i have just tried that for 4hours and my attenuation went from the Daytime usual of 26db to 25.5db
Did it stay around 25.5 or did it go back up to 50-something again?
Leave it in the test socket if you can for a longer time and see what happens. If it stays stable, then the problem is with your internal wiring. You could plug a phone into the filter too so you weren't without a telephone for all that time, you would just be without the extensions. This is important to know, as BT would charge you an arm and a leg if they came to your house and discovered it was your internal wiring at fault!
ok i just called BT they think it might be that i over used my Download Limit and the lady said its not likely as last time i over ran it was in May of 2007
That's a stupid answer from BT - there's nothing your ISP can do that will affect your attenuation or connection stability - this is purely down to either your phone line, extension wiring, faulty exchange equipment or your router. We're trying to eliminate all of the ones you can control!
I have supposedly used 2.86GB even though my hub stats dont show it and my download monitor that shows Even P2P downloads and Microsoft updates only shows 0.9GB so who should i trust BT or my independant checker.....
.... apparently the 2.86GB is how much data has passed through my Line eg. Web surfing, emails. i have actually only downloaded 0.9GB
All data passing through your connection counts, unfortunately, whether it's downloading files, emails, web pages, etc...
Your hub stats will probably only show total since it was last reset, I don't know how the hub monitors your usage.
By the Way would DMT change anything
DMT is only useful if you have a stable connection to start with. You need to sort this out first before even thinking about using the DMT tool. It can't perform miracles! If you use it to get a higher speed, your line needs to be ULTRA stable. And in this case you wouldn't get a higher speed anyway, because your line is fixed at 512k.
Can I try and explain something which you seem to be confusing?
Very basically, ADSL works in 2 stages:
1. The part between you and the exchange, which is nothing whatsoever to do with which ISP you're with*
2. The part the ISP controls e.g. limiting your speeds if you go over download limits etc.
* Applies to all ISPs who use BT Wholesale i.e. most of them, apart from the LLU ones, which doesn't concern you since you're with BT.You are having probs with number 1. The ISP
CANNOT limit your SYNC speed or control if your connection is totally dropping (resyncing).
We need to try and sort this out for ya - please can you carefully answer the following questions for me? Cheers
- How long have you been with BT Internet
- Have you EVER connected faster than 512k?
- Before you were with BT, did you have ADSL before - if so who were you with? And what speed did you get?
Thanks - this may help us identify more what's going on and the course of action to take.
