Sudden speed - drop fibre extra

[#1]

Looking for help/advice. On the fibre extra and been getting 48-49 download and upload of 6-8(cab restrictions mean I'll never get near 76) consistently for last few months but suddenly it's dropped to 41-42mb with upload remaining the same. I know that may not sound much but when you're now getting close to speeds of the 38mb package, you start to be concerned..

Hub is wired directly to telco socket and is running a mix of wired and wireless devices. Have bridged two other hubs to use as slaves but temporarily unplugged them and did a wired test on pc via safe mode with all wireless off to get those figures so my obvious question is why the sudden drop?

Thanks in advanced!

Applied screen shots of both BTW and Speedtest.net for comparison

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[#2]

Hi there,

Sorry to hear you're having speed issues.

Testing your line is showing the router in sync at 44.9mbps

Sync Status	In Sync
Downstream Speed	44.9 Mbps
Upstream Speed	6.8 Mbps

As it's unfortunately sitting within the estimates of between 32-44mbps, there isn't much that we can do about that. If you haven't already I'd recommend plugging your router into the test socket (if you have one).

Having said that, your throughput looks a little slow from the screenshot and I am also detecting a major service outage that's currently active, affecting your broadband circuit. It should have been resolved by last night.

At the moment, we have no new updates, but it shouldn't take long.

If your throughput doesn't change over the coming days, on a wired connection, I'd advise reporting this to us at http://faults.plus.net I hope this helps you.

[#3]

Thanks for the help. Any more info on the outage if it's cleared or if there is a current SLA on a possible fix?

[#4]

No problems.

Testing your line is showing the MSO has been cleared. If you're still having throughput issues, I'd recommend reporting a fault to us through the links above. Let us know how you get on.

[#5]

I spoke on the phone but all I got was because within estimates there is nothing they can do. Rather frustrating really as it's a noticeable drop but I can't fight it and don't know what to do now is speeds are not far off the lower package. Only benefit really is slightly better upload

Any suggestions welcome but think I'm stuck

[#6]

Hi @liane14, while I do appreciate it's not the response you're hoping for, I'm afraid there's little we can do as the connection is performing within the estimates for the line.

You can report the issue at http://faults.plus.net, however as the sync speed is currently 44.1down with an estimate of 32.4-44Mbps we wouldn't be able to guarantee an increase in speeds.

[#7]

I'll keep an eye out as I'd rather not drop down in package but oddly today it's gone up to 45mb. Can't work out why I've suddenly crept up closer to what I was previously getting but not complaining!

[#8]

This might help ... https://community.plus.net/t5/Library/FTTC-DLM-What-it-is-How-it-works/ba-p/1322799

[#9]

Fingers crossed it creeps up further

[#10]

Was looking on the up but since Hub restarted (orange light) around 5 days ago, been scraping 40mb but getting loads of pages via two different types of phones showing taking too long to respond then suddenly works and various errors such as one screen cap shown. Speeds weren't ideal but manageable but sudden issues with sites loading is starting be a pain in the bum!

[#11]

Do the wired devices have the same issues?

[#12]

It sure is (but not as frequent). I've taken the option to downgrade to fibre unlimited which was a pain but wasn't getting value for it anymore.

On a sidenote, my parents are on the lower bundle (fibre unlimited) and suddenly gone from 33mb / 2mb up to 40-43mb / 6mb up.

Have they been moved on to up to 52mb package like BT offer or is it just luck?

[#13]

Mind PMing me their username and I'll check things out?

Cheers