Phone line and BB connection keeps dropping - BT H...

My broadband and phone connection keeps dropping. Its been fine for years and now since all this bad weather we have been having the connection lasts temporarily for a few minutes sometimes more and then all the blue lights start flashing orange, sometimes for a while, and then back to blue. Could it be that there is a wider problem in the area I am living in my area. I have tried to report this to BT via the Indian call centre but the best they can offer me is an engineer visit on 20 January (!!) and I may have to pay £130 if the fault is found on my property so I would like to know first if there is a wider probelm affecting others in my area. Many thanks.
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Have you checked here https://www.bt.com/consumerFaultTracking/public/faults/tracking.do?pageId=31
Are you connected to the test socket to eliminate any problems caused by internal wiring
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Crackled phone line and incredibly slow BB connect...

Hi
Im having serious issues with my phone line and BB connection. It has been ongoing for some time, roughly 6-8 weeks. The line becomes crackly with noise becoming so bad at times, you cannot hear the other person on the phone. This usually occurs in bad weather.
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Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 1:44:14
Downstream
320 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)
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Line attenuation (Down/Up)
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Output power (Down/Up)
14.9 dBm / 12.1 dBm
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you need to report it to BT Faults on 151 with no mention of broadband in the call
You need to check that the noise is at the test socket to avoid any possible charges
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Internet connection keeps dropping at night

I'm having a bit of a weird problem with my internet connection. I connect via an ethernet cable and the connection keeps dropping. It generally starts after 7pm and seems to be every 40 minutes. I have changed the microfilters and ethernet cable but I'm still getting this problem. The really weird thing is that all four lights on the hub are blue but the computer cannot connect to the router. Sometimes the connection will just drop other times it will say limited connection. I've finally had to resort to windows diagnostics and sometimes even that doesn't work. I swapped my black hub with the old white one and I didn't have this problem of the connection dropping but my connection speed dropped to 1.5 - 2mb.
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Downstream
10,407 Kbps
Upstream
1,232 Kbps
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ITU-T G.992.5
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Interleaved
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Line attenuation (Down/Up)
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HEC Errors (Down/Up)
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Error Seconds (Local)
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Hi lostof,
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Crackly phone line and broadband disconnecting

For a month or two i have been having problems with our phone line and broadband connection. The phone line is extremely noisy (interferance) and when you make a call or recieve a call the broadband disconnects. I have tried different filters, routers and wires but no good. I have conducted a quiet line test and the result was i could hear nothing on the line. When i unplug the hub and just have the phone connected to the socket the noise on the phone has gone and their is no problem, connecting the hub make the noise come back. As a result of all this my broadband speeds are very low.
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Connection time:
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Downstream:
6.75 Mbps
Upstream:
448 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
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Modulation:
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your drops in connection have at one point reconnected with a far lower speed than normal resulting in the low ip profile. if you stay conencted 24/7 for 3/5 days the profile will correct itself for your current connection speed
I would as john46 suggested connected to test socket with a new filter and see if that helps
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Chronic interference on phone line and broadband drifting in and out

hi, could I speak to an advisor please. We have chronic interference on our phone line and our internet keeps drifting in and out, it has been like this since Tuesday. I have done all the necessary checks including unplugging all the equipment and plugging a corded telephone into the test socket and it is still the same with the corded phone plugged into the test socket, so I'm guessing there is a fault on the line. I need sky to do a line check for me.

chellechllb wrote:
hi, could I speak to an advisor please.
Yes. Give Sky a call.
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Hello, we have been BT customers since August 2013, after previously being Freeola customers for many years. We live in a very rural area, at the end of the exchange so we are never going to get amazingly fast broadband, we are estimated 1MB.
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I performed the quiet line test which wasn't too bad there was a very slight crackle, but it was with a wireless phone.
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Ping: 463ms
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Upload: 0.28mbps
As said previously before the copper line failure we were regularly getting download speeds of 0.9mbps.
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Hi jacoma,
Sorry to hear that your having issues with your BT Retail services.
You will either be on the ADSLMax (upto 8mbps) service or if your exchange has been BTw 21cn upgraded you maybe on the ADSL2/2+ (upto 12/20mbps) service depending on your line quality and length.
However these upto speeds may not be the speeds you will get as ADSL broadband connections are very dependent on the distance from your property to the exchange and the quality of your line. The further away you are from your local exchange the slower your broadband speed will be.
To enable the community to help you please see the advice below:
Please see Keith's help guide here: Helping forum members to help you, it will go through some checks that are needed for us to help you.
1) Are you in the TEST socket? if not can you please connect to the test socket and repeat steps 2, 3 and 4.
All the below performed in TEST Socket:
2) is there any noise on your line. dial 17070 option2 ,called quite line test, from landline phone. should be silent but slight hum normal on cordless phone.
If there is any noise on your line such as crackling, distictive noise when the phone is connected to the TEST socket and doing the quiet line test then you need to report a line fault to BT Retail by dailling 151. Once the crackling or disticive noise has gone then your broadband should slowly recover.
3) please post adsl line statistics
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ADSL Line Statistic Help:
If you have a BT Home Hub like the one below...
Then:
1) Go to http://192.168.1.254 or http://bthomehub.home
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The direct Address is http://bthomehub.home/index.cgi?active_page=9116 (for bthomehub3.A firmware ending in 1.3)
or http://bthomehub.home/index.cgi?active_page=9118 (for bthomehub3.A firmware ending in 94.1.11)
You will need to copy and past all the adsl line statistics ( Including HEC, CRC and FEC errors). You may need to click " More Details"
If you have a HomeHub 4 then the majority of the ADSL Stats shown in the previous Hubs will not be there.
for HH4 users you can go to hub manager then select troubleshooting then logs and are look for 2 entries together which will show theconnection speed and noise margin for when your HH4 last sycned with the exchange.
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Low noise margin. Connection keeps dropping.

Hi all.
Can anyone help? I have low sound margin and my broadband keeps dropping.
Below are my stats from my router.
ADSL line statusConnection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 0:54:47
Downstream
12,989 Kbps
Upstream
1,057 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
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Interleaved
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2.9 dB / 6.0 dB
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32.0 dB / 18.2 dB
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0.0 dBm / 12.4 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
60
Loss of Signal (Local)
6
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
16894701 / 4294967259
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
1869 / N/A
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
N/A / 0
Error Seconds (Local)
1
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john46 wrote:
Hi try this link it may help
About ADSL noise margins
John, does my explanation of noise margin make sense to you?
Updated link
About ADSL noise margins
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Constant buzz on phone line and broadband disconne...

Where our BT phone line enters our house is under a very damp upstairs window. Every couple of years for the 20 years we have lived at the property, we have to report a fault and an engineer would come and replace the damp parts in the little connection box. Over recent times we have been charged the fee for this. The master socket is further down the cable at the bottom of the stairs and is usually OK.
Can we change where the phone line enters the house? The phone line is useless for phonecalls and is affecting our broadband speed and connectivity. The only other option is to scrap the line rental and get mobile broadband or one that doesn't require a phone line. Why do the engineers never fix the problem long term? We want to change to fibre optic, but the phone line will cause the same problems with this. If we cancelled the phone line and then ordered a new bundle, would we actually get a new phone line into the house, or would they simply reconnect the old, damp one?
Thanks for your help
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As this is a repeat fault, then some special help may be worthwhile to finally fix the issue.
I have asked a moderator to provide assistance, they will post an invite on this thread.
They are the only BT employees on this forum, and are a UK based team of people, who take personal ownership of your problem.
Once you get a reply, make sure that you are logged into the forum, then click on their name, you will see a screen like this. Click on the link as shown below.
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For your own security, do not post any personal details, on this forum. That includes any tracking number you are give.
They will respond either by phone or e-mail within 5-6 working days.
Please use the tracked e-mail, to reply, not via the forum. Thanks
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Noise on phone line and broadband cutting out when...

Hi, I have been experiencing a problem with my broadband dropping out when the phone is in use. I have also had a very crackly/noisy line whilst using the phone.
After reading various problems on these forums (some sound similar) I wanted to see if anyone else could help as I’m still unsure what to do next. I haven’t really had much help out of BT except for them sending out a new Hub (V3) saying that it should fix the problem. It did not fix it and I have since had a few more conversations, which have resulted each time in BT saying that there is no fault on the line, and it will be £130 minimum call out for any further action.
I have done everything I can think of in the house to see if the problem was to do with my household wiring including replacing the wiring for my extension. The filters have all been replaced and I have also used the quiet line facility and there is still noise on the line and the broadband still drops out when the phone is used.
At the moment I really have no clue what to do next so thought if I post up my ADSL line status results that maybe someone would see a problem or maybe have a thought on what to try next as I don't really want to be paying £130.
My set up is BT HomeHub 3 (option 3) with a BT Vison Box. The problem with the broadband dropping out seems to have started around the time I was notified by email that there was an upgrade on the network completion that was on the 24th June.
Any help would be very much appreciated as this is understandably getting a very tiresome. Cheers in advance.
My ADSL line status:
Connection Information
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Connected
Data Transmitted/Received (GB):
4.3 / 4.3
Downstream:
4.438 Mbps
Upstream:
1.129 Mbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
13.2 dB / 5.9 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
25.3 dB / 14.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
18.3 dBm / 12.6 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 229
CRC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 85
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
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0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
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HEC Events (Down/Up):
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One thing to add, are you sure on how they phrased the info regarding to the £130 charge. That should only really be applied if it is YOUR equipment that is at fault (and on some occassions if you have damaged the external line).
I have what sounds to be a much more intermittent issue than yours, the vast bulk of my visits have resulting in the engineer not finding an issue (occassionally they do but then seem to lose that info before the next one) and I have never been charged since there is no issue with my equipment and the effect on the broadband can be seen via BT's own logging (ie speed reductions etc).
There has been some reports that sound like inappropriate charging but really you have an obvious line issue and even if intermittent should not be chaged providing you have confirmed it is an external cause.
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3G connection keeps dropping out after 4.2.1 update

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone could help me.
I have the iPhone 4, and it was working perfectly... until I upgraded to iOS 4.2.1.
Ever since then, my 3G connection keeps dropping out, and I'm just left with vodafone UK (with usually 3-4 bar signal) but no 'o', 'E' or '3G' symbol.
After about 20 minutes of no cellular data, I'd get the 'o' symbol, then 10 seconds later it would change to '3G'. But then after 5 seconds it would lose it. The cycle would continue in this way.
Strangely, when at home, the 3G would stay connected. But when I go anywhere, I lose 3G.
When I turn 3G off, I get constant 'o' connection where ever I go. It doesn't drop out.
I've tried resetting the phone, and resetting network settings.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.

I'm having a similar issue with my new iPhone 4 (w/ 4.2.1)... It continually cycles through the following sequence:
AT&T / 3G
AT&T / No Data
Searching…
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AT&T / 3G
(loops…)
Here is a video of the cycling. Note the iPhone 4 is just sitting on a coffee table in my house.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7186070/ip4fw421searching.mov
Also worth noting, I just got the iPhone 4 and I updated it to 4.2.1 right away. Previously, I had a 3GS which did not exhibit any of this behavior in the same location in my house. Also, my girlfriend still has a 3GS and has FW 4.2.1 without these issues. I have a video of her phone in the exact same location taken just after the clip above and her phone maintains 3-bars / AT&T / 3G the entire time.
I picked up the iPhone 4 while out of state over the holiday weekend and did not observe any of these connectivity issues, in fact the 3G throughput of the iPhone 4 was significantly better (consistently got >4 Mbps down / >800 Kbps up) than what my family members were seeing with their 3GS models.
I believe it is a baseband issue introduced with the 4.2.1 update for iPhone 4, but I also strongly believe there is some tower component to this problem (ie, software revision at the tower or configuration).
Like others here, I also performed a restore to 4.2.1 through iTunes and setup my phone as "New" and I continue to see the behavior. The phone is unusable in my house unless I manually disable 3G. As a final data point, when I'm able to maintain a 3G connection long enough in my house I get the following throughput from Speedtest.net: 1863 Kbps down / 543 Kbps up.

Broadband connection keeps dropping, often without...

Equipment: I have an ancient hub (curious- do we get updates to these or do we just have to make do for years on end?), the first black one which is curved and it has been fine since I got it from a friend some years ago to replace the dinosaur white one BT supplied me with the day I got Broadband.
It is plugged directly into the master socket via a filter which has the only other other piece of equipment on it- a phone.
The Problem: Since about the time I had the BT Talk function turned off (December 2013) the Broadband connection (not the Wifi) has been dropping daily. After that date I noticed that it would drop just whenever I got a call on the landline phone. I didn't address it then because I get perhaps five or six calls a week on my landline and so it was not noticable or an issue.
But tonight it even dropped after just a few seconds in a Google Hangout; something I was able to do last week without problem. I am assuming it is because of the talking, as it must be similar to Skype etc? In total it has dropped randomly about 7 times and 6 or so times during the Google Hangout which I had to abort.
Summary of problem: Basically it is as though the removal of the BT Talk triggered the Broadband connection problem which is increasing in frequency and severity.
Actions taken: I have power-cycled, checked that I don't have a buzz on the phone-line, unplugged, checked and replugged the two cables (power and phone cable to hub). They are not damaged/loose/wet/different from normal. I have also used the trouble-shooter online at BT.
Aside: What I can say is that over the years I have had horrendous problems with total loss of Broadband/telephone and even worse service with BT constantly blaming my "equipment" for the problems and every single time it turned out to be their equipment or even their engineers at fault (one simply unplugged us at the junction and gave our line to someone else and, though, I reported it within minutes of it happening and why, it took days for them to undo) so that I am not entirely surprised that something is amiss.
Question: I am hoping someone here has an answer so that I don't HAVE to phone yet again (I have spent in excess of 60 hours on the phone with BT over the lifetime of this service with 37.5 spent to resolve one incident) or, worse, get billed £480 for nothing. DOES anyone know what I can do to sort this? Does anyone know what is wrong?
Please and thank you.
may you always do for others and let others do for you ~Bob Dylan

Thank you for your reply john46.
It sounds like a possible high resistance joint have you tried connecting to the test socket and see if that resolves the problem it will also remove the risk of any charges when an engineer attends as they will have to to resolve the problem
Yes.
The only thing I haven't done is tried another filter. Will try that tomorrow. However- it does seem awfully coincidental and nothing has changed here with the hub sitting less than four inches from the master socket as it has always done.
Then again it could just be that the hub is not up to par and the removal of BT Talk might just have been its death knell (mind you- I didn't even have a BT Talk phone any longer- that would have been with the first hub at the princely sum of £70 which never worked due to our line just being too "poor" or something very technical like that).
I am not sure where you have got the figure of £480 from as you will only be charged it the fault is found on your internal wiring or equipment
I didn't "get" the figure of £480 from anywhere. BT did. They charged me £240 for something which was their fault because the lass, allegedly in Bangalore (I grew up on Pondicherry, not too many miles away), misunderstood syntax and presumed to bill me for something the engineer already determined was not my responsibility. And when I telephoned to tell BT that I had been billed in error her colleague billed me again instead of refunding me: £240 + £240 = £480
It took an inordinate amount of patience on my part to explain this to a third BT customer service person as they (naturally) refused to believe me when I reported their colleagues' errors.
Had it not been for the 36.5 hours previously spent troubleshooting another problem for BT staff (38 of them- I have all their names and various flights of fancy written down somewhere) I'd have thought I was imagining things.
And so, when the engineer unplugged my line and blithely connected it to a new house in a junction box three miles down the road (as the better half was driving by no less) and we were able to give BT the time and location of where the "problem" authored from, which still only led to an engineer having to be sent to "investigate" the fault at our end some three days late- I was no longer capable of surprise.
It is why I thought to ask if anyone had any experience with connections dropping out here first. Might save me my last marble.
Well- it was worth a try.
may you always do for others and let others do for you ~Bob Dylan

Phone line and BB connection keeps dropping - BT H...

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