Text HELP to 60071 (charge may apply at your standard rate)
Broadband drop outs and slowness.
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16-02-2023 09:10 AM - edited 16-02-2023 09:14 AM
Hey all.
Im recieving poor service at the moment, i have a sogea connection. I dont expect 100% like i may have in the past when i hosted my own services (Minecraft servers and peer to peer gaming) but i dont really expect multiple disconnect a day. On Monday 13th i had 9 drops.
How do i raise a ticket to get someone to have a look. I know there is a phone number, but i dont have time to sit on the phone currently.
~I should add i run my own equipment, a Vigor v166 and pFsense firewall, but this happened with the standard router/modem. Its in our bedroom and it would wake me up in the night with a click when it drops and the flashing connecting led.
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16-02-2023 11:05 AM
Welcome to EE's Home Broadband Forum.
Is it the BB as a whole dropping or just the WiFi connections? Do Ethernet connected devices stay working? What colours are the light sequence when it happens?
If you would like help with your BB speed or connection issues, please would you carry out the following steps for starters, which will enable us to diagnose the problem and advise you further. Do not restart your router to do these tests:
1. Post your full router stats:
- For a BrightBox: login and go to Advanced Settings > System > DSL Status. Also post 'System Uptime' from top of System Log page.
- For a SmartHub: login and go to Advanced Settings > Technical Log > Information. Obscure your names & any numbers in the BB Username & also the SSIDs.
- For other routers: login to it according to the label on it as the admin user & navigate looking for its router/connection statistics.
Full router stats are key to any speed & connection issues.
2. Try a wired speedtest, using an Ethernet cable supplied with the router, here http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html . Click on the "Results Page" button at the bottom of the graph you first see and then copy to here just the "Link to this result:" link that you see below the next main graph.
3. What does BT Wholesale Broadband Availability Checker estimate for your phone number? Post just the whole table and the line above it, blanking out your phone number. If it doesn't recognise your phone number or you don't have one, use the Address Checker, not the Postcode Checker.
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
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16-02-2023 11:36 AM
Its deffo not the wifi, I run Uniquity AP's,the issue is internet access.
Feb 16 04:01:54 | ppp | 11367 | [wan_link0] Link: UP event |
Feb 16 04:01:54 | ppp | 11367 | [wan_link0] PPPoE: connection successful |
Feb 16 04:01:54 | ppp | 11367 | PPPoE: rec'd ACNAME "acc-aln1.gjc" |
Feb 16 04:01:48 | ppp | 11367 | [wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to '' |
Feb 16 04:01:48 | ppp | 11367 | [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7 |
Feb 16 04:01:44 | ppp | 11367 | [wan_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7 in 4 seconds |
Feb 16 04:01:44 | ppp | 11367 | [wan_link0] LCP: Down event |
Feb 16 04:01:44 | ppp | 11367 | [wan_link0] Link: DOWN event |
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16-02-2023 12:39 PM
@TheDarkLord Why not get a call back?
https://ee.co.uk/contact-ee/technical-support/broadband-landline
Broadband - text EE for a call back
- We’ll run tests on your connection to find out what’s going on.
- If you need an engineer, we’ll text you in 15 mins to book a slot.
- If you don’t need an engineer, our brilliant UK and Ireland based team will call you within 30 mins to help solve your issue.
Monday to Friday 8am - 9pm
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25-02-2023 12:54 PM
60071 doesn’t seem to be working recently. I’ve tried various versions of help, in upper and lowercase, and with our landline number included, but just get not sent in reply. All other texts seem to be working fine. This was a great tool and saved having to fight with the call centre queue.
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26-02-2023 01:44 PM
Hi @MikeyBoy28,
Are you still experiencing the same issue with the text service?
What type of phone are you using?
James
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27-02-2023 09:34 AM
Yes James.
just tried it again on my relatively new Oppo Find X5 which uses Google Messages. Just get “Not sent, tap to try again” and that’s the same response every time I send a message.
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27-02-2023 09:36 AM
I'm sorry to hear this @MikeyBoy28
Please call us on 0800 079 8586 and the team will get this looked into for you.
Leanne 🙂
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27-02-2023 09:47 AM
@MikeyBoy28 Does your phone not have an option to send a txt/sms rather than google message?
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27-02-2023 10:56 AM
Dunno Mustrum. I thought that’s what it was doing, but couldn’t find any settings to control things. I’ll have another look.
