Full Fibre 500 with BT Halo 3

WeeMalky1 — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 15:14:01 GMT

Full Fibre 500 with BT Halo 3 recently installed now I live in a small semi bungalow if I have my laptop next to the router I get 305down and 68 up move 15ft away and I get 30 and24 move slightly further and closer to the wi-fi disc that is showing blue and connection good according to the app I get 33 and 25 and that is where my main computer is why the massive drop in speed can anyone help before I contact BT

Re: Full Fibre 500 with BT Halo 3

Keith_Beddoe — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 15:24:27 GMT

Welcome to this user forum for BT Retail phone and broadband customers.

You are never going to get the full speed on wireless, and no ISP, including BT, will guarantee wireless speed, only the speed on a fast computer directly connected to an Ethernet port on the home hub.

Connection to the discs are still over wireless.

You are unlikely to get anything like the full speed over wireless, on a single device.

It was never intended that people get full speed on all devices, especially on a wireless connection. The intention is to allow that bandwidth to be shared among family members and multiple devices, without each user noticing any slowdown.

Here is a quote from old post by @SeanD on 18/06/2021

"I think for the first time ever we are in a situation whereby the speed you can now get through Full Fibre outperforms the capabilities of many devices.

The Smart hub 2 does not come with Wi-Fi 6 but this is something we are looking to include in our next generation of Hub. I don't have any info as to when we will launch a new router by Wi-Fi 6 will bring some improvement.

As an example of what I mean in terms of devices not being able to support the full breadth of speed available on Full Fibre , take a look at the table below. This is just for a couple of Apple Smart Phones and Tablets along with popular Samsung models,

Apple (Smartphones)	Dualband (2.4 & 5Ghz)	Theoretical Max speed on 2.4Ghz connection	Theoretical Max speed on 5Ghz connection
IPHONE SE	Yes	60mbps	300mbps
IPHONE SE 2020	Yes	135mbps	600mbps

Samsung (Smartphones)	Dualband (2.4 & 5Ghz)	Theoretical Max speed on 2.4Ghz connection	Theoretical Max speed on 5Ghz connection
galaxy-s10e	Yes	135mbps	600mbps
galaxy-s10-5g	Yes	135mbps	600mbps

Apple (Tablets)	Dualband (2.4 & 5Ghz)	Theoretical Max speed on 2.4Ghz connection	Theoretical Max speed on 5Ghz connection
IPAD pro 3rd gen (Nov 2018)	Yes	135mbps	600mbps
IPAD pro 4th gen (March 2020)	Yes	135mbps	600mbps

Samsung (Tablet)	Dualband (2.4 & 5Ghz)	Theoretical Max speed on 2.4Ghz connection	Theoretical Max speed on 5Ghz connection
galaxy-tab-s5e	Yes	100mbps	300mbps
galaxy-tab-s6	Yes	60mbps	600mbps

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