New house, switched from BT to Plusnet - 4Mbps down to 0.8mbps
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03-01-2012 8:09 PM
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Bit of a call for help (if anyone from plusnet reads, please advise).
Basically I have just moved into a new house where the previous owner, who was on BT, got a steady 4mbps. Not mind blowing but decent.
I've taken over his place and switched to plusnet due to being on contract with them from my old place. Today, my connection has never broken 1mbps. Current speed tests clock it at 0.8.
I've just run the BT speed tester with the following results:
Download speedachieved during the test was - 890 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :5152 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 4500 Kbps
Computer is plugged into the router, which is plugged into a BT openreach box with built in filter.
So, am I right in thinking the line should be capable of more? What could be holding stuff up, and why the difference between a native BT connection and a plusnet one?
Thanks!
Re: New house, switched from BT to Plusnet - 4Mbps down to 0.8mbps
03-01-2012 8:11 PM
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03-01-2012 8:13 PM
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01522750XXX
Phone exchange:
SUDBROOKE PARK
Estimated line speed:
2.0Mb (This may vary between 1Mb and 3Mb) - Checked on 2011-08-09 20:25:32
Current line speed:
1 Mb
Thats the details for my old place weirdly. It hasn't updated to the details for my new place yet.
Re: New house, switched from BT to Plusnet - 4Mbps down to 0.8mbps
03-01-2012 8:16 PM
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You could try phoning Plusnet or wait until the morning when it will be picked up
Re: New house, switched from BT to Plusnet - 4Mbps down to 0.8mbps
03-01-2012 8:18 PM
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Thanks for your help btw 🙂
Re: New house, switched from BT to Plusnet - 4Mbps down to 0.8mbps
03-01-2012 8:20 PM
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They call that the Current Line Speed - confusing isn't it. This is restricting your speed to just under 1Mbps
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03-01-2012 9:34 PM
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Wasn't made to feel overly confident.
Informed them that my details were out of date and that phone number / exchange and line profile were all from my old address and was told that they would update at some point.
Hope so!
Has plusnet dropped the ability to file support tickets as well now? Cant seem to find the option to create one.
Thanks for your help
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03-01-2012 10:35 PM
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03-01-2012 10:39 PM
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03-01-2012 11:14 PM
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As others as have said in this topic I would advise raising a ticket in regards to updating our profile, seeing as how it doesn't look like it has been reset following your housemove.
I would do this myself, but I am out of office until the 9th.
The advisor you spoke to is correct, your line will be in its intial training period and we should receive an update from your exchange to advise us what your ip profile is after the 10 days are up, however we should still be able to update our profile to match your current settings. Apologies for any confusion that resulted from their remarks.
Re: New house, switched from BT to Plusnet - 4Mbps down to 0.8mbps
04-01-2012 10:39 AM
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I filed a ticket this morning. Now just got to wait for a reply
Thanks again.
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04-01-2012 12:10 PM
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04-01-2012 12:17 PM
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Yep, speed test is now showing 2.9mbps 🙂
Not sure how important it is but the details at https://portal.plus.net/my.html?action=data_transfer_speed are still my old details though.
Thanks,
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04-01-2012 2:44 PM
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It doesn't affect anything and should update itself at some point (afraid I'm not sure when though). I've checked the account and everything is up to date details wise so you don't have anything to worry about.
Hope that helps.
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