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Noise in Upload frequency E10

MichaelLucas
On our wavelength

We have had a major issue with the upload speed for more than 12 weeks now and we have reported it over and over to Virgin Media and in week 4 they originally admitted the problem saying that "it is a difficult problem in the area and is expected to be resolved by 23rd of May". We never got an update after that, and when we kept reporting the problem they instead wanted to switch our Hub to a Hub 4 and wanted us to "monitor the problem". We did, and week 8 we reported our monitoring and we finally got a technician sent out.

When the technician arrived he started by plugging in his equipment straight into the wall and said that he saw the exact same numbers that I had logged. The upload speed fluctuated between nothing and a third of what was expected (we should have 36MB). We were lucky that the issue was apparent when he arrived, because it only happens for a couple of hours a couple of times a day. So he could've easily missed it.

He immediately says that it's due to noise in the upload frequency and calls in to the callcentre to raise a ticket, but the operator refuses. He asks to speak to her senior who also refuses. Apparently upload speed is not important enough to fix.

Problem is this: I am a streamer and I literally make my living off of the upload speed and have now been affected for 3 months! I am at a complete loss

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That sounds much more likely. Since the issue is intermittent, but very much follows an ordinary person's use of the internet (lunch time, after 6 pm, evenings on the weekends). Then all of a sudden it is completely clean for 19 days (vacation?), then it comes back again.

The way of investigating it that you are suggesting is exactly how would go about finding a fault as an audio engineer, but the question is why VM doesn't want to investigate. I have been lied to so much by VM by this point that this has become the worst interaction I have ever had with any service provider. I would never recommend VM to anyone.

 

Yes, your message was very informative, and I thank you.

As mentioned in my colleagues reply MichaelLucas, the engineer did find an issue and we are discussing this privately with you, were you able to get and respond to the Private Message?

 

Rob

So the engineer was just here and he had no idea why he was sent here. He was booked as an initial visit and not a follow-up and had no idea what the other engineer had found.

Thank you for being as useless and time wasting as always.

Hi there @MichaelLucas, thanks for the update.

I'm sorry to see that the engineer was not given a heads up as to what needed to be done. I have checked our system and can see there has been some work done by the engineer.

Has there been any improvement with the service since Monday? If you need any further help with this, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.

Regards

Nathan

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No improvement. Still horrible intermittent upload data packet loss.


@Nathan_B wrote:

Hi there @MichaelLucas, thanks for the update.

I'm sorry to see that the engineer was not given a heads up as to what needed to be done. I have checked our system and can see there has been some work done by the engineer.

Has there been any improvement with the service since Monday? If you need any further help with this, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.

Regards

Nathan


Out of idle curiosity, and I don’t see how this might be privileged information, tell us, what does ‘your system’ say that the engineer did? Or was it, perhaps just some vague meaningless nonsense?

The engineer ordered a new cable from cabinet to house. It was not what was causing the issue, according to him, but the only thing left that could be upgraded, and a measure to make sure that no one can claim that there is anything wrong after the cabinet.

Thanks for your reply, this certainly sound like things are in hand with the engineers then.

Have they been on touch since to advise when this pre pull is due to take place?

Regards

Nathan

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