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ileikcaek · 14-06-2020, 00:45

Hi Tom,

It is a forward path attenuator, I remember years ago we did have a 6dB one and at one point we were put on a wide band equalizer, I agree that a 6dB one would probably be better right now! It seems things just varied so much at different times that they had to come and change them for something else in their kit, We've been with VM for well over ten years now.

Power levels were around 0 this morning then by midday they were around -4, currently sitting at -3.7 to -5.0, upload was at 40 but now back at 34.5.

There hasn't been any T3/T4 errors today but there is still evidence of packet loss. There's also only a handfull of pre RS and 0 post RS currently.

One thing I have noticed is that the packet loss appears to be less on Saturday/Sunday if last weekend was anything to go by, this weekend seems to be following that pattern.

At the moment upload speed seems a little flaky again, was seeing a maximum of 7Mb/s earlier, maxing at 15 right now, generally it's 21Mb/s.

Quite an odd situation but not currently affecting me as much as it was the other week.

14-06-2020, 00:45	#3
ileikcaek cf.addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 346	Re: Packet Loss issue. Hi Tom, It is a forward path attenuator, I remember years ago we did have a 6dB one and at one point we were put on a wide band equalizer, I agree that a 6dB one would probably be better right now! It seems things just varied so much at different times that they had to come and change them for something else in their kit, We've been with VM for well over ten years now. Power levels were around 0 this morning then by midday they were around -4, currently sitting at -3.7 to -5.0, upload was at 40 but now back at 34.5. There hasn't been any T3/T4 errors today but there is still evidence of packet loss. There's also only a handfull of pre RS and 0 post RS currently. One thing I have noticed is that the packet loss appears to be less on Saturday/Sunday if last weekend was anything to go by, this weekend seems to be following that pattern. At the moment upload speed seems a little flaky again, was seeing a maximum of 7Mb/s earlier, maxing at 15 right now, generally it's 21Mb/s. Quite an odd situation but not currently affecting me as much as it was the other week.