BT have issued a Major Service Outage (MSO) for the Swanage exchange (degraded service) – anticipated clear time is 16:36.
Download speed in Worth Matravers is inconsistent at this time. I’m also seeing inconsistent ping times and occasional packet loss. Hopefully it is related to the Swanage MSO. Monday and Tuesday were much better.
Update 17:15: Download speed (6.7 Mbps) and ping times seem to have returned to normal (in Worth), though past experience suggests they could deteriorate again at any time.
The Swanage MSO anticipated clear time is now 19:30.
Thanks for the update, Andy.
Update 22:50: As expected, download speed has become inconsistent again – currently about half usual. Occasional longer ping times too. Still hoping it’s related to the Swanage MSO, which is still ongoing (next anticipated clear time is 23:30).
We’ve had BT engineer into work today regarding next to no upload speed but still showing a relatively good download speed. He came in and plugged in his testing device and said it was all fine !! Bizarre. There are quite a few other business’s in town struggling with the same issues so they are still investigating. Don;t hold out for the 16.36 though 😉
Download speeds here in Corfe Castle are also inconsistent (2mb to 6mb). Upload seems fine at the moment (16:50), but they were fluctuating yesterday.
Regarding BT engineers, there are Openreach vans all over the place, hopefully they are trying to fix the underlying problem.