Internet stops when phone is in use

[mossmanfly]

I've just fitted a XTE faceplate and used the filtered sockets, ie connected the Blue cables to socket 2 & 5. When I pick up the phone from the master socket or an extension the internet stops, it doesnt actually disconnect, or at least in the tests i've done it doesnt. I can see it stopping as I use the Speedtest NDO site and see the speed drop and then when I hang up the phone the speed comes back again.

I have tried both with the filter and without a filter and both give the same results.

When I first got broadband back in 2002, we had issues with the internet disconnecting when the phone was in use, this has since cleared up. Since about the 26th of August, we have been having issues with the broadband disconnecting alot and also disconnecting when the phone is in use, or slowing down like above. But this was intermittent, with some nights its perfectly fine with no problems using the phone to others where it was. I have now put the new XTE faceplate on yesterday but still have this phone issue, maybe it will clear up. From memory the SNR on the downstream is about 11.7-9 and the up was 13.

I have the Blue connectors in the Phone side of the filter, in 2 & 5, I think the dark blue is in 2 and then the white and blue in 5. This should mean all the other extensions are filtered and I wouldnt need filters, is this correct? Looking on 1 of the diagrams on here it does say to put the white and orange connector into socekt 3, is that worth doing? Is it worth calling BT and seeing if there is an issue on the phone line, as we have been experiencing alot of disconnection in the past 3 weeks, i've put it down to the extension becoming bad over time.

Any advise would be welcome.

[IWasNotTheEnemy]

you really wanna try the test socket with a filter and if it does it then there's prob a line issue - if not the faceplate is falty/wired wrong

[mossmanfly]

you really wanna try the test socket with a filter and if it does it then there's prob a line issue - if not the faceplate is falty/wired wrong

Will try that tomorrow and see how it goes.

[mossmanfly]

TBH I think it could be a line fault as its been itermittent over the last few weeks so before I even put the new faceplate it was playing up, some nights it would be fine with just alittle blip in the speed, others it would stop until the phone was put down, and others it would disconnect.

So I will need to give it more tests and see what it is. I have just the blue cables attached to the faceplate on 2 & 5 can these 2 cables be swapped over. On this diagram it shows another orange cable, would this be wise to use.