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Elysium
29-05-2009, 15:36
Have been on 20Mb since it became available but recently noticed that my download speed and general gaming performance have both been suffering; poor download speeds on average and exessive amounts of lag during gaming. I read somewhere on here that you should be worried when your "Downstream Power Level" hits around the 8.0 mark .. mine is currently at "9.1 dBmV" ..

Last check:

Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Channel Id : 33
Downstream Frequency : 298750000 Hz
Downstream Modulation : QAM256
Downstream Symbol Rate : 6952 Ksym/sec
Downstream Interleave Depth : taps12Increment17
Downstream Receive Power Level : 8.9 dBmV
Downstream SNR : 38.2 dB

Upstream:>>

Upstream Lock : Locked
Upstream Channel ID : 1
Upstream Frequency : 45800000 Hz
Upstream Modulation : QAM16
Upstream Symbol Rate : 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream transmit Power Level : 51.8 dBmV
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 2

Clip from log:

First Time Last Time Priority Description
Fri May 29 11:18:04 2009 Fri May 29 11:18:04 2009 Information (7) Map Reject - Downstream Traffic Flow Not Mapped to BPI+ SAID ...
Fri May 29 11:18:04 2009 Fri May 29 11:18:04 2009 Information (7) SA Map State Machine Started
Fri May 29 01:23:43 2009 Fri May 29 01:23:43 2009 Warning (5) DHCP RENEW WARNING - Field invalid in response
Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Information (7) Downstream sync ok
Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Information (7) locked and synced to rescue CMTS...all is well!
Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Information (7) Downstream sync ok
Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Critical (3) SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync
Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Information (7) Downstream sync failed
Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Information (7) Downstream sync ok
Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Information (7) locked and synced to rescue CMTS...all is well!
Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Wed May 27 02:56:15 2009 Information (7) Downstream sync ok

How should I approach reporting the issue and is there anything I should be asking for .. ?

broadbandking
29-05-2009, 16:20
You need to call them with a slow speed issue and they will check the levels and should be sending a tech out if they see fit, most people prefer the newsgroups which I have used before and they are very good if you call try doing it early morning after 8.00am.