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Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

Tench
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Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

For anyone still on the Unlimited Fibre Extra package are you still getting your normal speeds? I've always got very close to the full 80/20 speed as the FTC box is right next to my house. Recently however I've noticed a speed drop. Checking it over several days shows the service is now capped at 67 Mbit/s, the same speed as BT's Social Broadband tariff. 

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Baldrick1
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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

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jab1
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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

@Tench Have you checked for potential faults?

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

Yes, nothing has changed. No faults, nothing running in the background on local PC or network. No IOT devices or phone updates. All checked.

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

OK. Which router are you using, and do you still have a landline phone? 

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

Unlimited Fibre Extra customer here with a Plusnet phone line, I'm less then 150 metres from the cabinet.

This was over wifi & I use the Plusnet hub 1

 

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

The only meaningful metric is the sync speed reported by the router and the signal level.

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

@PowerLee 

Not all connections are equal

@Tench 

For a good indication of line status can you post, assuming plusnet supplied device

Hub One ->Troubleshooting --> Help desk screen

Hub Two -> Advanced settings > Technical log. 

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

Yes its Hub Two. Here is some relevant info from the technical log. I won't post all of it as it exposes my SSID and router details. Its trivial for someone to trace your address via Wigle with an SSID, you should reconsider asking users to post it on a public forum..

Data rate:20 Mbps / 79.999 Mbps

Maximum data rate:37.421 Mbps / 118.695 Mbps

Noise margin:16.8 / 15.6

Line attenuation:5.7 / 10.0

Signal attenuation:5.6 / 10.3

jab1
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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

I appreciate your caution, although after more years than I care to remember being on support forums, I find it a little OTT. No matter.

From the information you have provided, I suspect you have a fault - report it via: https://www.plus.net/help/report-a-problem/

If it comes back as 'NFF' , post back and we can explore further.

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s


@Tench wrote:

Yes its Hub Two. Here is some relevant info from the technical log. 

Data rate:20 Mbps / 79.999 Mbps

Maximum data rate:37.421 Mbps / 118.695 Mbps

Noise margin:16.8 / 15.6

Line attenuation:5.7 / 10.0

Signal attenuation:5.6 / 10.3


So, if the "Data rate" is currently as reported at the router: 20 Mbps / 79.999 Mbps (along with 16.8/15.6dB S/N margin) - you are on 'normal' FTTC and you don't have a problem. At least, not with your Broadband connection. Any problem seems to me likely to be elsewhere; Wi-Fi? Connections to router?

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

@jab1 

From the information you have provided, I suspect you have a fault

If you're thinking its the high noise margins ? they're only high because the sync is limited to 80/20. In fact the high noise margins are good since they will result in lower error rates

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

@MisterW . That did initally cross my mind until I saw the attenuation figures, then I realised the OP must have the VDSL box in his front garden. No, I was going on his 67Mbs speed reported earlier - is that not one of DLM imposed levels when a fault is suspected/detected?

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@jab1 

No, I was going on his 67Mbs speed reported earlier - is that not one of DLM imposed levels 

It may well be, but if it was a DLM imposed banding, then it would be the sync speed that's banded. In this case the sync is at the maximum for the 80/20 product, so it isnt banded

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Re: Unlimited Fibre Extra now capped to 67Mbit/s

OK. Something has changed somewhere - maybe the eventlog will be revealing - if and when he returns?

John