In reply to a post by blueacid:

Yeah - I was about to ask. I've just gone around and removed all the cables but 2 & 5 from the phone sockets.

Link Information

Uptime: 0 days, 0:01:37
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,265 / 10,101
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 19.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 22.0 / 40.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 6.5 / 6.5
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 275
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 134,569 / 0

That's where we're at now; looks like HEC errors are being remembered.

for a point of reference here are mine
Line state Connected
Connection time 1 day, 7:58:37
Downstream 4,704 Kbps
Upstream 448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI 0/38
Type PPPoA
Modulation ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up) 7.6 dB / 20.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up) 49.0 dB / 26.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up) 19.7 dBm / 12.1 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local) 0
Loss of Signal (Local) 3
Loss of Power (Local) 0
FEC Errors (Down/Up) 124991 / 9
CRC Errors (Down/Up) 498 / 2147480000
HEC Errors (Down/Up) nil / 4
Error Seconds (Local) 799

Noise margin 20db ? Ouch !

Sorry, just realised that's the upstream

Edited by deleted (Mon 10-Jan-11 09:56:00)

Uptime: 1 days, 12:40:32
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,269 / 9,980
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 19.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 22.5 / 40.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 6.0 / 6.0
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 23 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 2 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 2 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 45 / 128,877
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 45 / 74
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 143,727 / 59

Seems to have settled at just shy of 10meg... few errors still! Ah well, it's holding steady, so I'm happy with that (if it disconnected every hour, that'd be frustrating).