Do micro filters deteriorate over time?

[slipd]

Hi guys,

As above, I've had a adsl nation XTE-2005 filtered faceplate on my master socket for around 18 months and its made things fairly stable on my flaky line. Combined with my billion 7800n router I've had a generally 'usable' internet connection

However, things have taken a bit of a turn for the worse over the last month or so... I'm currently on a 1408kbps profile. I'm used to getting at LEAST 2mb and sometimes even 2.5mb if I'm really lucky? But of late its got silly; I'm re-syncing about 4/5 times a day! Before I buy another faceplate (if its needed? Are the adsl one's still the best?) I'm going to try another bit of kit but I'm fairly certain its my plate/line.

Any thought?

 

[slipd]

I monitored my routers stats for nearly 48 hours and although I never re-sync'd (which is unusual!) my snr did drop significantly at certain times of the day - in particular when the phone was in use, although not exclusively when the phone was being used?

I can't not have the land line in use so do you think a replacement faceplate is a worthwhile gamble from what I've described?

 

[slipd]

That _could_ be indicating a bigger fault than just a problem with microfilters. Possibly damp has got into the line somewhere or a connection has become corroded/current leakage.

But that would be a problem beyond my control wouldn't it? I.e my line provider responsibility. I think I'm with sky now for my phone line, I know I'm not with bt - they were next to useless when I've had trouble in the past...

Its funny you should say about the line being corroded; from me to the exchange there is a mixture on underground/overground lines. The line from my house goes under the drive and we have had A LOT of rain lately, maybe its started to seep through