There is something wrong, please don't assume something isn't wrong when you don't know the facts...

Please stop talking like this, it's incredibly rude and disrespectful. Sigh.

Oh, so now I've found out you're an Openreach engineer, which makes this more strange. So, you're saying that because there's noise on my line, there's nothing wrong?! What?

Edited by deleted (Fri 10-Feb-17 20:46:48)

In reply to a post by WilliamGrimsley:

I'm talking to BT live chat, I've asked them to complete a GEA test.

In reply to a post by WilliamGrimsley:

No problems found.

That's not unusual for some issues. The tester can't detect everything ... not until it develops far enough to be detectable. And, of course, some faults are intermittent, and can't be detected until one of those fortuitous moments where the fault exists, you were paying attention, and got a test run.

If you get a "no fault found" result, then wait until it gets a little worse (audibly) and try getting the test run again.

Well, thanks for the constructive response, WWWombat. At least someone here can talk sense instead of being biased.

who an openreach engineer?

usually they can pick a fault up, i rang today and was told there is an external fault in my area. which should hopefully be sorted tomorrow.

nobody is being biased, you came here, asked a question, got an answer and then started being rude about it.

Edited by arronlowley (Fri 10-Feb-17 21:17:59)

Zarjaz.

I'm not being rude about it! I think you'll find you're the one being rude for trying to shut down my thread! How disrespectful! Anyway, I'm sticking to PM's with WWWombat as he seems the only who wants to help.

"Makes this more strange"

How ? This is a public forum, people can reply and offer an opinion.

I never said you couldn't...

It's just that because you're an Openreach engineer, I'd expect you to know that my line has some kind of interference/fault on it, so was shocked when you said nothing is wrong with it.

You are heading down a rabbit hole that is turning into something that looks almost like you are teasing people into attacking you.

It is possible that this is not your intent, but after a couple of decades on online life one gets a feeling for these things.

How am I teasing people? Why would I want people to attack me? Exactly, this is not my intent.

In reply to a post by WilliamGrimsley:

Ive asked them to complete a GEA test.

Why?

You don't have a GEA fault. You have a noise issue on your PSTN service.

Either report a noisy line fault, or, just forget about it and use the internet connection for it's intended purpose. Rather than trying to quantify an issue an issue that doesn't exist all because a few stats aren't perfect. DLM seems to be doing its job and dealing with any "issues" your DSL connection appears to have.