aOa,
DSL broadband is not only cheap in Pakistan but has lot of troubles we have to face every week. Only few people are blessed with complaint-less service.
Line-man philosophy works in most of the problems, But most of the time they Blackmail us for money by introducing problems by themselves.
PTCL complaints 1218 is a lame excuse ( at-least in my case ), They greet you very well but can make your problem resolved.
SNR Margin is a big Mystery of life. Everyone talk about them, But how one can improve them, whole web is useless in this question. Few pair changes , old wire stripped and new joints are made in Rosette and Pole. Sometimes solve the problem. But in severe weather like hot temps and rain problem likes to revert.
Copper line VS Fiber line, Load-shedding makes copper lines more practical as exchange has some backup. ONO DBs Boxes have batteries inside them, which don't last longer and in 2 - 3 hours power-cut means no INTERNET.
PTCL is not interested to solve matters for us. Line-man can solve lot of problems for money.
Lets share some
Hacks,
Pictures,
Modifications,
Routers,
Stats,
SNR Margin Improvement Tips
and experiences.
It might solve and save us from Ultimate frustrations in future.