on 04-05-2024 15:17
Hello. I have slow download (c. 100 out of 250 Mbps) and upload (c.5 out of 25 Mbps) speeds. Most of my upstream channels' modulation is too low too (16/32 out of 64 QAM).
I checked the phone and online status checking tools and there is indeed a local, albeit intermittent, fault in my bit of Cardiff.
Generally my connection is pretty good and I understand that stuff occasionally happens. However the current fix date is in ten (10) days time (14 May at a suspiciously specific 10.05am). This seems extravagant.
on 04-05-2024 16:13
Fix times can be difficult to "estimate" - such as ones like this....
on 04-05-2024 18:02
@Cardiffman282 wrote:Generally my connection is pretty good and I understand that stuff occasionally happens. However the current fix date is in ten (10) days time (14 May at a suspiciously specific 10.05am). This seems extravagant.
If it's an SNR fault (noise on the network) this requires a lot of investigative work to trace which customer line is injecting the noise. It can take weeks.
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04-05-2024 18:31 - edited 04-05-2024 18:31
Interesting point. I just had a nose at my BQM and unbeknownst to me I have had constant, if low level, packet loss too since Thursday night (with some sort of lightening event around 9pm that night) . This is also unusual for my connection. See pic.
on 05-05-2024 12:00
@Cardiffman282 wrote:Interesting point. I just had a nose at my BQM and unbeknownst to me I have had constant, if low level, packet loss too since Thursday night (with some sort of lightening event around 9pm that night) . This is also unusual for my connection. See pic.
Could be an isolator has been compromised. These things usually blow completely & cause total loss of service, but I have had experience of a couple fouling the incoming signal rather than stopping it.
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on 06-05-2024 07:58
Could also be a network issue that is 500 miles from your home, looking at a BQM graph, you can not tell.
on 06-05-2024 09:57
on 07-05-2024 17:37
Fixed as of around 10 am this morning. Upstream modulation all back up to 64 QAM and packet loss on the BQM has evaporated. Thank you for the responses. I'll shut up now.
on 09-05-2024 16:35
Just back for a moan really as it's still an open ticket at VM (Fault Ref: F011296094) (and yes I know about the absence of residential SLAs and the need for redundancy etc).
Upstream QAMs? All good.
BQM packet loss issue? Also all good.
Up/ down speeds? Fine.
Promised server status updates? Hmmm. Yeah but no but. The VM engineer is doing some sort of time shifting hokey cokey apparently:
8.37am: "Our engineer is on site and they're working to fix the problem. We now expect to have this resolved by 2024-05-09T18:00: 00"
12.15pm: "The latest update is: We have identified the problem and an engineer is on their way. We now expect to have this resolved by 2024-05-14T09:00: 00"
Post RS errors for just the past few days looking okay? Err...
1 | Locked | 37.6 | 326 | 1811 |
2 | Locked | 37.6 | 268 | 1980 |
3 | Locked | 37.6 | 192 | 2057 |
4 | Locked | 38.6 | 175 | 2268 |
5 | Locked | 37.6 | 359 | 2495 |
6 | Locked | 37.6 | 135758 | 6057 |
7 | Locked | 37.6 | 75697 | 5498 |
8 | Locked | 37.6 | 350 | 2429 |
9 | Locked | 38.6 | 353 | 2010 |
10 | Locked | 38.6 | 309 | 1867 |
11 | Locked | 38.6 | 183 | 2376 |
12 | Locked | 38.6 | 260 | 2361 |
13 | Locked | 37.6 | 275 | 2472 |
14 | Locked | 38.6 | 328 | 2334 |
15 | Locked | 38.9 | 277 | 2698 |
16 | Locked | 38.6 | 55011 | 5403 |
17 | Locked | 38.9 | 72627 | 5393 |
18 | Locked | 38.6 | 347 | 2696 |
19 | Locked | 38.9 | 252 | 1893 |
20 | Locked | 38.6 | 182 | 2028 |
21 | Locked | 38.6 | 114 | 2300 |
22 | Locked | 38.6 | 182 | 2483 |
23 | Locked | 38.6 | 242 | 2270 |
24 | Locked | 38.6 | 192 | 2374 |
on 27-05-2024 18:33