An incredible incident happened in the village of Aberhusan in Britain. An old troubled TV was running the internet for 18 consecutive months, all over the village, every morning at 7 p.m.
The mystery of why an entire village lost its internet connection every morning at 7 a.m. was solved when the internet provider's engineers discovered that the culprit was an old TV set.
A resident at village of Amberosan in Wales, he didn't know his old TV set was broadcasting one signal which interfered with the broadband connection of the entire village. The strange thing about the case was that the signal disappeared every day at 7 in the morning, like clockwork.
This story lasted 18 months (!!) as its engineers Openreach internet provider they could not find what was wrong. They started various repair works, carried out an entire cable replacement program, but nevertheless failed to solve the problem.
In the end and after trying all the classics solutions, they used a device monitorings. The engineers were walking around the village with a screen που ονομάζεται αναλυτής φάσματος και προσπαθούσαν να βρουν οποιοδήποτε «ηλεκτρικό θόρυβο», για να εντοπίσουν το πρόβλημα. Μέχρι που ανακάλυψαν ότι μία παλιά τηλεόραση, που ο ιδιοκτήτης της την άναβε κάθε πρωί στις 7 η ώρα, δημιουργούσε ηλεκτρικές παρεμβολές και επηρέαζε το ευρυζωνικό σήμα. Η τηλεόραση βρέθηκε να εκπέμπει έναν μόνο θόρυβο υψηλού επιπέδου (SHINE), ο οποίος προκαλεί ηλεκτρικές παρεμβολές σε άλλες Appliances.
Of course they informed the culprit and the embarrassed owner, who did not want his details to be known, promised not to use his TV again. The village now has a fixed broadband signal.
Susanna Rutherford, chief engineer at Openreach for Wales, said anything with electrical components, from outdoor lights to microwaves, could have an impact on broadband.
And he mentioned about: "We would just advise the public to make sure that their electrical appliances are properly certified and that they meet current British standards."
