hmmmm the time before last when you had problems was when we had gales.
I know youre pretty localish to me.. and the weather here was really bad on New Years eve again.
The Engineer can only charge if they find a fault with your own equipment (ie internal wiring/PC/router). I would let him come.. explain the full circumstances and that it gets worse when the weather is bad. Ask if he thinks there could be a possibility of water getting on the line somewhere. Also mention the static and how you could hardly hear phone calls
Im inclinced to agree with what astral has said about the weather.
Make sure you offer him a cuppa and biccies and try get him on your side.
You could even go for the sympathy vote and say that your ISP has mentioned the possibility of charges.. but say that things are so bad that you needed it looking into because you cant keep having connection problems everytime the weather gets bad.
Make sure you tell him that you have done everything you can possibly do from your side of things. Throw in a couple of words such as attenuation being 63dB so that he knows you aint stupid.. but balance it so that youre not trying to appear too smart and know his job.
>> the line test talk talk claimed to have run how does that work?
Line test is normally a WOOSH test. It tells your ISP if you are connected, and your current line stats - therefore they will be able to see your line stats.
A copy of a woosh test is here if you want to see what one looks like from the ISP side of things
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/images/WOOSH.gifThe only other thing I can say is that because its also now affecting the voice side of the phone - you could perhaps try getting it raised as a voice fault?
>> and what makes them think the problem is in my house
They always tend to say that - I had problems relating to the exchange - I was reporting them as exchange related - I had proof it was exchange related.. but it was still marked down as a fault in my home :/
Good Luck