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Why is my fibre download speed only 8mb and upload only 0.5mb?

rhambleton1
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Registered: ‎12-12-2017

Why is my fibre download speed only 8mb and upload only 0.5mb?

My fibre speeds are no better than adsl was. In fact they are a bit slower (see attached screenshot).

 

 Can anything be done about this, other people on my street have much higher speeds?

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Browni
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Re: Why is my fibre download speed only 8mb and upload only 0.5mb?

When did you upgrade to fibre?

rhambleton1
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Re: Why is my fibre download speed only 8mb and upload only 0.5mb?

Almost a year ago now, always been the same.

Browni
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Re: Why is my fibre download speed only 8mb and upload only 0.5mb?

If the line attention figure in your screenshot is for an existing fibre connection you must be a long way from the fibre cabinet which will obviously affect the line rate.

What does the DSLChecker show for your estimated speeds?

rhambleton1
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Re: Why is my fibre download speed only 8mb and upload only 0.5mb?

It says 13mb is the maximum fibre speed for me on cabinet 5. However, my relatives further down the street are also on cabinet 5 which is even further away than I am and they get 27mb!

MatthewWheeler
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Re: Why is my fibre download speed only 8mb and upload only 0.5mb?

Sorry to hear your speeds are poor.

Our tests aren't showing any cause but your estimated distance from the cabinet is 2km which won't help things.

If you raise a fault here we'll see what we can do, 

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 Matthew Wheeler
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rhambleton1
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Re: Why is my fibre download speed only 8mb and upload only 0.5mb?

Thank you, I have now raised a fault.