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Fibre speed dropped to half one day after install
22-05-2014 6:50 PM
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PN delivered on their promise and installed fibre unlimited and I was getting 75 Mbps all day.
Today I am getting half that ~36 Mbps.
Only thing I did (which I consulted the install engineer about) was turn off both the openreach and PN modem overnight until about tea time. Everything else about the setup remains the same.
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Re: Fibre speed dropped to half one day after install
22-05-2014 7:01 PM
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22-05-2014 7:12 PM
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Speed now down to 19Mbps
Is it best to leave both on - and, out of interest, if you know, why?
More importantly how do I get the speed back up to 75, which it can clear do?
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22-05-2014 7:29 PM
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As for the fire risk just never have the power supply / router / modem sitting directly on the floor, especially if carpeted. If not they will get hotter than if not raised off it and can't cool down. So if you have them on the floor put them on something like plastic feet to help with air flow.
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22-05-2014 7:31 PM
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Now this shouldn't happen with one disconnect but it could happen.
the risk of fire should be minimal - I've never unplugged a router overnight without issue for over 10 years, last couple of years on fibre.
if you do a bt speedtest http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/ and do further diagnostics you should see your IP profile - what's that ?
and how does it compare to https://portal.plus.net/my.html?action=data_transfer_speed
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22-05-2014 8:19 PM
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Guess it just needed time to re-establish itself.
Thanks to all for the info. and support.
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22-05-2014 8:20 PM
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23-05-2014 2:12 PM
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