help reduce any problems on your extension.
See here for instructions.
Bellwire fix.
This could help quite a bit.
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.

Slow speed for months after line fault - stable co...

Hi,
A few months ago we had a line fault (trees attacking the cables!). This resulted in the IP profile reducing to try and maintain a stable connection. We are now connecting at 576kbps down and 608kbps up.
The line fault has now been cleared but we were getting ADSL disconnects when the phone rang which was keeping the system from increasing the speed.
This looks as though it is now solved. I have had only 1 disconnect (power cut in the night). in the last 2 weeks. The connection was on for just over 7 days when this happened and has now been on for 4.5days.
Should thre line has started to increased by now? We had a download speed in excess for 2.5mbps before the fault.
Could someone advise? Is the line stuck?
Thanks
Here are my router connection stats....
Up Speed = 608000
Down Speed = 576000
SNR Margin = 22.0
Loop Att. = 53.5
The Line IP stats are via btwholesale.com are
Download speedachieved during the test was - 0.55 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.1 Mbps-0.5 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 0.51 Mbps
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.35Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps

Hi sbg1967,
Thanks for posting.
I'm sorry to hear you are having speed issues. I can help you with this from here. Click on my username and under the "about me" section you'll see the link to get in touch with us.
Please include the link to this thread when you complete the form and whenever we've received your details we'll take it from there.
Thanks
PaulK
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Still on slow speed, 11 days after line fault was ...

I reported a line fault which was causing frequent phone line and internet disconnection (frequent as in I would lose connection completely for 3 or 4 hours a day, usually at night time - both phone and internet were affected), I reported the problem on 30th June.
I received a text from BT telling me that they had detected a fault and that it would be fixed by 3rd July.
However, it is now the 14th of July, and I am stuck on a download speed of 14 Mbps, and an upload speed of less than 1 Mbps.
Prior to reporting the fault, I had 50 Mbps download speed (my upload speed was still slow, and the BT Openreach engineer who installed Infinity advised me to report a fault as he felt it likely that there was a problem either in the cabinet, or between exchange and cabinet).
The current situation is unacceptable to me, please advise - I will happily post up any information from tests once I know what info is needed to sort this out! Many thanks.

Hi Epona222,
I am sorry to hear that this isn't sorted yet. I will take this on from here.
Click on my username and under the "about me" section you will the link to get in touch with us. Whenever we receive your details we will go from there.
Cheers,
OlgaC
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Slow broadband speed after BT replaced cable to th...

Hi,
Until recently I always had a good stable broadband connection. However a couple of weeks ago it started dropping out often. This turned out to be because of a very noisy line, I rarely use the phone and when I went to check it I could hear a lot of noise on the line. I went through BT and an engineer came round this Monday and discovered the cable from outside my house had pretty much corroded away - it had likely been there 40 years! So the cable was replaced and the noise on the phone line went away (Engineer fixed it on the 11th June in the afternoon)
However during the time the line was bad my broadband (clearly in an attempt to cope with the noise) gained much higher noise margins and gradually got slower and slower, this I can understand.
The problem is now the line is repaired its still stuck at this lower speed which is really rather slow. I have read that eventually the IP profile will reset itself, but I work from home some of the time and this current speed is a real problem for me. Is there anything I can get done to get it back up to speed?
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
2 days, 06:28:53
Downstream:
286.3 Kbps
Upstream:
440 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
32.3 dB / 29.7 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
9.5 dB / 4.8 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
9.6 dBm / 12.9 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 54
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):
0 / 7
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 0

Keith, is this really the only Solution? My conneciton made it to a bit over 3 days, then for some reason its reset again
This time the upload speed has gone up some but download is unacceptable. If I have to wait another 5 days then its going to end up about 2 weeks I have had very slow broadband from BT (and who knows if it will stay up 5 days this time...), yet I boubt they will be refunding me my money for the BT vision service I can't use due to the speed issues with the BT connection. Seriously having to wait 5 days after they fix a problem is ridiculous, especially when it might reset at any point!
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 01:57:23
Downstream:
286.3 Kbps
Upstream:
888.9 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
31.4 dB / 13.2 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
9.7 dB / 4.8 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
10.7 dBm / 10.6 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
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):
0 / 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
4 / 0

Banded connection after line fault repaired - how ...

Hi there,
I hope someone can help. After a recent line fault where we lost the phone line and broadband connection and the subsequent repair of the line fault, our broadband connection has been banded at .25mb
I've read all the other posts concerning this and how leaving everything along for 5 or so days should see an automatic correction of this but after doing exactly that for 5 days, I've done a diagnostic and something appears to have happened 9 hours ago, I think resulting in a reset.
So, am I back to square one? do I have to wait another 5 days an hope the connection remains intact. Will have had this problem for a month by then whereby I'll have been paying for broadband speed with a dial up connection.
Can anyone recommend anything please?
Here are the stats...

Keith_Beddoe wrote:
This will explain how it works.
Why has my speed dropped
Keith is absolutely correct and his links give good advice ....
However if you get caught in the loop whereby the DLM cannot promote the line profile because your router or hub is still dropping the connection, you have to find out why it is happening.
Even though you had a line fault fixed (supposedly) often the repairs are not 100% reliable, especially if the line has suffered a HR fault, or is subject to spurious burst noise which was not apparent when the BTo engineer left your premises, and he isn't a clairvoyant .... so if it continues to drop the connection, you need to report it back to BT support, and maybe go through the simple diagnostic tests again ... as outlined in Keith's help files.
Sometimes a fix is not forthcoming first time round, and ADSL can be troublesome with intermittent problems.

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!

Broadband speed after reconnecting the cable to th...

I was having some wall ties put in to my house and the builder split the telephone cable into the master socket. He has reconnected it via a junction box but I am still getting ridiculusly slow speeds from the exchange with the connection from the exchange -> modem running at 0.29 and my download speeds showing 0.24 and upload of 0.85.
Originally I had lost all broadband and phone connection but both are now back up and running albeit slowly. I'm presuming that this is due to the junction box connection, should the junction box have such a drastic impact on my broadband speeds?
Further diagnostic details below
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
0.24 Mbps
0 Mbps
0.25 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 0.24 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.1 Mbps-0.25 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 0.25 Mbps
2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.
Upload Speed
0.9 Mbps
0 Mbps
0.83 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.9Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps
We were unable to identify any performance problem with your service at this time.
It is possible that any problem you are currently, or had previously experienced may have been caused by traffic congestion on the Internet or by the server you were accessing responding slowly.
If you continue to encounter a problem with a specific server, please contact the administrator of that server in the first instance.
Any suggestions as I really don't want to pay in excess of £150 to get openreach to come out and fix the connection.
Thanks in advance
Gav
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi it's hh4 I have, are the asdl status I posted earlier not the lines you were asking for (posted again below)?
Advanced Settings->Broadband->Connection
Connection Information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 12:18:28
Downstream:
287.1 Kbps
Upstream:
1.093 Mbps
My upload is showing around 1.0-1.25 which is as fast as it ever was which would suggest to me that the junction box is connected up correctly otherwise I would have expected a similar degradation on the upload to that of the download.
Saying that I may be totaly wrong.

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