Re: OT: Nice Broadband Surprise

In article <b9jpg31cb3rjfvjgbvmaq6jb1lmjrqfcji@xxxxxxx>, gomez says...
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:37:13 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear@xxxxxxxxx>
dropped the following oil-slick:

In article <feige4$e11$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, christofire says...
Bear wrote:

Are you sure it's not your line / equipment plugged in / the wiring
inside the house? I was going to do a bit of a rewire here, but as
we're moving in a month or so it's not worth it.

No, because the speed maintains a 5-5.5 meg line *sometimes*, for
periods of an hour or more. Then, for no apparent reason, it goes back
to anything between 1 meg and 20k, believe it or not.

Could be something your end: Timer-controlled equipment (you or your
neighbours), streetlamps, moisture in the drop cable etc etc.

I've been through *everything*; plugging in *one* thing at a time,
checking, waiting, adding ...

.... something ain't right, but for once it isn't Bear's fault.
--
Bear
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