New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
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New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
28-02-2015 10:59 AM
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The speed is only 38Mbps down but 20 up.
It's supposed to be 76 down.
The exchange is showing 76 available, and the BT engineer confirmed his readings were 80/20 after install of the bt modem.
Will the speed increase over the next few days or could their be a problem?
Speeds taken via ookla app, stood next to wireless router. (I still have Virgin fibre connected and it gives 100Mb via the wireless app)
Re: New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
28-02-2015 11:05 AM
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Re: New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
28-02-2015 11:08 AM
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Re: New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
28-02-2015 11:15 AM
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My wire length is 1Km and I've been told by OR engineer that at this length of wire will give same speed on 76Mb as 38Mb, so would be a waste of money to be on the faster service.
I believe the cut of point of improvement is half my wire length.
Virgin have a cabinet in every street round me but BT few and far between..
Re: New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
28-02-2015 11:22 AM
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Re: New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
28-02-2015 11:42 AM
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EDIT: http://www.speedguide.net/faq/what-is-the-actual-real-life-speed-of-wireless-374
Re: New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
01-03-2015 9:39 AM
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I'll try wired later today but I'm struggling to see how it can be the wireless connection test at fault because I still have my Virgin bband and standing in the same place in the room Virgin gives 100Mb ( if tried at 6am or midnight-rest of the time it's anything down to 6, yes...6Mbps hence the change to Plusnet for some reliability in performance ).
I'll feedback later.
What I will say is that Plusnet speeds over the last 2 days have been rock solid around 36-38Mpbs, hopefully wired will give the 76Mpbs.
The Virgin cabinet is outside my house and yet they can't provide a steady state high download speed, which in my opinion is not good enough. If i pay for a 100Mbps speed I would expect a reasonably steady speed near to 100 Mpbs, say in the 80s and above, not 6Mbps!
...and the house is brand new and came pre-installed with Virgin media hook up points on the wall.
Oldjim:
Phone exchange:
FRECKLETON
Estimated line speed:
76Mb (Download speed could vary depending on line conditions. Estimates are the maximum speeds that your phone line can support. These speeds are dependent on the package you choose.) - Checked on 2015-02-07 13:07:56
Current line speed:
77.4 Mb
Re: New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
01-03-2015 3:00 PM
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The root cause of poor performance? The plusnet supplied Router which was working at half the achievable rate.
Any comments PlusNet...?
Re: New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
01-03-2015 3:49 PM
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I'm also in quite a congested wifi area so that doesn't help.
Re: New 76Mb fibre, but only getting 38?
02-03-2015 6:23 AM
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Or you can invest in a high end router that has good AC connectivity and get the best of both worlds.
Dont expect quality router's from isp's.
The wireless performance you got is good enough for netflix etc. but if you want full speed downloads then you need to change something your side.
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