Solution to eircom dropping speed

tq

After the upgrade my eircom line kept dropping speed from 3mb to 0.5mb.
After months of ringing eircom tech support, an engineer come to check my line, dropping my speed down to 2mb and trying a new modem.
I finally figured out that i needed to put a dsl filter on every phone jack thats in use around the house, and for the last week the speed hasn't dropped once.
Hope this helps anyone with the same problem

zuma

Whats this thread about?

I dont want to be rude but those filters were provided for a reason in the first place

kaizersoze

tq wrote:

After the upgrade my eircom line kept dropping speed from 3mb to 0.5mb.
After months of ringing eircom tech support, an engineer come to check my line, dropping my speed down to 2mb and trying a new modem.
I finally figured out that i needed to put a dsl filter on every phone jack thats in use around the house, and for the last week the speed hasn't dropped once.
Hope this helps anyone with the same problem

So you finally read the setup manual.:)

Carpenter

tq wrote:

After the upgrade my eircom line kept dropping speed from 3mb to 0.5mb.
After months of ringing eircom tech support, an engineer come to check my line, dropping my speed down to 2mb and trying a new modem.
I finally figured out that i needed to put a dsl filter on every phone jack thats in use around the house, and for the last week the speed hasn't dropped once.
Hope this helps anyone with the same problem

what about jack,s that are not being used do u need 1 on them 2

Sparky

lol, whats this white thing for?

CuLT

Hay guys, you won't believe this, my car was broken right, I was giving out spades to the car manufacturer and the dealership staff for weeks.

Turns out that it worked perfectly after I put this "key" thing into it! Who'd have thought?! Spread the word guyz

Kristok

The filters only affect phone calls if you dont have them on you should just hear buzzing on the line but your bb modem wont care cause they dont do any filtering on the bb side, its more likly youve a dodgy phone somewhere and the filter is stopping it putting feedback on the line. The engineer should have just tried the modem on his laptop from the first phone socket (assuming they still have laptops ) and that would have been easy to figure out and then he could have told you its one of your phones or the internal wiring.

crosstownk

tq wrote:

I finally figured out that i needed to put a dsl filter on every phone jack thats in use around the house, and for the last week the speed hasn't dropped once.
Hope this helps anyone with the same problem

Eircom only give one filter with each bb package. I reckon most people (including me) would put this filter at the point where the phone line splits to the router - rather than at each phone point as the OP states.

the_syco

Sparky-s wrote:

lol, whats this white thing for?

Snorting.

kaizersoze

Kristok wrote:

The filters only affect phone calls if you dont have them on you should just hear buzzing on the line but your bb modem wont care cause they dont do any filtering on the bb side, its more likly youve a dodgy phone somewhere and the filter is stopping it putting feedback on the line. The engineer should have just tried the modem on his laptop from the first phone socket (assuming they still have laptops ) and that would have been easy to figure out and then he could have told you its one of your phones or the internal wiring.

The lack of filters also affect the modem. The connection will drop everytime the phone rings. The phones could also cause noise on the line and the line attenuation will rise. This will also cause disconnects or syncing at a lower speed.

crosstownk wrote:

Eircom only give one filter with each bb package. I reckon most people (including me) would put this filter at the point where the phone line splits to the router - rather than at each phone point as the OP states.

The supply 3 filters. 1 double & 2 single.

Cabaal

kaizersoze wrote:

The lack of filters also affect the modem. The connection will drop everytime the phone rings. The phones could also cause noise on the line and the line attenuation will rise. This will also cause disconnects or syncing at a lower speed..

Totally agree, you need filters on any phones, fax or sky digi box's...not having one can cause all sorts of issues ranging from disconnections, phone not working right, dsl not working right, neither not working right, noise on your phone etc

People just don't seem to get the importance of them

weeder

i have the same problem on eircoms 2 megs line but i get the 2.3MB speeeds at about 3-4ish in the morning

Line Attenuation
17/10 dB<----was in stalling bb in my cousins house and his was 6/9dB would this be the problem? or is it contention ratio?

thank gods im moving bt irelands(been with em before and liked the service)

crosstownk

kaizersoze wrote:

The supply 3 filters. 1 double & 2 single.

Don't remember seeing any single filters - gonna have to root out the box it came in. Thats what happens when I just 'glance' through instructions:rolleyes: