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TheBR's avatar
TheBR
On our wavelength
26 days ago

Frequent Latency Spikes and Packet loss

Hey all,

  Recently i have been getting a lot of latency spikes and packet loss on my connection.  I've set up think broadbands BQM and the results are not great:

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/quality/share/f02d1d9ed214117e56bb144495cd59da6fb58299

Downstream stats from router:

ChannelLocked StatusRxMER (dB)Pre RS ErrorsPost RS Errors
1Locked40.32940
2Locked40.32030
3Locked40.32170
4Locked40.91250
5Locked40.312364
6Locked40.91810
7Locked40.314020
8Locked40.91270
9Locked40.92510
10Locked40.33203
11Locked40.33840
12Locked40.314100
13Locked40.966330
14Locked40.3647669189
15Locked38.651448376449
16Locked37.362358752042
17Locked37.352236251915
18Locked37.66680078221
19Locked38.68617513772
20Locked38.624879426
21Locked37.651970
22Locked37.353880
23Locked36.6217310
24Locked36.6297280

7 Replies

  • jpeg1's avatar
    jpeg1
    Alessandro Volta

    Far too much noise on the downstream channels. As a first step, check the coax cables and connectors. 

    • TheBR's avatar
      TheBR
      On our wavelength

      Can i ask what i should be seeing? (if you have an example)

      • legacy1's avatar
        legacy1
        Alessandro Volta

        less red and no rebooting of the hub with yellow latency under 50ms when connection is idle or under your rate limit.

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person

    You would expect the PostRS errors to be zero, or very close to.  These are data packets that cannot be corrected by the Hub, and have to be retransmitted. Usually it's "noise" on the line, hence the request to check for no loose connections.  If all looks well, then a technician will be required to investigate.

  • Hi TheBR 

    Welcome back to the Community Forums. 

    Sorry to hear of your service concerns. Checking the systems on our side, we can see that your downstream is out of specification. This requires an engineer to investigate further. Please join me in a private message so I can locate your account and pass the account security. You can see your private messages at the top of the page, in the envelope icon, or if you're using a smaller device, you can see your private messages by clicking on the Virgin Media logo at the top right and selecting 'Messages' from the drop-down.