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Bt engineers visit, mention possible hr fault as can hear router on line. But don't fix it
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Also when there is the rustling/buzzing the line has resynced, and sometimes resyncs whilst on line. Also what is causing the clicking, which is intermittent, but is there most of the time.
https://soundcloud.com/user790929679/clicking
https://soundcloud.com/user790929679/rustling
https://soundcloud.com/user790929679/buzzing-crackle

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Anyone?

[4candles]

The 'clicking' track sounds to me from the timing to be ringing current.

The 'squeal/beeping' track on your soundcloud site sounds like some kind of telemetry on a private circuit.

A cable somewhere going low insulation?   

Any neighbours hearing similar?

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"telemetry on a private circuit". Could you explain, what this could be, and why would i hear ringing current when i am on the line, just after pressing 1 button, but the line is not ringing. Will have to ask neighbours. Also this may be irrelivent but three has been a unavailable number calling, I've only been able to pick it up once, but when I did it was just the dial tone?

[4candles]

Sorry, I should have explained it better.

Basically I'm suggesting that a section of cable somewhere between you and the exchange is exhibiting the effects of low insulation (possibly water ingress?), so that there is crosstalk between the pairs.

So, the ringing current would be on another line rather than yours; similarly, the tones from an analogue private circuit. Telemetry (basically – transmission of data) can produce a whole range of weird sounds.

I doubt that the unavailable caller has any relevance.

[Black Sheep]

4candles is spot-on about the 'clicking' audio-track. That is the noise of another circuit being rung.

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But that can be quite frequent when I use the phone, so could it numerous phones affecting it, or my neighbours are always on the phone, also wouldn't the engineers see this, and cause the line tests to fail? Also the other day whilst testing the dc voltage, I tested ac voltage, and got 108v, this was idle, I thought that there should be no ac unless the phone was ringing

[Black Sheep]

Impossible question to answer, I'm afraid.

The cable leaving the telephone Exchange could be a 3600 pair cable ??. The further the cable 'travels' (from the Exchange to your premises), the smaller the 'pair count' becomes as it 'drops' the pairs at various cabinets and DP's (Telegraph Poles, Underground distribution).

Ergo, the ringtone you can hear (the clicking noise), could theoretically be anybody's, and not necessarily the same one you hear each time ??

What we can say, is that you definitely have a network fault, be that a low IR fault (Batt contact), or a HR fault (weak point susceptible to interference). Ring your CP.

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That's what ee detected when they sent out an engineer, was battery contact but all the engineer said he did was a tie pair mod? If there was battery contact, wouldn't it fail the line test?. It does also look like it could be a hr fault, but I'm concerned as battery contact was what first detected, so I'm worried that they never fixed it.

[Black Sheep]

Theoretically, a 'batt contact' fault should fail any test performed. Reality tells us different.

It all depends on the type of test being conducted (Low end Eclipse/Fast Test, or High end PQT), the amount of rogue voltage detected, and the parameter settings of the test system.
By way of an example I've had 12v battery contact show a 'LTOK' (Line test OK) result on Eclipse, but fail on the PQT.

Tie-pairs can indeed have the same fault conditions present that are prevalent in the network, but percentage wise, they would be in the very low percentages in comparison especially a 'batt contact'.
However, I'm not the engineer on site, and can only go off the info given to me by yourself. I have no idea what type of tests the previous engineer did, or what the total subsequent actions he performed ?.

I'm going to dip out now, and I refer you to the closing remark on my last post, on this thread. Cheers. 

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I think he did a Dsl close out test, he may have done a pqt test, if you can do it from the test socket, i cant remember. Thanks for the help anyway.

[burakkucat]

You really need to refer this issue back to your CP/ISP and have them return it as "fault still present" to Openreach.

There is absolutely nothing else anyone here can do to assist you. Sorry.