Need some advice concerning Socket Wiring

[Simon]

It's OK, Brian, we all have those days. 

[Rik]

IAC, is there such a thing in this place?

[Ninny]

Just as a small update, thanks to Gary and Ted for providing me gratis with a filtered faceplate and a 2wire router - I'm quite sure everything my side of things is up to scratch. But my line is still dropping - usually at least once an hour every day, sometimes many times a minute. When the new equipment was first installed the line stayed up for many days at 500k more than I was getting, so the problem is obviously inconsitent. Now it's syncing at nearly that much less quite regularly.

I wanted to get interleaving turned off but wanted to make sure my line remained stable enough so first, so obviously that isn't going to happen any time soon! ARGHHHH!!

Obviously something is causing bursts of noise on the line, the only problem is how to find out of this is something local - as in equipment the neighbours have - or faults on the line which BT will entirely avoid fixing as they have no obligation to provide anything other than voice signal. I'll guess I'm going to have to double check it's nothing in the house - on my part - before getting Idnet to shout at BT.

[Sebby]

You could try taking a detuned radio round the place looking for interference.

[Lance]

With the radio on the AM frequency. Just move it along the route your cables take and listen out for the noise.

[Ninny]

I can't find a radio with AM, only FM MW and LW. Though when I had it tuned to LW it made masses of noise around all the energy-saving lightbulbs in the house, so I've taken them all out for a while just to see what happens.

[Lance]

That's fine - MW & LW are part of the AM spectrum (I think!).

[Rik]

They are, but ADSL is more in the MW.

[Steve]

I can't find a radio with AM, only FM MW and LW. Though when I had it tuned to LW it made masses of noise around all the energy-saving lightbulbs in the house, so I've taken them all out for a while just to see what happens.

How can you see where your going? Personally I wouldn't worry about the lights as there unlikely to anywhere near the cable run

[Rik]

Though low energy bulbs can be quite noisy, Steve.

[DAB Badboy]

True, I've sourced Infra Red Remote Control Unit reception problems to energy saving light bulbs before today ...

[Rik]

Tell me about it - my TV stopped responding to the remote on Saturday. One noisy low energy bulb now removed!

[Gary]

True, I've sourced Infra Red Remote Control Unit reception problems to energy saving light bulbs before today ...

We had that with a certain brand of energy saving light bulb that untill fully warm would interfere with the remote for the TV