Intermittent packet loss throughout the day, only one upstream channel bonded

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In the past week, I've noticed that I've been having a lot of packet loss, which I'm pretty sure is outbound. I sit in voice calls a lot as I work from home and I notice no interruption to other's speaking but other's notice me. It's also apparent while gaming online as everything will halt for ~10 seconds every 5 to 60 minutes, sometimes more often.

I decided to look into my modem's management page(s) and noticed that I only had 1 upstream channel bonded, and what I've found online says I should have 3 or 4. For the downstream channels, the 24 expected are connected and within expected levels. But that 1 upstream channel I have is at 55.50 dBmV, which doesn't seem too swell going off what I've also read on that.

Here's a screenshot of what it looks like on my end. The modem I have is an Arris TG1682G. I went outside and did a minor inspection of the cable running to the modem, and it seems to be direct as I cannot see any splitters. But I'm about to go outside again as it's lighter out, and the cable runs on my garage roof.

If there's any more information I can provide, do ask. Thanks!

Posted Aug 21, 2018, 12:57 PM UTC · locked

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ilikefedora•

I'd guess you have a noise filter on your line at the tap. Call for a tech.

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Lotso_Packetloss•

Honest, it wasn’t me...

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CCRobW:xfinity: Verified Employee | Founding Member•

You have been trapped for noise. Some areas use filter/traps that don't complete cut off service but rather leave one upstream channel operational. The only way to have this resolved is to have a tech out.

Send modmail using this link and reference this post. A Community Specialist will be able to schedule an appointment for you

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Aldoggy•

Your levels are not good. More then likely will need a tech out

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CCPhilL:xfinity: Community Specialist | Founding Member•

Hi u/hatcod, I have responded to your modmail message.

Thank you

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CCPhilL:xfinity: Community Specialist | Founding Member•

Hi u/hatcod, thank you for working with me through modmail and glad I could help schedule a technician to help correct the issue.

Thank you for your time!

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CCPhilLMOD:xfinity: Community Specialist | Founding Member•

This post was marked as solved. Should you experience further issues, please create a new post.

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EpicSwords14•

I don't think it would be a noise filter as that would still bond upstream channels but you deffinitly have a cable problem, bad splitter, fittings, wall plates, could even be a bad cable somewhere. Deffinitly need a tech out :)

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BeuTheSlayer•

High pass filters will typically block 3 of the 4 upstream channels. This definitely looks like an ingress filter

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EpicSwords14•

It's a possibility, still something a technician would figure out

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