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Fibre speeds

tmarsh12345 — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:13:21 GMT

Tried to get an answer googling this, without success. Just wondering how fibre speed is limited, e.g. My speed is 150 but I could move to 300 up to 900. Are there several cables and some not used? Or if it's one cable then how is it done?

Re: Fibre speeds

pippincp — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:18:53 GMT

There's a cap placed on yourline restricting speed to whatever you are contracted at.

Re: Fibre speeds

licquorice — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:40:13 GMT

An optical fibre cable is capable of extremely high speeds, the service it carries is just fixed in software at whatever speed you are paying for.

Re: Fibre speeds

tmarsh12345 — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:43:14 GMT

Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. Just curious!

Re: Fibre speeds

licquorice — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 18:52:21 GMT

I believe the current highest speed carried by a single fibre is 1Pbps! Not in a domestic environment though 😃