Some time before all this Internet speed issue, I had a serious crackling problem with my telephone land line.
The BT guy who came to fix it said there were 2 problems.
1. In places, the lines to our Close went underwater due to heavy rain.
2. Despite the fact that the house was only built in 1979, the wire from their underground junction box, (if that is the right word) about 200 yards away from my house had perished.
He said he would report no 1. I have no idea what they did, if anything.
He simply pulled through a new wire to deal with no 2.
Do they still pull new wires through to solve problems?
I attribute my current high speeds for FTC (not FTH) bt internet to my "new" wire pulled through over 10 years ago to deal with a crackly telephone line.
Later, when my "high speed" internet was slower than a snail, it took umpteen "engineer" visits and lots of new kit to sort it. I still do not know what made it speed up in the end.
Last edited by Ancient Observer; 30th October 2013 at 10:36.