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Tomahawk66

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#289957 12-Oct-2021 07:15
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Until two days ago I have been thrilled with the speeds I get via my copper broadband line with Slingshot. I have unlimited broadband. I can easily stream movies and watch them in 1080dp. I use a cat 6 cable to connect. No wi fi. Two days ago I started having issues, web pages started timing out. Last night I ran CC Cleaner to clear cookies etc. Ran Malwarebytes to check for viruses etc. Did a full system anti-virus scan. Nothing came up on any of them. I have taken the phone jack out of the wall and put it back in again. I have turned the whole router off over night in the hope that re starting it this morning might make it go properly again. Nope!

 

I couldn't even log into my Slingshot account because it timed out just before. Am hoping this will actually go through.

 

Can anyone offer any ideas?

 

Thank you.

 

 


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RunningMan
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  #2794092 12-Oct-2021 16:45
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No, I think it proves the issue is the phone. You've tried 2 filters with the same result, so unlikely you have 2 failed in the same way. When you plug the phone in, the connection goes bad.

 

The other possibility to consider is a high resistance joint somewhere along the line between you and the exchange, and plugging in the phone is loading the line differently and interfering with DSL sync. Try using another phone if you have one to hand.


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