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Fibre 900 Speeds

kayfour — Sat, 14 May 2022 02:45:14 GMT

I've noticed my download and upload speeds have been stuck at 450/10 again after posting a similar problem back in November and having it fixed back then. Speeds to the hub via the BT app show the full speeds of 900/110 but no matter how I test it with an ethernet cable to my PC it always comes back as around 450/10. I've tried leaving the hub on for weeks, tried resetting it, tried turning the ONT off and on and nothing has helped

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

Les-Gibson — Sat, 14 May 2022 05:47:57 GMT

What type of network adapter are you using? 480 is a common maximum speed for USB2 Ethernet adapters so it could be that your equipment is giving you a false reading

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

kayfour — Sat, 14 May 2022 13:28:46 GMT

Intel® Ethernet Controller I211

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

Les-Gibson — Sat, 14 May 2022 14:00:04 GMT

It just seems like too much of a coincidence that you're getting 480Mbps which just so happens to be the theoretical maximum data transfer rate of USB2.

Can you confirm that your machine is connected directly to your hub using just one RJ45 Ethernet cable and no intermediary devices

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

kayfour — Sat, 14 May 2022 14:40:28 GMT

It seems somebody must have seen this post and turned off my throttling because I haven't touched a single thing since this post and all of a sudden I have the full speeds 🤔

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

scaramonga — Sun, 15 May 2022 04:07:50 GMT

😂

Honestly. Do they think most are stupid? 🤣 Most might be?, but not all 😉

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

kayfour — Mon, 16 May 2022 17:05:40 GMT

Unacceptable, flipping the switch like it's some funny game

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

licquorice — Mon, 16 May 2022 17:11:42 GMT

Bear in mind you are sharing a 2.5Gbps link with up to 29 other customers.

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

Les-Gibson — Tue, 17 May 2022 09:59:09 GMT

@kayfour

This is a very old thread now and maybe completely irrelevant but I'll let you decide that.

Fibre 900 - speeds all over the place - BT Community

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

garybs29 — Tue, 17 May 2022 10:58:21 GMT

Honestly where is this myth about throttling coming through, BT don't throttle your connection, I love how everything is always BT's fault. BT have no idea who or where you are from a post on here, lol

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

scaramonga — Tue, 17 May 2022 23:15:08 GMT

They throttle 😉

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

Les-Gibson — Wed, 18 May 2022 07:04:22 GMT

They throttle/they don't throttle, shared resources are saturated/not saturated, we can argue 'till the cows come home but arguing doesn't resolve the problem.

@kayfour has already reported varying speeds, the only question is what causes them.

Presumably any throttling or saturation of shared resources (if present) will be most evident during peak times and to that end maybe regular speed tests seven days a week both within and without these times will yield some useful information.

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

pippincp — Wed, 18 May 2022 09:07:08 GMT

@Les-GibsonThere is no throttling that is a thing of the past which is no longer needed or useful. Contention still exists on residential lines hence the price.

As @licquorice stated there is a 2.5Gb connection shared with up to 29 others. It's also 1GB upload.

Other than a speed test result I'd be more interested in what problem @kayfour is experiencing in day to day use or is it just the usual "I'm not getting what I pay for"?

Re: Fibre 900 Speeds

Les-Gibson — Wed, 18 May 2022 09:51:49 GMT

@pippincp

Agreed but just for clarity, I'm of the same opinion as you but as I'm sure you've noticed some are vehemently convinced that their connection is throttled. As for the shared resource, I confess that that is news to me (you learn something new everyday).

My post was purely intended to be objective and help further an argument which seems to be going nowhere fast (or perhaps I should say round and round in circles) by identifying any patterns which may exist.