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Old TV Caused Village Broadband Outages for 18 Months

posted by martyb on Wednesday September 23 2020, @03:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the try-rfc-2549-instead dept.

kazzie writes:

News from the BBC of a SHINE (single high-level impulse noise)[*] that interfered with a Welsh village's internet connection on a daily basis.

The mystery of why an entire village lost its broadband every morning at 7am was solved when engineers discovered an old television was to blame.

[...] After 18 months engineers began an investigation after a cable replacement programme failed to fix the issue.

[...] Openreach engineers were baffled by the continuous problem and it wasn't until they used a monitoring device that they found the fault.

The householder would switch their TV set on at 7am every morning[sic] - and electrical interference emitted by their second-hand television was affecting the broadband signal.

The owner, who does not want to be identified, was "mortified" to find out their old TV was causing the problem, according to Openreach.

"They immediately agreed to switch it off and not use it again," said engineer Michael Jones.

While some properties in the surrounding area have Fibre to the Premises, several homes in the Aberhosan area are still limited to using copper-based ADSL connections.

[*] Broadband: Understanding REIN and SHINE.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday September 23 2020, @09:15PM (3 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday September 23 2020, @09:15PM (#1055815) Homepage
    In the *plug*, not the socket. I've never seen a fuse in the socket, but I know that it's not unheard of, just very rare as it's pre-war tech, and might even be illegal now. Each individual ring will have a second fuse at switchbox of much higher capacity. (And nowadays all "fuse"s are tripswitches.)
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 23 2020, @11:36PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 23 2020, @11:36PM (#1055871)

    In the *plug*, not the socket. I've never seen a fuse in the socket, but I know that it's not unheard of, just very rare as it's pre-war tech, and might even be illegal now.

    Integrated fused spur - still available. [amazon.co.uk]

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday September 25 2020, @07:01AM

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Friday September 25 2020, @07:01AM (#1056573) Homepage
      That accepts only the 1947 standard (i.e. fused) plugs. I've seen fused extension cords too.
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  • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Thursday September 24 2020, @05:21AM

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 24 2020, @05:21AM (#1056017)

    Beg your pardon, yes, plug. Typing too fast and too little proofreading...