New to the Fibre Trial
As of this afternoon I am now on the FTTC trial and whilst the BT engineer could get speeds of 40Mb download and 10Mb upload I appear to still have a restriction on my download speed as the speedtests I have run give me a maximum of 3.2Mb.
I spoke to someone at PlusNet who said they would change the settings and I should reboot my router in 10-15 minutes when the change would have happened - 1.5 hours on and I've rebooted a couple of times and still only get 3.2Mb.
If I look at my profile it seems to show that I have:
Estimated line speed:
3.0Mb (Accurate to within +/- 1Mbit) - Checked on 2010-11-09 17:06:49
Current line speed:
3500
Any idea how long it will take for my profile to be changed? Should I be rebooting the Netgear router to recognise when the change has happened? Do I need to do anything to the BT modem?
Sorry if I'm impatient but I'm just keen to see how fast it will go.
I spoke to someone at PlusNet who said they would change the settings and I should reboot my router in 10-15 minutes when the change would have happened - 1.5 hours on and I've rebooted a couple of times and still only get 3.2Mb.
If I look at my profile it seems to show that I have:
Estimated line speed:
3.0Mb (Accurate to within +/- 1Mbit) - Checked on 2010-11-09 17:06:49
Current line speed:
3500
Any idea how long it will take for my profile to be changed? Should I be rebooting the Netgear router to recognise when the change has happened? Do I need to do anything to the BT modem?
Sorry if I'm impatient but I'm just keen to see how fast it will go.
Woo hoo - just measured a 32Mb and a 36Mb. 
Excellent - many thanks.
Excellent - many thanks.
A month on and we've experienced download speeds of around 36Mbps fairly consistently 
until this weekend. I have noticed that the speeds over the weekend are usually a little slower than those experienced daytimes in the week but since Friday speeds have been closer to 18Mbps and haven't picked up this morning (although they have now - see below).
Most speedtests have been around 18Mbps since Friday and indeed up until about 10 minutes ago when I rebooted the BT modem - just thought I'd double check my speed before posting this comment and am now recording 35Mbps again.
Is this a contention issue slowing things down, was the BT router in need of a reboot or something else entirely? We generally leave the BT router on 24/7 but power down the Netgear router overnight if that makes any difference.
So far I've been very happy with how the FTTC trial has gone and the speeds achieved but wonder why the speeds have dropped so much at weekends.
Any thoughts?
until this weekend. I have noticed that the speeds over the weekend are usually a little slower than those experienced daytimes in the week but since Friday speeds have been closer to 18Mbps and haven't picked up this morning (although they have now - see below).Most speedtests have been around 18Mbps since Friday and indeed up until about 10 minutes ago when I rebooted the BT modem - just thought I'd double check my speed before posting this comment and am now recording 35Mbps again.
Is this a contention issue slowing things down, was the BT router in need of a reboot or something else entirely? We generally leave the BT router on 24/7 but power down the Netgear router overnight if that makes any difference.
So far I've been very happy with how the FTTC trial has gone and the speeds achieved but wonder why the speeds have dropped so much at weekends.
Any thoughts?