on 10-10-2021 12:07
Hello,
Virgin media have been serving us in the same house in Bristol BS3 for the past 10 years and the service has been incredible. I can't recall a single issue aside from planned short maintenance periods so am a very happy customer so far.
Unfortunately I've just started experiencing issues with the service starting a couple of weeks ago I get regular brief disconnections which mostly cause issues with streaming. Work video calls are disrupted, TV streams buffer, game character dies etc.
The outage is brief (<20 seconds) and occurs roughly every 30 minutes but is severe enough to make the service unusable and I'll need to move to an FTTC provider unless it can be solved.
I've done some investigation on my network, restarted the Hub 3, removed other equipment, monitored traffic etc. but the issue appears to be with Virgin Media unfortunately.
What can I do to get this fixed?
These are the errors after the hub has been running for 2 days.
Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors
1 Locked 40.3 93 90
2 Locked 40.9 79 78
3 Locked 40.3 82 89
4 Locked 40.9 81 92
5 Locked 40.3 70 79
6 Locked 40.3 189 61
7 Locked 40.3 62 99
8 Locked 40.9 80 85
9 Locked 40.9 90 83
10 Locked 40.3 84 76
11 Locked 40.9 75 94
12 Locked 40.3 88 91
13 Locked 40.3 76 76
14 Locked 40.3 102 51
15 Locked 40.9 72 90
16 Locked 40.9 98 57
17 Locked 40.3 94 58
18 Locked 40.9 92 41
19 Locked 40.3 82 55
20 Locked 40.9 75 80
21 Locked 40.9 81 58
22 Locked 40.9 105 56
23 Locked 40.3 143 81
24 Locked 40.3 81 77
on 11-10-2021 09:17
on 11-10-2021 09:59
Hi @jamesbe thanks for posting and welcome to our community
I am sorry to hear that you're having frequent drop outs. I have located your account from here and have had a remote look. I cannot find any issues from here to explain the issues you're having. When you say the must be an issue with your router. Do you mean the hub we supplied you? Or a 3rd party router?
Regards
Lee_R
on 11-10-2021 10:40
Did you change the ethernet cable?
on 11-10-2021 11:01
Hi Lee,
It must be an issue with the third party router when the hub is in modem mode. I'm giving it a factory reset failing that I'll be getting another, thanks.
on 11-10-2021 11:02
on 12-10-2021 12:05
Hi Lee,
I've been monitoring my connection since installing the new router and the dropped packets look much better from the boardband monitor.
I am however still seeing interruption to sensitive services like streaming and conference calls.
A log of outbound pings show regular short periods of high latency.
How can I get this sorted out?
on 12-10-2021 19:25
Are the “RS Errors” logged by the cable modem an indication of the issue? Who do I speak with to get this investigated further?
on 14-10-2021 20:53
Thanks for your reply and update, jamesbe,
Sorry to hear that you have been having connectivity issues. Our records show that you have since been in touch with our phone care team to have this addressed. Let us know if you need further help.
Cheers,
Corey C