What's the wire to the chimney?

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

I guess there could be an RF3 filter on the line.

That's a possibility.

@INQ - look for strange junction boxes about the size of a Swan Vestas matchbox just inside the house where the line enters.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

I guess there could be an RF3 filter on the line.

That's a possibility.

@INQ - look for strange junction boxes about the size of a Swan Vestas matchbox just inside the house where the line enters.

I have as i have an RF3 on my line at home so know what to look for. The line from what i can tell just comes direct into the back of the socket, looking on Google maps and following the line down the wall seems to show this is the case (his phone socket is behind the front door).

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

What's the wire to the chimney?

Its not going to the chimney, thats just Googlemaps tricking you! Seems like its next doors drop wire going to the front just under the gutter area somewhere.

Even so, his goes over the substation doesn't it?

As you have published the address, I suggest you delete the link now we have seen it. Or even the whole post.

Certainly do not answer any questions here about the alarm. PM it to those of us who have already posted here. Not to any "newbies".

RF3 filter should not have this level of impact, an RF2 might

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Even so, his goes over the substation doesn't it?

As you have published the address, I suggest you delete the link now we have seen it. Or even the whole post.

Certainly do not answer any questions here about the alarm. PM it to those of us who have already posted here. Not to any "newbies".

It doesnt go directly over the top sub station, cuts the corner slightly of the plot the sub station is on.....still its near to the sub station in any case.

Other Post edited!

Shopping list:

6 x rolls tin foil
1 x ladder
1 torch (best to do it at night)


Joking aside, there could well be interference from that sub station. My last house had one about 20 feet away and it was impossible to get a mobile phone signal, although my BB speeds were fine, so maybe the substation won't be interefering after all. Even if it is, there would be little you can do, unless BT are willing to re-route the phone cable.

So from my first post, does the error stats look high for a 15 minutes period?

SuperFrames: 54869
SF (CRC) Errors: 24
Reed Solomon: 1865558
RS Corrected: 1391553
RS Un-Corrected: 24
HEC: 17
Errored Seconds: 23
Severe ES: 0

Interleave Depth: 16
Bitswaps: 3

Seems like a lot to me, but here's my router errors:

up 5 hours 51 minutes

Downstream :
FEC : 0
CRC : 380
HEC : 348
Upstream :
FEC : 0
CRC : 0
HEC : 0

...and that's on a bad Plusnet day. Hence why I recommended you wait a day or so until Plusnet get their end fixed, and you've done a reboot.

Remember that to reduce or eliminate errors, the ISP would reduce your speed. Errors are not a bad thing unless they're causing too much overhead (I'm sure someone with more experience of errors can put it more eloquently).