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Speed drop

rforsdyke — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:42:01 GMT

Hello

I have Full Fibre 900 and everything has been fine up until three days ago. The maximum speed is now 97mbits for no reason I can identify.

I have run the BT troubleshooter - no errors
I have run speed tests via the BT test and other sites and they all report the same
I have rebooted the PC
I have rebooted the router
I am connect via ethernet
The only thing I have changed on the PC is installing Steam - I have now uninstalled it.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks.

Rob

Re: Speed drop

rforsdyke — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:02:37 GMT

Edit to add:

I have tried swapping over to WiFi and speed has jumped up to 500mbits.

Could it be the ethernet cable/connection has developed a fault?

Re: Speed drop

gg30340 — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:18:21 GMT

Yes it could be the cable or you could be mixing up megabits (Mb) and megabytes(MB).

I may be wrong but think Steam uses MB rather than Mb in its measurements.

If you are not sure of the difference carry out an Internet search.

Re: Speed drop

rforsdyke — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:34:38 GMT

/embarrassed

I found the culprit. Ahem.

I've been looking at everything various websites said I should check and it has taken me over two hours.

It turns out the villain was an ironing board leaning against cabling to the router. Everything has now been (re)firmly clicked into place, including power, and the ironing board will face the firing squad a little later.

I'll get me coat.

Re: Speed drop

Bell412 — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:34:54 GMT

and the ironing board will face the firing squad a little later.

That's a little extreme just divorce her 😉

Sorry couldn't resist.