Power Cuts & Quality of Telephone Line

I am still trying to resolve my slower speed issues with Zen but wondered if
power cuts would have any lasting and detrimental effect on the quality of
the BT line.

Ken

Ken wrote:
> I am still trying to resolve my slower speed issues with Zen but wondered if
> power cuts would have any lasting and detrimental effect on the quality of
> the BT line.

Almost certainly not.


>
> Ken
>
>

"The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ken wrote:
>> I am still trying to resolve my slower speed issues with Zen but wondered
>> if power cuts would have any lasting and detrimental effect on the
>> quality of the BT line.
>
> Almost certainly not.
>
>
>>
>> Ken

Just shows how paranoid I am getting trying to resolve the matter.

Ken

Ken wrote:

> I am still trying to resolve my slower speed issues with Zen but wondered if
> power cuts would have any lasting and detrimental effect on the quality of
> the BT line.

No.

Graham

In message <47cbe0ff$0$2448$(E-Mail Removed)>, Ken
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>I am still trying to resolve my slower speed issues with Zen but wondered if
>power cuts would have any lasting and detrimental effect on the quality of
>the BT line.
>
>Ken
>
>
Ken,

The power cut itself would not have any lasting effect unless it screwed
up your router.

BUT if the cut did cause (even temporary) problems with your router, it
could cause the exchange to see your line as flaky, and increase the
base S/N ratio at which a connection is negotiated - reducing the speed.

I speak from experience - my Netgear DG834G went haywire after a power
cut very early one morning. By the time I got to it, it had been
dropping the line and trying to reconnect to the exchange once a minute
for a couple of hours at least.

A hard reboot cured the problem in the router, but by then the
exchange's adaptive systems had increased the S/N ratio it would
negotiate at from the usual 6dB to 15dB with a significant reduction in
speed.

My ISP (Plusnet) accepted the diagnosis, and got BT to reset the S/N
target. Took about 48 Hours from first contact with Plusnet to fix.


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Peter R Cook

"Invalid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In message <47cbe0ff$0$2448$(E-Mail Removed)>, Ken
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>I am still trying to resolve my slower speed issues with Zen but wondered
>>if
>>power cuts would have any lasting and detrimental effect on the quality of
>>the BT line.
>>
>>Ken
>>
>>
> Ken,
>
> The power cut itself would not have any lasting effect unless it screwed
> up your router.
>
> BUT if the cut did cause (even temporary) problems with your router, it
> could cause the exchange to see your line as flaky, and increase the base
> S/N ratio at which a connection is negotiated - reducing the speed.
>
> I speak from experience - my Netgear DG834G went haywire after a power cut
> very early one morning. By the time I got to it, it had been dropping the
> line and trying to reconnect to the exchange once a minute for a couple of
> hours at least.
>
> A hard reboot cured the problem in the router, but by then the exchange's
> adaptive systems had increased the S/N ratio it would negotiate at from
> the usual 6dB to 15dB with a significant reduction in speed.
>
> My ISP (Plusnet) accepted the diagnosis, and got BT to reset the S/N
> target. Took about 48 Hours from first contact with Plusnet to fix.
>
>
> --
> Peter R Cook

Hi Peter

Interesting to hear from you!!! As said I am getting desperate to find some
clue/s.

Ken

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:22:40 +0000, Invalid
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In message <47cbe0ff$0$2448$(E-Mail Removed)>, Ken
><(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>I am still trying to resolve my slower speed issues with Zen but wondered if
>>power cuts would have any lasting and detrimental effect on the quality of
>>the BT line.
>>
>>Ken
>>
>>
>Ken,
>
>The power cut itself would not have any lasting effect unless it screwed
>up your router.
>
>BUT if the cut did cause (even temporary) problems with your router, it
>could cause the exchange to see your line as flaky, and increase the
>base S/N ratio at which a connection is negotiated - reducing the speed.
>
>I speak from experience - my Netgear DG834G went haywire after a power
>cut very early one morning. By the time I got to it, it had been
>dropping the line and trying to reconnect to the exchange once a minute
>for a couple of hours at least.
>
>A hard reboot cured the problem in the router, but by then the
>exchange's adaptive systems had increased the S/N ratio it would
>negotiate at from the usual 6dB to 15dB with a significant reduction in
>speed.
>
>My ISP (Plusnet) accepted the diagnosis, and got BT to reset the S/N
>target. Took about 48 Hours from first contact with Plusnet to fix.

Exactly the problem I have had with power glitches to DG834G. Fixed
by providing a cheap UPS for the router. Router now absolutely solid
for 6 weeks. ISP Eclipse *won't* get BT to reset the S/N target.

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brightside S9