Are you on unlimited 4G?
slowing fibre what are the options?
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Currently just phone is with three 100gb cap thinking of getting unlimited SIM to replace my crappy fibre connection.
Tried the Xbox tethered to my phone seems to be ok it's not like I am a competitive gamer at 46 my reflexes are slowing down anyway and I came from an era when paying quake at 150+ms was the norm
Tried the Xbox tethered to my phone seems to be ok it's not like I am a competitive gamer at 46 my reflexes are slowing down anyway and I came from an era when paying quake at 150+ms was the norm
100 GB is near enough the size of one game now.
Get your fibre connection fixed, moaning about it here won't help. Raise a fault, if they don't send an OR out then complain. If that doesn't work email their executive team or go to the ombudsman. Or a new supplier.
Get your fibre connection fixed, moaning about it here won't help. Raise a fault, if they don't send an OR out then complain. If that doesn't work email their executive team or go to the ombudsman. Or a new supplier.
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I'm in a similar boat to you.
10 or so years ago fibre up by me was 40/6. It's now down to 28/5. It was inevitable with the cabinet now full there's crosstalk (and the alluminium lines to our houses are in constant need of repair).
I get 60-80mbps on Three 4g. I use my phone via usb to hotspot to my PC and I use a VPN service called Speedify that bonds both connections through a vpn tunnel into one.
In speed mode I regularly hit 100mbps+ for downloads. When I game I flick it into redundant mode which basically sends the data down both connections and the first to arrive wins. It also means that if my fibre drops it falls back to the 4g seemlessly.
The only downside to the service is that if you use torrents they force you onto a torrent friendly VPN server. I haven't noticed any speed reductions on those servers but the cloesest is in the netherlands so can impact your ping in online games if you leave yourself on a torrent friendly server.
10 or so years ago fibre up by me was 40/6. It's now down to 28/5. It was inevitable with the cabinet now full there's crosstalk (and the alluminium lines to our houses are in constant need of repair).
I get 60-80mbps on Three 4g. I use my phone via usb to hotspot to my PC and I use a VPN service called Speedify that bonds both connections through a vpn tunnel into one.
In speed mode I regularly hit 100mbps+ for downloads. When I game I flick it into redundant mode which basically sends the data down both connections and the first to arrive wins. It also means that if my fibre drops it falls back to the 4g seemlessly.
The only downside to the service is that if you use torrents they force you onto a torrent friendly VPN server. I haven't noticed any speed reductions on those servers but the cloesest is in the netherlands so can impact your ping in online games if you leave yourself on a torrent friendly server.
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Also... Are you using homeplugs/powerline adapters? These are known to cause interference with FTTC connections as they run on the same frequency.
1. After the engineer went do you still have a noisy line?
2. Are you using a corded phone to do a quiet line test?
3. Is every device except the corded phone connected when you do the test?
If the answer to 1. is yes, and you've done 2. and 3. Then there still is a fault somewhere.
If the answer to 1. is no, and you've done 2. and 3. Then that is the maximum your line is capable of.
I suffered from the same problem. When I first got fttc I was in the mid to low 70s. Now I'm at 53 and I'm going to be dropping the higher tier package I pay for. Sadly this is a reality of fttc. It's all based on electricity and there is a lot of electrical interference in the fttc cabinets, so the more people sign up for fttc the more interference everyone gets and the slower speeds we get. If your using an isp that goes through the openreach fttc cabinet then the same issue will be there. Like I'm on BT and lost 10Mbps when a new neighbour moved in and signed up to Sky. Both lines are using the same fttc cabinet and then there is the usual interference of the copper lines from the cabinet to the house (fibre to the cabinet means its fibre from the phone exchange to that cabinet, everything else is on copper lines).
So if you have no noise and still getting slow speeds then try a different technology, mobile packages, virgin media, or if you're lucky enough to be able to get full fibre (fttp or ftth) then get that.
2. Are you using a corded phone to do a quiet line test?
3. Is every device except the corded phone connected when you do the test?
If the answer to 1. is yes, and you've done 2. and 3. Then there still is a fault somewhere.
If the answer to 1. is no, and you've done 2. and 3. Then that is the maximum your line is capable of.
I suffered from the same problem. When I first got fttc I was in the mid to low 70s. Now I'm at 53 and I'm going to be dropping the higher tier package I pay for. Sadly this is a reality of fttc. It's all based on electricity and there is a lot of electrical interference in the fttc cabinets, so the more people sign up for fttc the more interference everyone gets and the slower speeds we get. If your using an isp that goes through the openreach fttc cabinet then the same issue will be there. Like I'm on BT and lost 10Mbps when a new neighbour moved in and signed up to Sky. Both lines are using the same fttc cabinet and then there is the usual interference of the copper lines from the cabinet to the house (fibre to the cabinet means its fibre from the phone exchange to that cabinet, everything else is on copper lines).
So if you have no noise and still getting slow speeds then try a different technology, mobile packages, virgin media, or if you're lucky enough to be able to get full fibre (fttp or ftth) then get that.
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Looking at your line stats, your sync is low because DLM has increased your target noise margin to 12db. It's done that due to instability aka the connection dropping.
Your attenuation is the same as mine, so the D side cable from the cab to your house isn't particularly long (300/400m).
Crosstalk hasn't reduced your sync that much. You'd be sync'ing well into the 30's, early 40's on a 6db margin. My line had a water ingress fault that I didn't detect at first and then one day after a storm my line connected at 22/5. The voice side was horrendous. Openreach came out 2 days later and it was completely dead.
They did a re-pull, DLM reset and it's been solid ever since.
My advice would be if the phone is noisy and crackling, go down that route first. Don't let them fob you off saying it's the phone that is faulty. Get them to demonstrate the noise being quiet on their test kit
Any idea what your neighbours are getting?
Your attenuation is the same as mine, so the D side cable from the cab to your house isn't particularly long (300/400m).
Crosstalk hasn't reduced your sync that much. You'd be sync'ing well into the 30's, early 40's on a 6db margin. My line had a water ingress fault that I didn't detect at first and then one day after a storm my line connected at 22/5. The voice side was horrendous. Openreach came out 2 days later and it was completely dead.
They did a re-pull, DLM reset and it's been solid ever since.
My advice would be if the phone is noisy and crackling, go down that route first. Don't let them fob you off saying it's the phone that is faulty. Get them to demonstrate the noise being quiet on their test kit
Any idea what your neighbours are getting?
after fault is fixed, tell engineer to reset the DLM. dont let them fob you off that it will increase speed by itself, it takes ages!
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Just need the VPN. I believe if you install it, but don't log into an account, it gives you Xgb of free data to give it a test.
How is a VPN giving free data, or do you mean its giving you a free trial?
A free trial that allows you to transfer xGB of free data
Every time the land line rings it kills my connection dead!
Another engineer is scheduled, bloody joke this is
Broadband Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed (Kbps) 35229 4649
Line Attenuation (dB) DS1:17.8 DS2:48.1 DS3:76.1 US0:3.0 US1:38.4 US2:57.2
Noise Margin (dB) DS1:6.3 DS2:6.2 DS3:0.0 US0:6.9 US1:6.1 US2:0.0
Another engineer is scheduled, bloody joke this is
Broadband Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed (Kbps) 35229 4649
Line Attenuation (dB) DS1:17.8 DS2:48.1 DS3:76.1 US0:3.0 US1:38.4 US2:57.2
Noise Margin (dB) DS1:6.3 DS2:6.2 DS3:0.0 US0:6.9 US1:6.1 US2:0.0
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Another engineer now
and this one seems to know what he doing at last. I had two lines to the property and he's connected the second one looks like it's finally sorted.
Connection Speed (Kbps) 35579 4319
Line Attenuation (dB) DS1:17.6 DS2:47.9 DS3:75.8 US0:2.5 US1:38.1 US2:57.0
Noise Margin (dB) DS1:6.1 DS2:6.1 DS3:0.0 US0:6.7 US1:6.1 US2:0.0
Getting the lowest pings I have ever had as well which is a bouns.
and this one seems to know what he doing at last. I had two lines to the property and he's connected the second one looks like it's finally sorted.
Connection Speed (Kbps) 35579 4319
Line Attenuation (dB) DS1:17.6 DS2:47.9 DS3:75.8 US0:2.5 US1:38.1 US2:57.0
Noise Margin (dB) DS1:6.1 DS2:6.1 DS3:0.0 US0:6.7 US1:6.1 US2:0.0
Getting the lowest pings I have ever had as well which is a bouns.
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