I have a bad fluctuation & speed issue

Hi all,

Guidance please,

For months I have had a bad fluctuation & speed issue. My question is, if I move from SKY to another LLU Broadband supplier, COULD that stabilise my broadband service?

�SERVICE� I live 1500 meters from the exchange and years I have been downloading at 6.9Mbps, Uploading at 0.9Mbps with a ping of 40ms. For the last 6 months this has fluctuated badly with the odd good day. This morning at 08.00 my readings were download 144Mbps, uploading 0.37 and a ping of 561ms.

�ROUTER STATS� As I write this my router stats are:  


Upstream 1117(kbps)
Downstream 8292 (kbps)

Max Rate(Kbps)
1181
9224
SNR Margin(dB)
8.6
7.2
Line Attenuation(dB)
18.3
33
Errors(pkts)
101
55


�GOOGLE PING�
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=271.986 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=272.832 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=285.479 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=60 time=280.843 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=60 time=269.642 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5 ttl=60 time=256.414 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=6 ttl=60 time=281.907 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=7 ttl=60 time=230.997 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=8 ttl=60 time=239.350 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=9 ttl=60 time=271.278 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=10 ttl=60 time=199.647 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=11 ttl=60 time=270.488 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=12 ttl=60 time=240.993 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=13 ttl=60 time=203.148 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=14 ttl=60 time=224.761 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=15 ttl=60 time=200.621 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=16 ttl=60 time=222.708 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=17 ttl=60 time=266.046 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=18 ttl=60 time=246.816 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=19 ttl=60 time=241.334 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=20 ttl=60 time=235.001 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=21 ttl=60 time=214.488 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=22 ttl=60 time=224.862 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=23 ttl=60 time=225.719 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=24 ttl=60 time=188.650 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=25 ttl=60 time=216.917 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=26 ttl=60 time=232.451 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=27 ttl=60 time=238.927 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=28 ttl=60 time=215.383 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=29 ttl=60 time=226.151 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=30 ttl=60 time=240.154 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=31 ttl=60 time=269.202 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=32 ttl=60 time=284.375 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=33 ttl=60 time=286.198 ms

�ISP RESPONCE� The usual, It's bandwidth, it could be your wifi channel, reset your router, try another router and so on. I have requested a visit from the engineer with an offer to pay for it. As [censored] broadband is not worth having.


�MY TEST CONDITIONS� The above readings where taken with router wifi switched off, router connected to the fall back socket on the BT box via a filter. Nothing else connected, including the phone. Computer connected via cable. Replacement cables, routers and filters have been tried with no improvement.

�THE QUESTION� Would it be worth taking the risk and signing a contract with a new ADSL LLU provider?

Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and for your thoughts.

If the issue is your phone line or your own use of the connection then switching may mean no change.

if the issue is contention in the Sky network then switching will possibly help.

Can you post a link to a speed test from https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest the two download tests can tell us a lot about the connection as can a look at the latency during the idle, download and upload stages

If really 1.5 km from the exchange then a sync of 8292 Kbps is low and this is supported by the attenuation
http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/calc/index.php?param=RG...
Suggests for your line length a connection in the area of 18 Mbps is more in line.

This suggests maybe extension wiring in the home is impacting your service, and therefore you need to test at the test socket to see if the connection speeds improve, let us know the router stats once you've done that (https://www.thinkbroadband.com/faq/ordering-and-installation-of-broadband#239 picture of test socket)

Maybe, if you are getting no joy from your current supplier.

Is the telephone line noise free when listened to ?

Doesn�t the OP state that they are testing in the test socket already ?

Ah they do at the bottom, seeing the difference between normal socket and test socket though is still informative.

It may be test is better than normal which tells us something

True enough.

I agree that the sync rate looks pants for the attenuation.

Post deleted by Brixmis7

Yes, out of fall back socket. face plate is off. Connected via ADSL filter.

telephone line is a clear line for speech. No crackling.

Speed Test as requested.