topic Re: Drop in speed in Full Fibre

Drop in speed

d3ck8rd — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:51:02 GMT

Has anyone else experienced a significant drop in download speed this weekend?

My line was installed a week ago, connected my Asus AX86U router directly to Openreach and setup as PPPoE (partly because the plusnet router didn't arrive for a few days after install). I've had 500Mb solidly for the whole week across ethernet and Wi-Fi. Since the morning, download speeds have been 80-90Mb/s, I've reset router etc but no luck.

Re: Drop in speed

jab1 — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:33:09 GMT

What happens if you put the ASUS back in?

Re: Drop in speed

MisterW — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:45:35 GMT

Possible cable fault on the cable between router and ONT ?

80-90 Mb throughput sounds like a cable dropping to 100Mb speed

Re: Drop in speed

d3ck8rd — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:49:51 GMT

I didn't stop using the Asus, although I did briefly swap it out with the Hub2 today and the issue continued.

Re: Drop in speed

d3ck8rd — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:52:35 GMT

Possibly, it is a flat cable, which can be less reliable. I've re-seated everything and now back up to 500Mb.

I have a new cable arriving anyway so can change it out if it is faulty.