Another new Fibre customer - questions

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I've just got Fibre connected this morning and am only getting D/L speeds of 5 Mbps at the moment - basically similar to my previous ADSL speeds (uploads are much faster than previous at 1.7 Mbps). When should I expect to see an improvement? Does it take a couple of days for this to kick in?
Secondly I've now got two boxes where I previously had one (a Netgear ADSL router/modem I bought myself). Is it possible to replace the two Plusnet boxes with something comparable for Fibre? I liked the ability of the Netgear to allocate IP numbers so that the various parts of my network always kept the same IP number. I can't see any way to do that with the Plusnet box.
Thanks!

[#2]

I've sorted that for you now.
Your speeds should be better now.

[#3]

Fantastic! Now getting 37.8 MBps down and 1.8 up.
Thanks a million!
Dogbertd

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Is it possible to replace the two Plusnet boxes with something comparable for Fibre?

Yes , have a look at this thread http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,141440.0.html

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so that the various parts of my network always kept the same IP number. I can't see any way to do that with the Plusnet box.

Assuming you've got the new PN router(2704n) try the url http://192.168.1.254/expert_user.html , you should find additional configuration options, one of which is the ability to fix IP allocations.