I've just started trawling through for similar items, john46.
I'm not sure how to link to another thread - does this work: https://community.bt.com/t5/ADSL-Copper-Broadband-Speed/Devices-plugged-into-Homeplug-can-recieve-IP...
This chap was asking a question in 2010 that no one answered. His problem looks very similar. As it was a while ago, I suspect this was not HH5, but was/is the software similar between different types of HH?
This, too, seems to be quite close to the same issue: https://community.bt.com/t5/ADSL-Copper-Broadband-Speed/Dodgy-firmware/td-p/42110/highlight/true/pag...
And the other one?
Why are you so keen to prove that there isn't a problem with the HH?
No you are not on your own here. I have been having a constant problem with my wifi where whenever the landline is used to receive or make a call the wifi drops off. I had to go through the farce of calling the help center who are based in India. Speaking to people who I can hardly understand was so frustrating but after numerous calls and line testing etc I finally managed to get an engineer booked. He didnt turn up. No phone call, no nothing. I filled an online complaint with BT and they rang, full of apologies and reassurances etc and arranged another engineer. He didnt turn up. Again- no phone call, no apology, no nothing. The complaints dept rang me that evening to check my problem was now sorted and didnt even seem surprised that the engineer hadnt turned up. We arranged a third engineer and Yes! you guessed it - he didnt turn up. When the complaints dept rang me again that evening I was furious and demanded to speak to a manager. He came on the line and apologised and tried to get me to make another appointment! he seemed most put out when I refused and said I was cancelling my BT broadband package.
But do you know the worst thing? The engineers who didnt turn up? They are based 2 minutes down the road from me - I can see them leave for work in their vans each morning!
I am now going with Sky - hopefully they can solve this broadband issue, but I tell you, I was absolutely stunned at the behaviour of BT. If you would've told told me this would happen I would never believe you.
the engineer regardless whether you are with BT, SKY or TT as your ISP will be openreach - the same engineers that have not turned up. THe engineers do not work for BT retail your ISP - they work for openreach which OFCOM say must not give any preference to any ISP
How irrelevant? moving to any other adsl provider will get you the same service from the openreach engineer as all the lines are owned by openreach
It does appear that BT are very quick to suggest that things are not their fault.
It also seems that a number of people on this forum are very very keen to argue that BT are not at fault, whether or not they even understand the problem in hand.