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Power cut = slower speed

Anonymous
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Power cut = slower speed

I am on the basic 10Gb Plusnet Value Broadband.
I regularly achieved download speeds of 17mb/s after my first 10 days on PlusNet.
(I am only 466 metres from exchange)
After my first power cut a couple of months back, the speed reduced to 14.95mb/s average for two months.
It never achieved the initial high speed.
Just had another power cut, only 5 minutes, but again speed reduced after power restored, to 13.15mb/s
Whilst still happy at the high speeds  will my speed gradually increase ?
Can I force a new 10 day trial to increase speeds again to my initial 17mb/s ?
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jojopillo
Plusnet Alumni (retired)
Plusnet Alumni (retired)
Posts: 9,786
Registered: ‎16-06-2010

Re: Power cut = slower speed

Hi PlusComUK,
Looks like your profile has gone back up to 16000 now.
Jojo Smiley
Anonymous
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Re: Power cut = slower speed

Being out in the countryside, I get almost daily brief power cuts  Angry  the best answer is to buy yourself an uninterruptable power supply ('UPS') for your router to stop your line dropping  Kiss
Anonymous
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Re: Power cut = slower speed

Quote from: Joanne
Hi PlusComUK,
Looks like your profile has gone back up to 16000 now.
Jojo Smiley

Now getting 14.94mb/s, as before power cut.
I didn't lose that much speed, still very good, more concerned about losing Internet during power cut !!
I am using mains powered iMac desktop, no portable, otherwise I would power router off DC PSU, low consumption.
Anonymous
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Re: Power cut = slower speed

My Download speed today is back up high, at 17.11mb/s, not had that since just before my first (of two) power cuts which lasted a few hours.

Gradually climbing



(I am only 466 metres from exchange)
Copper, not fibre
Anonymous
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Re: Power cut = slower speed

jojopillo
Plusnet Alumni (retired)
Plusnet Alumni (retired)
Posts: 9,786
Registered: ‎16-06-2010

Re: Power cut = slower speed

Quote from: PlusComUK
17.88Mb/s now. Will I get 18+Mb/s ?
Possible but 17.88 isn't bad Smiley
Anonymous
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Re: Power cut = slower speed

Quote from: PlusComUK
Eight days since power cut, BT still adjusting line ?
17.88Mb/s now. Will I get 18+Mb/s ?

YES !!  YES !!  YES !!  
( To quote Meg Ryan )


I've just chained my iMac to my desk .....
Anonymous
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Re: Power cut = slower speed

OMG
This morning, after a hefty overnight session, everything was soooooooooooo slow.
(BBC iPlayer downloads 10gb) and many other tabs open at the same time during the night.

Panic ............
I remembered what I had to do from a while back.
I closed Camino (iMac) and rebooted the Browser
Phew

So if your Broadband suddenly slows, try a Browser re-boot (Or computer)
Anonymous
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Re: Power cut = slower speed

Received the "loss of BB" email...
Service: Broadband
Posted: Wed, Dec 14 2011 at 13:04:40
Subject: Planned Broadband Network Maintenance - Thursday 15th December Midnight-7.00am
Received the "potential slow BB speeds" email...
Service: Broadband
Posted: Thu, Dec 15 2011 at 17:44:58
Subject: Slow broadband speeds and performance problems (69550/122974) - UPDATE
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Yes, I couldn't access PN BB overnight, miserable few hours !!
(Had to get my backup Dongle out)
And when I could access PN BB 7:30am ish,  my speed was abysmal, as predicted by PN, around 2mb/s
So I did the unplug router thing for 20 mins (not sure whether this was to unplug power, or BT connection, so I did both)
After re-connection, speed was 11mb/s, oh oh, 10 days of slow speeds I thought.
Anyway, within an hour, my speed was back up to it's more normal 14.9mb/s.
This Sunday evening, when speeds are normally a little slower, I measured at 16.38mb/s, and that's with increased Internet shopping traffic.
anniesboy
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Registered: ‎06-01-2011

Re: Power cut = slower speed

rodtrotter
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Posts: 113
Registered: ‎01-11-2011

Re: Power cut = slower speed

I get 2.22 download with a ping of 54 and only 0.36 upload so think yourself very lucky get them speeds
Anonymous
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Re: Power cut = slower speed

I do live only 466 metres from my local exchange.
Most of the time the speed doesn't really matter, mostly browsing, RSS & emails.
I don't download music or films, but it does come in handy for my almost nightly BBC iPlayer downloads.