ahk40a wroteI just came back from Lebanon, where I have changed my parents Modem Router due to a high number of disconnects. The situation remained the same. But I have noticed something very disturbing:
We live in Doha Aramoun and we are connected to Khaldeh Central Office.
During Blackouts in the area, the connection is quite stable and faster than the time where we have utility electricity.
Once the electricity is back, the DSL disconnects due to electric noise it seems.
I have even tried to connect directly the Ogero's Box, to avoid in-building electrical noise. The findings are not enough to enough to define if there is an issue in the internal wiring.
I recall that in my previous visit to Lebanon, there was new Electrical Cabling being done by EDL with 11KV cables in the area. Once those were connected we started facing this disturbance in the DSL connectivity. Once we loose the electricity, the DSL service is back to normal. What a situation, we started to wait for the blackout to have a stable but slow internet connection.
Does anyone lives in the area and have the same case?
I live in Dohat Aramoun too (near Blom) and have noticed the same thing, but it is inconsistent except when the power is completely out and then my SNR margin goes up near 25. Sometimes the connection is 'solid' when there is power and other times on ishtirak, it really sucks. For example, I have power now and stats are pretty decent except when the elevator is running and snr drops to 12/13, despite me having an external line.
Mode: ADSL_G.dmt
Traffic Type: ATM
Status: Up
Link Power State: L0
Downstream Upstream
Line Coding(Trellis): On On
SNR Margin (0.1 dB): 204 280
Attenuation (0.1 dB): 445 270
Output Power (0.1 dBm): 163 121
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 4443 1293
I think it may have something to do with the street lights , but haven't been able to confirm it. They did dig around in my area for the lines, but not between me and the box, so maybe there is an effect. In any case, good luck.