Pathetic Broadband speeds

[Robbie_Keown]

Bt offers broadband speeds up to 72mb/s , which is pretty deascent , for average home use.

But when looking at other ISP's i see WAY better offers.

Like eir , they offer 1000mb/s , which is 928mb/s faster than BT's fastest.

So why are BT holding back? 

The reason this came to my attention is that my BT broadband had a down speed of no less than 50mb/s ever , yet the past week it has for some reason been at a ateady 15mb/s.

And my upload use to reach 10mb/s , and now sits on 8.5mb/s.

and even though the speeds i origionally had (which have for some reason disappeared) are better than what they have reduced to , they are still no where near the standard of eir's 1000mb/s.

BT why wont you do anything to improve speeds.

[Keith_Beddoe]

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Thanks

[john46]

BT offer fibre to premises speeds of 300Mbps already and faster speeds already

you are on fibre to cabinet which has a maximum possible speed of 80Mbps

[Robbie_Keown]

i dont have hub 5 , i have hub 3 , and i understand its not going to have great up and download speed , considering its 2 generations behind , my issue is 1. why did it suddenly drop in speed and 2. why would someone upgrade to a plan for a max of 72mb/s , when there are others with 1000mb/s

[Keith_Beddoe]

So you must have a white Openreach modem?

Its that which  determines the connection speed, not the home hub 3.

[Robbie_Keown]

yes i do have one , is there any way to fix the issue , or any site that will give me a rundown? 

[imjolly]

unfortunately all the useful stats are held by the modem unless you have it unlocked.  post results from dslchecker and btspeedtester diagnostic test - Keith provided the links

[Robbie_Keown]

can premesis be used for personal home use?

[john46]

yes fibre to premises is a residential service but is not available in many exchange areas

[imjolly]

premises as in business premises should be using a business conenction  according to BT T&C residential lines should not be used for bsuiness purposes   or do you mean FTTH - fibre to the home?  dslchecker will show if available