No long cable. Here is a link to the graph of my speed tests. The trend unfortunately is downward. Also BT FTTC is becomming less reliable and at times I get really low speeds, less than 2mps. Yet my set up has not changed from when I was getting almost 12mps.

Graph of ever decreasing speeds

In reply to a post by Speedchaser:

Yet my set up has not changed

Well I should clarify, I have changed provider BT to Plusnet to BT again, and also no longer have the openreach white FTTC modem as I now have HH5 with it built in. However none of these changes made any difference at the time. When I changed provider I got the same speeds as I was getting with the other. As can be seen from the graph my speed reduction has been gradual decline with a few waterfall moments. Just lately my speeds seem to be dropping again eg today I have been getting around 5mps. This would be consistent with my ever decreasing graph!

Do you still have the white OR modem?

If so try using that. If you have a different router as well try both routers with the OR modem.

Stats from both would be useful.

You could also try a PC direct into the OR Modem but will not be able to get stats BUT can do a speedtest on here.

Sometimes the Homehubs fail over time ( all routers do eventually as does all other electronic kit). Your slow loss of speed may reflect this.

I've only had HH5 over the last year. Speeds have gradually been declining for a few years. Power surge killed my opreach (white box) modem. Saved HH5 though .

Accepting that it is plaster, I wonder if it is blocking connection physically; or through corrosion products?

Edited by deleted (Mon 01-Aug-16 17:56:24)

In reply to a post by Speedchaser:

I did test the phone in the telephone point with the faceplate. This was when HH5 was connected visa adsl filter to main socket. (I also checked the telephone point was wired at the back and it is) Telephone would not ring out or receive calls. This makes sense as there is nothing attached to the master socket/faceplate layers other than the two wires from the outside line.

That's great, in relation to what I was worried about. I was checking that you don't have what is called "star wiring", where that particular extension was fed from a junction box between where the incoming cable reaches the house and the master socket . That causes havoc on FTTC. (Bad enough on ADSLx).

Can you just confirm that dead extension is a normal socket with a single full faceplate? Not a second master which has the small bottom half detachable. It doesn't matter at the moment but worth knowing in case it is ever connected in, as having two masters on the same line is bad news.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Can you just confirm that dead extension is a normal socket with a single full faceplate

Yes just a standard single faceplate. There is also a yellowy box on the board beneath the alarm. Unscrewing it it seems to be wired into the alarm. My electrician said he had not connected this but just wired in case I decided to use this function. It is a box as it is not recessed into the wall ie mounted on a board. It too is a single socket faceplate So I believe it is wired into the alarm but not connected to the master. I tested a phone in this and result was the same as the other single faceplate, no incoming or outgoing calls. In any case, the only wires coming from the single outside line that are attached to anything are the blue and white wires to the master socket.

Here is a graph of my 2012 -2013 FTTC speeds.

2012 -2013 FTTC speeds graph.

Now here is my 2013 to present.

2013- present FTTC speed graph

My question is, would it be normal or common to see this sort of speed loss?

My concerns are similar to Sir_Jaspers in his current post. Sir_Jaspers post
Except a speed dropping from 12 to 5 is very noticable, and does effect usability, not to mention when speeds are even lower or it dropping out all too often.

In reply to a post by Speedchaser:

My concerns are similar to Sir_Jaspers in his current post. Sir_Jaspers post
Except a speed dropping from 12 to 5 is very noticable, and does effect usability, not to mention when speeds are even lower or it dropping out all too often.

The other post is almost certainly going to be a combination of
1) Wireless used for speedtests
2) Increase in crosstalk due to increased take up of fibre
3) Possibly a poor internal setup

In your case, I would say, yes, overtime it is normal for FTTC to slow down, this is the nature of the technology. The more the takeup, the increasing likelihood of crosstalk.

If you go here and check your phone number, what does it say?
https://www.btwholesale.com/includes/adsl/adsl.htm?s...