[Gllug] [OT] Testing internal line quality

[MartinHuntCOM-GenericMail]

Hi

Has your ISP done an ADSL line check? (this is different to the line 
check that BT Retail do and is more intrusive and checks a lot more 
stuff  than your lines good enough to get ADSL which is all that 150/2 
will tell you)

Also have you plugged router into the master socket? (quite often this 
is actually hidden behind the face plate of the actual  primary phone 
socket)

A good ISP [there are some around, like my employers] would have gone 
through the above and more already and be doing everything they can to 
resolve the issue, so excuse me if i'm going through stuff thats already 
been done.

I would also be interested in any internal line testing tools, methods

Martin

James Goldwater wrote:

> I have a colleague/client who is having persistent trouble connecting 
> to the internet via ADSL: it often requires numerous attempts to log 
> on, and the connection is sometimes dropped.
>
> AFAIK, BT insist that the line is good enough, therefore the problem 
> may be in the house wiring.  Routers have been swapped out to no 
> effect. Alledgedly the line goes straight into the home office, so 
> there are no extra sockets and microfilter issues.
>
> So as a quickie starter for ten, how can I measure internal line 
> quality?  Is there a meaningful metric?
>
> James.


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