Using a Raspberry Pi to Prove My Broadband Fault
Intermittent broadband faults are annoying because they are both obvious and hard to prove. When the internet disappears during a call or a movie, everyone in the house knows it happened. But by the time the provider asks for evidence, the connection is back, the router status page looks normal, and the conversation slides toward the usual script: reboot the router, check the WiFi, wait and see. My issue looked like the ONT going down periodically. Connectivity would disappear, then recover after roughly 10-20 minutes. I needed precise timings for Sky and Openreach, not a vague memory of “it was bad again this morning”. ...