Intermittent connection issues loading/changing site- secure connection failed/site can't be reached

[EDIflyer]

Is anyone else occasionally getting a 'connection down' error from Chrome (or 'Secure Connection Failed' from Firefox) when changing page - if I hit refresh it works fine. At first I wondered if it was the site I was using but have noticed it on multiple different major websites over the past couple of months and not noticed it from other locations where I don't use Three Broadband so does seem to be related to the router/connection (this is via wired Ethernet too, so not a WiFi problem).  I've tried changing DNS server in case that helps but no difference.

It mainly seems to happen when trying to first load a site or (annoyingly) at checkout when a different site is being loaded as part of the checkout process.  It certainly doesn't happen everytime but does happen with reasonable frequency.  I've also noticed I often get it when trying to pull/push from/to Github too and have to do so a number of times for it to work (browsing the Github website works fine).

I'm using a NR5103E with Firmware Version V1.00(ACBJ.0)b14 - I tried rebooting it but to no effect.

[x-c311]

I completely agree that using 4G is not an acceptable solution but I've got to the point where I'm so fed up of the constant errors and unknown of is this app broken or is my connection, that the reduced download speed is the better option.

The other day my daughter installed a new game of her handheld but she had played before so wanted to pull down her save game from the cloud. But the game kept reporting the servers where down so couldn't play. But where they actually down, who knows, unlikely, the next day I tried again on 4G and it worked fine.

Just fed up of it now

Sorry for errors on a mobile

[x-c311]

Hi all,

I've had this problem for the past year, and tried all sorts of things to fix, different DNS, APNs. Different SIMs using the three network, 2 different 5g routers. A reboot sometimes helps but only lasts a few hours before I see the same error creeping back.

Interestingly however my local mast is currently broken eNB ID 5548. I complained to Three a week ago about it as it gave 5G signal but no internet. In any case they now appear to have turned it off, while they fix it I assume!? Because now all my 5G three devices connect to eNB ID 4603 which is about twice the distance. I still get 5g but 1 bar. I get about 150mbps compared to 650mbps before. However 3 days now and no errors, no connection reset no SSL problems, nothing!

Therefore it would interesting to see what the difference is between the 2 masts, well was as its off now. I mean to be honest I'm hoping when they fix it, I hope I don't get these errors anymore! Just thought it might make an interesting comparison.   

[Nameless]

Hello and thank you for your post

If you have not done so already, please make a quick note of all of your settings including the router model and the band selection (If set to auto, please record which bands you are connected to at the time you check)

Do you have any websites which would normally cause the PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR to appear? Even if it is a random occurrence, I would like to add them to my list for testing as I still have not found a website which will always fail however those websites in the list have been mentioned as failing at some point in this very long forum thread...

Also, can you please confirm that you are definitely connected to the 5G network? You should be connected to an N band (N78) as well as at least one B band. This is to rule out a highly performant 4G connection as I am led to believe that it can reach a speed of ~150Mbps

[x-c311]

Hi,
Zyxel NR5103E

It is tricky as it can be bit random. It often happened when I went to https://www.hotukdeals.com/  then clicked on a deal for amazon. The browser goes to some affiliate link first which would give the connection was reset error then continue.

[x-c311]

My old mast is fixed so getting fast downloads again, but 6 hours in and got my first connection reset error. When browsing www.hotukdeals.com then clicking on a deal for epic games store. Also the other normal symptoms, netflix takes ages to load, some apps fail to open and then work the 2nd time.

[JonathanB]

Hi @x-c311,

Thanks so much for this feedback. I'll pass this on to the team who are investigating in case it helps solve this. I'll let you know if there's any more info we need to check this out.

Thanks,
Jonathan

[JonathanB]

Hi @x-c311,

I've sent you a PM to request a little more info so we can add this to the investigation. 

To view your private messages on the community, click on your avatar image in the top right of any community page, then "Messages".

Thanks,
Jonathan

[Nameless]

Did I miss a check-in this week?

There was a moment earlier this week when the B3 band kept dropping out and the B1 band was not chosen despite having a better signal most of the time so I had to disable the B3 band to force the router onto the B1 band

Apart from that, I am still recovering from the hard drive loss and accumulated backlog due to that and have not done as much testing however there have been no noticeable changes...

How have things been for all of you?

[torz77]

No change. Still abysmal

[andym00]

So, around the 30th of October I reported here that things seemed to be working for me fine using 5G at home suddenly and out and about locally using 5G, and as I later discovered when back in the office one week the cell tower near the office was now delivering working 5G, whereas before that was a fail.. And also, every 5G tower I was connected to was working fine, though during this time I haven't ventured very far, maybe only a 10 mile circle over this period, but all has been absolutely perfect, not one connection error..

And that has been the pleasurable case since then.. Up until Wednesday last week..

It's now back to exactly the same weird behaviour as before, with apps galore failing miserably all the time, Netflix won't login, MS Authenticator doesn't want to know over 5G, banking apps erroring, gmail failing to refresh etc..

I don't know what Three changed in the region for that 5-6 week period, but please change it back again!

I can post the two cell towers that I can 100% vouch have been working fine for this period, and I don't believe you can't determine what was changed on those two towers from a software/hardware perspective, around the window of everything functioning perfectly..