[Snap] VDSL - Huge increase in attenuation: Noticed due to outage but I guess unlikely to be related?

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#143160 5-Apr-2014 10:06

Since I can't get through on the snap help number (great time for this to happen, just as there's a major outage) I figured I'd post here...

When the outage started last night I jumped on my fritzbox and had a look for what was going on. I still had sync, but where as my connection is usually rock solid and has been for 2 years, with attenuation of 12db and syncs at roughly 37/10 it was showing attenuation of 29db and a sync rate of 11/6. This morning I've rebooted and am still showing attenuation of 29db and now syncing at 6/6.

I figure there's very little likelyhood this is related to the current outage and issues snap is having, but is there any remote chance it might be?

My current setup is the incoming pair is scotch-loked directly to a patch cable that plugs straight into the fritzbox, so I doubt internal wiring is the issue; it's been running flawlessly for 2 years. Is there any chance the issue is with the modem?

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#1018896 5-Apr-2014 10:06

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#1018911 5-Apr-2014 10:30

Sounds like it's related to the outage. The timing would be right. Highly doubt it's your wiring you have it set up perfectly.

My UFB 100/50 plan has dropped considerably since the outage, getting about 20 down and 20 up if that now. Hopefully it will just settle down. Not even going to bother ringing Snap, probably take hours to get through today.

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#1018916 5-Apr-2014 10:38

Will no way be related to anything Snap. They have no control over the path from Chorus DSLAM to your modem.

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