If an Openreach technician was to write out an A1024 for that section of underground cable and submit it, ultimately, that cable section would be replaced. I can only assume that the relevant criteria have not been matched.
Thanks for your reply
I have no clue what an A1024 is :p.
There appears to be no notes from the engineer this time, he was a different kind of engineer though, one that does the phone lines, from what my brother said he'd replaced some wires and "improved our broadband as best he could, from 45% to 55%", percent of what, I have no clue!
As I previously mentioned, the line doesn't seem to be any different, the upload has improved slightly but it is still pretty poor and that clicking is still present on the line, the engineer didn't mention anything about that.
I also requested that the appointment is cancelled, if it's no longer required, as I suspect we would've been charged for the visit and the engineer turning up and saying "I don't know what they've sent me out for!" I left it up to Plusnet though as they have more info than we do.
So, I suspect we're basically stuck with a dodgy line, at least until FTTP! I really really hope we don't get any lightning, heavy rain or someone else around here complains about their line as that generally means curtains for our broadband!