Hi guys. Glad to see I am not the only wannabe BT technician on these forums 
Just to reiterate, I said I am not supposed to do a line test because I remember last time when I used one of the "facilities" it said it was for authorised users only, but it was the distance from the exchange test that has that message, not the line test.
I carried out the line test with an old BT touch tone phone (well not old, maybe from 2000-ish, digital display) so there was no wireless interference.
I am roughly 2 miles from the exchange.
The internet should be 2meg down, .6 meg up.
It has been fine all week long, just on the weekend when I have time to do some gaming it plays up.
I am connected to the router via Ethernet via Devolo 200meg powerline adapters which have been faultless since I got them, unlike the TP-link shit that I had before that was cutting out every five minutes and I have also tested the connection plugged directly into the router.
This has happened on previous occasions as well, if there is noise on the phone line I am guessing I should complain to BT? I am the "network technician" of the house so I need to sort it as no one else would know where to start.
Edit: This is not urgent and will probably fix itself, I just posted it this time as it has happened several times before and I was bored and wanted something to talk about
Just done a speed test, still .6 meg down and .1 meg up but done a ping test on pingtest.net and getting about 50m/s ping? Whereas last night it was about 1500? Two separate issues maybe? Brothers downloading?
Here's the ping test:
![[Image: 87447912.png]](http://www.pingtest.net/result/87447912.png)
Edit 2: most times I get a D or an F, last night it wasn't even completing, yet today (and on other occasions) I get an A, why is the service so blimmin' erratic? Surely the line can't be changing that much!? It is a piece of cable, in the same place, why would it be so inconsistent?
Edit 3: Ran another quiet line test and there is still a buzzing.
This is most confusing!
Edit 4: Ran a speed test for the benefit of the readers and as you can see, still very low speed:
![[Image: 3015316848.png]](http://www.speedtest.net/result/3015316848.png)
Just to reiterate, I said I am not supposed to do a line test because I remember last time when I used one of the "facilities" it said it was for authorised users only, but it was the distance from the exchange test that has that message, not the line test.I carried out the line test with an old BT touch tone phone (well not old, maybe from 2000-ish, digital display) so there was no wireless interference.
I am roughly 2 miles from the exchange.
The internet should be 2meg down, .6 meg up.
It has been fine all week long, just on the weekend when I have time to do some gaming it plays up.
I am connected to the router via Ethernet via Devolo 200meg powerline adapters which have been faultless since I got them, unlike the TP-link shit that I had before that was cutting out every five minutes and I have also tested the connection plugged directly into the router.
This has happened on previous occasions as well, if there is noise on the phone line I am guessing I should complain to BT? I am the "network technician" of the house so I need to sort it as no one else would know where to start.
Edit: This is not urgent and will probably fix itself, I just posted it this time as it has happened several times before and I was bored and wanted something to talk about
Just done a speed test, still .6 meg down and .1 meg up but done a ping test on pingtest.net and getting about 50m/s ping? Whereas last night it was about 1500? Two separate issues maybe? Brothers downloading?Here's the ping test:
Edit 2: most times I get a D or an F, last night it wasn't even completing, yet today (and on other occasions) I get an A, why is the service so blimmin' erratic? Surely the line can't be changing that much!? It is a piece of cable, in the same place, why would it be so inconsistent?
Edit 3: Ran another quiet line test and there is still a buzzing.
This is most confusing!
Edit 4: Ran a speed test for the benefit of the readers and as you can see, still very low speed: