If you replaced SHOULD with MAY more people might nod their heads

Indeed, Mr.S.

My line quality is pretty good as far as I can tell, it never disconnects and it stays at a constant 23mbps most of the time and if does decrease its only to 22.7mbps. It used to be worse when I had the aluminium cable but now I have replaced it has been good ever since. Also there is no noise on the line. I haven't done a quiet line test but when I press the dial button there is no odd noises with the dial tone. I cant get stats to show you if my line is performing well, as I have the ECI modem and I don't want to open it up and and hack it that way.

You should get a HG612, off eBay, not only will you be able to monitor things you might get a speed increase. I've seen a post in the last few days that said they had seen several long lines sync faster on the HG612 with the latest firmware.

In reply to a post by R0NSKI:

not only will you be able to monitor things you might get a speed increase. HG612 with the latest firmware.

I have been wanting to monitor my line for a while and to see what my downstream and upstream speeds are. If I get one do you think it will be best to get unlocked one from eBay or a normal locked one and unlock it my self? and if it best to do it myself where shall i go about downloading the firmware from?

Anyway I ain't quite sure what to do, as the suggestions I got from everyone on here (which by the way are very helpful) are all different things like a MK2 faceplate new DSL cable and a modem. I'm not sure if I should get all or just one of the three like the modem or faceplate?

I suggest that the time taken to do a basic QLT is not significantly more than listening to the Dial Tone, which may be covering up problems.

And the QLT can reveal a lot more, that is why it is available.

What number do I dial for quiet line test, is it the same with all service providers in my case TalkTalk? Also do I have to plug my phone in the test socket or can I just run it as it now?

Usually 17070 option 2. The message you hear varies by (wholesale) supplier.

It's OK to test initially with a DECT or corded phone into the normal socket. Only if there is noise then do you need to try the test socket. If there is still noise with a DECT base station in the test socket, then you need corded.

Thanks RobertoS

I will try it out and see what happens

Usually 17070 option 2. The message you hear varies by (wholesale) supplier.

If the OP in question is on full TT LLU (I guess he must be) then the option you mention, isn't an, err, option.

Experience has showed that with FTTC, you don't get the classic 'hiss' on an HR fault as you do with ADSL.

Do you mean the quiet line test isn't there on TT, or that 17070 goes straight to it?