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Saturday, January 25th, 2025 8:10 AM

Recurring T3 timeout

Hi there,

I have a recurring T3 timeout that noticeably impacts how my internet operates after it occurs (certain things will not load or take an extended amount of time to do so etc.)

I have had technicians out in the past who say I am at the end of the line in my apartment complex meaning it could be numerous things at any of the other boxes for other buildings that is triggering it. I subscribe to Gigabit Pro and do get my advertised speeds. I have a customer owned modem/router (Netgear CM3000, and Asus BE96U Wifi 7) which I have replaced the CM3000 after my internet has been having issues. The last time I had a tech out he rudely and ignorantly told me "I don't care what your equipment shows, I am here to look at the line and that's it."

I then explained my equipment is simply showing that something on the line is wrong at a certain point of the day and it conveys itself by showing a T3 timeout as well as some uncorrectable error codes on certain channels. He then doubled down and said "I don't care about your equipment or how good it is, I am going off my tools, that's it."

Basically I have had numerous techs come to this place over the last 7 years and only once a Comcast rep that sees over the PNW market actually ordered a node split because we were "over subscribed." As a long time Xfinity customer I feel absolutely helpless and defeated at this point. None of the techs want to do the work that clearly needs to be done in this instance which is taking the time to sort out where this issue is actually stemming from. Instead it is dismiss the customer, do the bare minimum when it comes to a tech visit and bank on someone else eventually living here that won't notice there's a problem because they only stream Netflix.

Signal levels are all within spec:

Cable Diagnostic
Status:   Good
Action:  
Your setup looks fine. If you can't access the internet, make sure you properly activated the modem. If modem has been activated and you still can't access the internet, contact your service provider for troubleshooting help.
If you can access the internet but has other internet issue, the Netgear Cable Knowledge Base can provide additional troubleshooting info.
CM Status: 
Downstream Status: 
Upstream Status: 
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Advanced Information
Frequency Start Value
This field below allows you to modify the frequency the cable modem start with its scan during initialization and registration. Enter the new start frequency and restart the cable modem for it to take effect.
Starting Frequency
 
Startup Procedure
Procedure Status Comment
Acquire Downstream Channel 405000000 Hz Locked
Connectivity State OK Operational
Boot State OK Operational
Security Enabled BPI+
IP Provisioning Mode Honor MDD IPv6 only
 
Downstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Frequency Power SNR Correctables Uncorrectables
1 Locked QAM256 4 405000000 Hz 4.6 dBmV 45.3 dB 1 0
2 Locked QAM256 1 387000000 Hz 4.7 dBmV 45.4 dB 0 0
3 Locked QAM256 2 393000000 Hz 4.7 dBmV 45.4 dB 0 0
4 Locked QAM256 3 399000000 Hz 4.6 dBmV 45.4 dB 0 0
5 Locked QAM256 5 411000000 Hz 4.5 dBmV 45.0 dB 0 0
6 Locked QAM256 6 417000000 Hz 4.5 dBmV 45.3 dB 0 0
7 Locked QAM256 7 423000000 Hz 4.4 dBmV 45.2 dB 0 0
8 Locked QAM256 8 429000000 Hz 4.4 dBmV 45.2 dB 0 0
9 Locked QAM256 9 435000000 Hz 4.4 dBmV 45.2 dB 0 0
10 Locked QAM256 10 441000000 Hz 4.3 dBmV 45.2 dB 0 0
11 Locked QAM256 11 447000000 Hz 4.4 dBmV 45.2 dB 0 0
12 Locked QAM256 12 453000000 Hz 4.5 dBmV 45.2 dB 0 0
13 Locked QAM256 13 459000000 Hz 4.5 dBmV 45.2 dB 0 0
14 Locked QAM256 14 465000000 Hz 4.5 dBmV 45.2 dB 2 0
15 Locked QAM256 15 471000000 Hz 4.6 dBmV 45.2 dB 1 0
16 Locked QAM256 16 477000000 Hz 4.7 dBmV 45.3 dB 1 0
17 Locked QAM256 17 483000000 Hz 4.7 dBmV 45.3 dB 0 0
18 Locked QAM256 18 489000000 Hz 4.7 dBmV 45.3 dB 0 0
19 Locked QAM256 19 495000000 Hz 4.7 dBmV 45.3 dB 1 0
20 Locked QAM256 20 501000000 Hz 4.6 dBmV 45.2 dB 1 0
21 Locked QAM256 21 507000000 Hz 4.5 dBmV 45.1 dB 1 0
22 Locked QAM256 22 513000000 Hz 4.4 dBmV 45.1 dB 1 0
23 Locked QAM256 23 519000000 Hz 4.3 dBmV 45.0 dB 1 0
24 Locked QAM256 24 525000000 Hz 4.2 dBmV 45.0 dB 2 0
25 Locked QAM256 25 531000000 Hz 3.9 dBmV 44.8 dB 1 0
26 Locked QAM256 26 537000000 Hz 3.7 dBmV 44.6 dB 0 0
27 Locked QAM256 27 543000000 Hz 3.6 dBmV 44.5 dB 0 0
28 Locked QAM256 28 549000000 Hz 3.5 dBmV 44.5 dB 0 0
29 Locked QAM256 29 555000000 Hz 3.6 dBmV 44.4 dB 1 0
30 Locked QAM256 30 561000000 Hz 3.7 dBmV 44.5 dB 1 0
31 Locked QAM256 31 567000000 Hz 3.9 dBmV 44.6 dB 1 0
32 Locked QAM256 32 573000000 Hz 4.1 dBmV 44.7 dB 1 0
 
Upstream Bonded Channels
Channel Lock Status US Channel Type Channel ID Symbol Rate Frequency Power
1 Locked ATDMA 3 5120 Ksym/sec 29200000 Hz 45.8 dBmV
2 Locked ATDMA 2 5120 Ksym/sec 22800000 Hz 45.8 dBmV
3 Locked ATDMA 1 5120 Ksym/sec 16400000 Hz 45.5 dBmV
4 Locked ATDMA 4 5120 Ksym/sec 35600000 Hz 46.3 dBmV
5 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 0 0.0 dBmV
6 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 0 0.0 dBmV
7 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 0 0.0 dBmV
8 Not Locked Unknown 0 0 0 0.0 dBmV
 
Downstream OFDM Channels
Channel Lock Status Profile ID Channel ID Frequency Power SNR / MER Active Subcarrier
Number Range
Unerrored
Codewords
Correctable
Codewords
Uncorrectable
Codewords
1 Locked 0 ,1 ,2 ,3 193 722000000 Hz 5.08 dBmV 44.2 dB 448 ~ 3647 1613064297 516423103 0
2 Locked 0 ,1 ,2 ,3 194 957000000 Hz 4.28 dBmV 43.4 dB 148 ~ 3947 1627189073 623369974 49
 
Upstream OFDMA Channels
Channel Lock Status Modulation / Profile ID Channel ID Frequency Power
1 Locked 12 ,13 41 36200000 Hz 41.5 dBmV
2 Not Locked 0 0 0 Hz 0 dBmV



Time Priority Description
Fri Jan 24 08:31:56 2025 (Critical (3)) Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=**:**:**:******;CMTS-MAC=**:**:**:**:**:**;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.1;


I just want working stable internet at this point.
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