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Hey all

I've had problems with internet access for years, the nature of living in Rural Lincolnshire means that internet problems are unavoidable.

However I am confused over several points and I was hoping some peeps here would understand, when I try and find the info myself I seem to only find other people's complaints over internet access or very technical explanations I don't really understand.

So here goes.

Noise

Line noise is teh enemy here, I once joked that a pidgeon landing on the phone line is enough to disconnect us - that is not far from the truth tbh.

Right now the noise is as follows

Noise margin (Down/Up): 9.9 dB / 15.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up): 66.5 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up): 16.9 dBm / 11.9 dBm

QUESTION 1 - is this noise level considered to be impossibly high for anything approaching reliable internet access? (by reliable is that if it disconnects, it'll be back on within an hour instead of 2 weeks like it is now)

Noise margin (Down/Up): 7.8 dB / 15.0 dB

QUESTION 2 - the above noise level is when I have the phone on dial tone, why does phone usage decrease noise? I've been using this to encourage the router to connect when it seems unable to.

When BT run a line test on my line, it invariably allows the router to access the internet

QUESTION 3 - why does running a line test allow my router to connect?




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Reliability vs Speed


I'm never going to expect 8MB broadband down here 2MB is the max.

However there is an issue with the disconnects preventing any speed above 2xdialup because the IP profile of my line (which I understand to be the speed teh phone exchange decides is best for my line) takes between 4 and 72 hours to calculate...so if my router is constantly disconnecting I'll never reach a reasonable speed.

QUESTION 4 - is there any way I can get BT to give me a static IP profile instead of a dynamic one? I'll hapilly accept 0.5MB to 1MB if it means a more stable line.