So the BT Engineer arrived nice and early just after The Missus left for work. We played out the same routine as before with me explaining the fault and I said that I’d had an engineer visit before but he couldn’t find the fault before realising that this was the self-same engineer. My download was close to 400kbps, but Mr Engineer instantly got a connection closer to 6400kbps, which should have been expected. I did a speedtest at my computer upstairs and it still said my IP profile was 125kbps, which is just a smidge faster than a dial-up modem.
I asked him if there was a fault with the line? No, came the reply. Was there a fault with my equipment? No, came the reply. So what was causing the problem and how come it fixed itself? Maybe they changed something at the exchange said the engineer. He was really vague and offered me no advice or explanation as to why my connection is so slow and crappy.
About two hours after the engineer left, my ADSL router started crapping out again and it returned to its previous 400kbps setting. This got me thinking and all of a sudden I realised how the engineer had got the high download rate before. He had connected his modem into the phone socket without using a microfilter. So I tried this myself and emulated his performance. So perhaps it was a fault in the two filters I’ve got? I don’t know. I went online and ordered a super-duper microfilter that is supposed to improve performance. Should be interesting to see if it makes a jot of difference.
Of course, I’ve got to keep my ADSL router connected to the line and maintain a healthy speed of 6400kbps for around three days before my IP profile will reset itself. Should be interesting to see if anything happens. Somehow I’ve got a feeling I am going to be calling BT Total Broadband again.

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