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Do you leave your router on at all times?

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  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    50Twuncle wrote: »
    If you want to maintain maximum speed - there is !!
    When you switch off - equipment at the exchange sees this as "noise" on the line and reduces the speed to what IT considers a stable rate.
    Do you honestly believe that the designers of the DLM routines never considered that people my turn off their routers? As it happens I do leave mine on as I have stuff running 24x7 that requires internet access but I don't for one second believe that the DLM cannot see the difference between a router being turned off and one where noise levels cause it to lose sync and have to retrain.
  • Timpu
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    stockton wrote: »
    ...sky boxes on at night...

    I think the in-laws do switch theirs off but then they studiously unplug the router, PC, TV, kettle, toaster and goodness knows what else before going out :eek:

    My Dad, though not an IT Consultant, leaves his router on all the time, as do we.
  • duchy
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    edited 20 December 2016 at 5:46PM
    RumRat wrote: »
    Is it an age thing????

    Yes I think it is. All my customers who do turn their routers off at night seem to be the far side of fifty. Not all do it but those that do tend to be older.

    (I too am not an IT consultant I do however spend my working day troubleshooting broadband issues)

    Incidently you don't need an OR engineer to reprofile a line , anyone with access to OR tools at your ISP can do it. At mine that means anyone in BB tech support.
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  • neilmcl
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    of course - this is only relevant to Fibre - ADSL doesn't matter so much and as for dial-up - that benefits from a regular reboot !
    That isn't correct at all, if anything ADSL lines tend to be the ones that are actively monitored and re-profiled.
  • neilmcl
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    duchy wrote: »
    Yes I think it is. All my customers who do turn their routers off at night seem to be the far side of fifty. Not all do it but those that do tend to be older.

    (I too am not an IT consultant I do however spend my working day troubleshooting broadband issues)

    Incidently you don't need an OR engineer to reprofile a line , anyone with access to OR tools at your ISP can do it. At mine that means anyone in BB tech support.
    And you certainly wouldn't pay to have it done either ;)
  • duchy
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    Why would anyone pay for an LL14 anyway ?
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  • GunJack
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    duchy wrote: »
    Why would anyone pay for an LL14 anyway ?

    what's wrong with LL14 ?? It's next to me (I live in LL11, in Wales) ;):):D
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  • dipsomaniac
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    have we established if anyone <55 switch their routers off at night?
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  • Mr_Toad
    Mr_Toad Posts: 2,462 Forumite
    stockton wrote: »
    Because there is no reason to leave it on.

    But the flip side of that is that there's no reason to turn it off.
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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Mr_Toad wrote: »
    But the flip side of that is that there's no reason to turn it off.

    Except to play WiFi wars with your neighbours.
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