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Broadband Related => ADSL Issues => Topic started by: Zoe on July 28, 2010, 02:53:22 PM

Title: Trainers On The Line
Post by: Zoe on July 28, 2010, 02:53:22 PM

Hi  :)

One of the telephone poles at the end of our street has got a pair of trainers hanging from the main line.
The line is also very saggy compared to all the other lines attached to the pole.
( Think it's a main line coz it looks thicker than the others  :-\  )

Our telephone line doesn't connect to the telephone pole with the Trainers .. Thank God!  ::)
Our telephone line fortunately connects to the telephone pole at the opposite end of our street.

My Question Is...
Could the trainers still have a detrimental efect to our broadband connection?

Coz...
1) Throughput Speed never gets even close to my Sync Speed.
2) Quite often have slow speed test results.
3) Sometimes have bouts of ridiculously slow speeds - Like.. 0.75mbps :'(


Note: Rebooted my Router last night to try and get my Sync a little lower... So as to keep my noise margin from dropping down to 3.3db

Today's Router Stats
Attenuation... Down = 35.0 | Up = 17.2
Noise Margin... Down = 6.3 | Up = 12.6
Sync Speed... Down = 12073 | Up = 1020


(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedtest.net%2Fresult%2F894811121.png&hash=fc83f9631f3c152ff5d51b1941bd9054b07b781c) (http://www.speedtest.net)


Thanks!

Zoe

Title: Re: Trainers On The Line
Post by: waltergmw on July 28, 2010, 03:07:45 PM

Hi Zoe,

I suggest it's highly improbable that they'll have any affect at all.

If you look at BT overhead cables they usually have steel catenary wire which just provides mechanical strength.
You'll see some horrific sights after a storm with massive boughs resting on lines but they seem not to affect the lines at all.


Kind regards,
Walter

Title: Re: Trainers On The Line
Post by: roseway on July 28, 2010, 03:24:22 PM

I agree with Walter, and would just add a comment about your issues:

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Coz...
1) Throughput Speed never gets even close to my Sync Speed.
2) Quite often have slow speed test results.
3) Sometimes have bouts of ridiculously slow speeds - Like.. 0.75mbps

None of these things will have anything to do with your physical connection. If the line were damaged by something landing on it, it would affect your connection speed and stability, not just your throughput.

Title: Re: Trainers On The Line
Post by: Zoe on July 28, 2010, 03:25:40 PM

Thanks .. Walter & Eric  ;)


It was just with having such slow speeds... The hanging trainers were starting to make me wonder  :blush:

Guess kids threw them up there for a laugh.
Openreach Van pulled up in the street the other day - & - We thought... " Great! They're here to take the trainers down "
Nope  :no:
Trainers still there... Blowing in the Wind!


Thanks!

Zoe

Title: Re: Trainers On The Line
Post by: UncleUB on July 28, 2010, 03:52:25 PM

Perhaps a reboot might shift them..........sorry  :lol:

Title: Re: Trainers On The Line
Post by: Zoe on July 28, 2010, 05:23:40 PM

Hi UncleUB  :)

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Perhaps a reboot might shift them

Really Tired Today!
Took me a couple of minutes to twig what you were laughing about  :blush: Reboot :lol:

Zoe

Title: Re: Trainers On The Line
Post by: tuftedduck on July 28, 2010, 05:28:11 PM

Perhaps the line is in it's 10 day training period.  :D