2000ms+ lag spikes every 6 minutes

Question

Hey, I'm having a frustrating issue where we get a huge lag spike every 6 minutes. Tried to have a chat with the Virgin Media help phoneline, who sent me a new router. Tried that with nothing else connected but experienced the same issue so I'm fairly certain it's outside our network. Have had the quality monitor running for a while, but because the spike is so short it does not catch it often. Here is a day when it catches one spike -

But this happens EVERY 6ish minutes. If I run a constant ping test we see -

Which makes playing games impossible and video calls irritating! Any Help appreciated!

Router output below.

Downstream Router stats -

3.0 Downstream channels

Channel	Frequency (Hz)	Power (dBmV)	SNR (dB)	Modulation	Channel ID
25	331000000	-2.400002	37.636276	QAM256	25
1	139000000	-0.400002	37.636276	QAM256	1
2	147000000	-1.099998	38.605377	QAM256	2
3	155000000	-1.299999	37.355988	QAM256	3
4	163000000	-1.599998	37.355988	QAM256	4
5	171000000	-1.700001	37.355988	QAM256	5
6	179000000	-1.700001	37.636276	QAM256	6
7	187000000	-1.500000	37.636276	QAM256	7
8	195000000	-1.299999	37.636276	QAM256	8
9	203000000	-1.000000	37.636276	QAM256	9
10	211000000	-0.900002	37.355988	QAM256	10
11	219000000	-0.599998	38.605377	QAM256	11
12	227000000	-0.500000	38.605377	QAM256	12
13	235000000	-0.299999	37.636276	QAM256	13
14	243000000	-0.299999	38.605377	QAM256	14
15	251000000	-0.299999	37.636276	QAM256	15
16	259000000	-0.200001	38.605377	QAM256	16
17	267000000	-0.599998	38.605377	QAM256	17
18	275000000	-1.000000	38.605377	QAM256	18
19	283000000	-0.900002	38.605377	QAM256	19
20	291000000	-0.599998	38.605377	QAM256	20
21	299000000	-0.099998	38.605377	QAM256	21
22	307000000	-0.700001	38.605377	QAM256	22
23	315000000	-1.400002	37.636276	QAM256	23
24	323000000	-2.200001	37.355988	QAM256	24
26	339000000	-2.299999	37.636276	QAM256	26
27	347000000	-2.400002	37.355988	QAM256	27
28	355000000	-2.500000	37.636276	QAM256	28
29	363000000	-2.299999	37.636276	QAM256	29
30	371000000	-2.099998	37.636276	QAM256	30
31	379000000	-2.200001	37.636276	QAM256	31
32	387000000	-2.000000	37.355988	QAM256	32

3.0 Downstream channels

Channel	Lock Status	RxMER (dB)
25	Locked	37.636276
1	Locked	37.636276
2	Locked	38.605377
3	Locked	37.355988
4	Locked	37.355988
5	Locked	37.355988
6	Locked	37.636276
7	Locked	37.636276
8	Locked	37.636276
9	Locked	37.636276
10	Locked	37.355988
11	Locked	38.605377
12	Locked	38.605377
13	Locked	37.636276
14	Locked	38.605377
15	Locked	37.636276
16	Locked	38.605377
17	Locked	38.605377
18	Locked	38.605377
19	Locked	38.605377
20	Locked	38.605377
21	Locked	38.605377
22	Locked	38.605377
23	Locked	37.636276
24	Locked	37.355988
26	Locked	37.636276
27	Locked	37.355988
28	Locked	37.636276
29	Locked	37.636276
30	Locked	37.636276
31	Locked	37.636276
32	Locked	37.355988

3.1 Downstream channels

Channel	Channel Width (MHz)	FFT Type	Number of Active Subcarriers	Modulation (Active Profile)	First Active Subcarrier (Hz)
159	96	4K	1840	QAM4096	759

3.1 Downstream channels

Channel ID	Lock Status	RxMER Data (dB)	PLC Power (dBmV)	Correcteds (Active Profile)	Uncorrectables (Active Profile)
159	Locked	40	0.2	2993548063	757781

Upstream Router Stats -

3.0 Upstream channels

Channel	Frequency (Hz)	Power (dBmV)	Symbol Rate (ksps)	Modulation	Channel ID
1	32600000	32.520599	5120 KSym/sec	64QAM	5
2	23600000	32.520599	5120 KSym/sec	64QAM	6
3	39400000	32.520599	5120 KSym/sec	64QAM	4
4	46200000	32.520599	5120 KSym/sec	64QAM	3
5	53700000	33.020599	5120 KSym/sec	64QAM	2
6	60300000	33.020599	5120 KSym/sec	64QAM	1

3.0 Upstream channels

Channel	Channel Type	T1 Timeouts	T2 Timeouts	T3 Timeouts	T4 Timeouts
1	US_TYPE_ATDMA	0	0	0	0
2	US_TYPE_ATDMA	0	0	0	0
3	US_TYPE_ATDMA	0	0	0	0
4	US_TYPE_ATDMA	0	0	0	0
5	US_TYPE_ATDMA	0	0	0	0
6	US_TYPE_ATDMA	0	0	0	0

Network Log showing at least 2 a day

Network Log

Time	Priority	Description
Mon Apr 28	6	CM-STATUS message sent. Event Type Code: 24; Chan ID: 159; DSID: N/A; MAC Addr: N/A; OFDM/OFDMA Profile ID: 1.;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;
Mon Apr 28	3	No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=REDACTED;CMTS-MAC=REDACTED;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;

legacy1 · Answer

You have more of a problem then a lag spike you should not see low level packet loss like that VM may need to reboot something or you can reboot the hub or equipment that for BQM pinging to.&nbsp;

Cardiffman282 · Answer

There's constant packet loss in the BQM. Check for local faults on 0800 561 0061 / 150.

MattG3 · Answer

Cheers, I didn't realise that was out of the ordinary to be honest. Would make sense though, if I ping any external IP I see packet loss when this dropout happens. I've rebooted everything in the LAN a few times and switched out the hub for a new one. Bqm is pinging the hub so I think it may be Virgins kit

MattG3 · Answer

No faults registered unfortunately on virg.in/servicechecker, will check via the phone line too though

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2000ms+ lag spikes every 6 minutes

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