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On 24/10/13 09:19, Neil Winchurst wrote:
I don't know if it is relevant, but recently I noticed there was a BT van parked by our nearest cabinet, so I guessed that they were working on it.On 21 October 2013 15:33, Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I have had my router, Netgear D634G, since May 2010. Recently I have experienced some odd problems. Sometimes, as tested on speedtest.net, it will show up as very slow download rates. Most of the time the speed is around 12 Mb/s, but sometimes it suddenly drops as low as 3 Mb/s. There does not seem to be much of a pattern but it is usually low in the early afternoon, but not every day. This shows up as a failure to run a Youtube video for example which will give a message that 'an error has occurred'. Sometimes, perhaps an hour later, it will all run fine. Yes, I have reset the router, that is I have switched it off for 30 minutes or so and then turned it on again. This has not made any difference. So my question is, do routers sometimes just start to wear out? There are no moving parts in it so I can't think why, but what do I know? I also have a laptop, obviously using the same router, and the symptoms are the same, so I think that I can rule out desktop computer problems. If the advice is to replace it then any recommendations would be gratefully received. Thanks Neil
However, today I happened to be there (our nearest post box is very close to it) and I noticed that in fact there is a brand new green cabinet near to the original one. So something is happening to our phone system.
Holsworthy is supposed to be one of the towns getting new faster broadband by the end of the year. Perhaps this is something to do with that.
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