FTTP upgrade

[MrT7]

No I get that WiFi speed is different to broadband speed.  But are you saying that the speed I get now on WiFi on a BT 70MBps FTTC with a BT Hub 2 will be the same as if I got a FTTP 900MBps with package? That's not what I've seen from those who've done tha

[licquorice]

You need to know what your actual WiFi speed is currently to know if you would see an increase in speed.

Look at what speed your network adapter is connecting at.

For example, my laptop currently adjacent to the hub is connecting at 866Mbps but as my broadband speed is only 40Mbps that is my throughput speed.

If I move further away the wifi speed will drop to below my broadband speed which will then become the governing factor rather than broadband speed.

[MrT7]

At the moment I'm getting 70Mbps same as wired through ethernet 

[licquorice]

Is that the speed shown by your network adapter?

Go to Settings > Network and Internet > Advanced Network settings > Wifi

If the speed shown there is greater than 70Mbps you will see an improvement by moving to FTTP.

[NigelB72]

As I said, you'll get as fast as your network adapter in the device can handle. If it's on 100mbps, you'll only get up to 100mbps. If it's a gigabit adapter, you'll get up to 1000mbps but you have to take into consideration WiFi interference, distance etc etc... 

The main difference is that you'll be able to have multiple devices using the available bandwidth without slowdown.

We used to have 120mbps on gfast which in the real world was fast enough until we moved our TV to a streaming based platform. All of a sudden, if I was streaming UHD, while my wife was watching HD upstairs while using her phone and I was downloading something on PS5, we ran out of available bandwidth... With 500mbps, that is no longer an issue.

[WSH]

This is one of those questions like ‘if I put better tyres on the car will it go faster?’

Say you are using Wi-Fi 5, (802.11ac).  The download speed is 433Mb/s.  That’s set by the 802.11ac standard.

My broadband currently is 70Mb/s.  My wireless connection is still 433Mb/s but as the data is only being fed to it at 70Mb/s, 70Mb/s is the best it can deliver the data to my laptop.

I upgrade my broadband to 900Mb/s.  My wireless connection is still 433Mb/s but now data arrives at my laptop at 433Mb/s as that is the best the wireless can do.

That’s still an over simplification, as there are a lot of other variable factors I’ve glossed over but it should be enough for you to get the idea.  Data delivery can only be as fast as the slowest part.

(In a past life I was an industrial chemist.  Any reaction is only as fast as the slowest step in the mechanism, the “rate determining step”, or RDS, as it is known.  This is similar).

Edit: You may have thought I was taking the Micky when I said put proper wires in.  Nope.  Wireless and powerline have always been pants, always will be.  If you want a network that can properly handle 900Mb/s put proper ethernet cabling in.

[Zaxafreon]

EDIT: having read a different post that referred to checking your adaptor details - i noted thisI understand that this is all true - broadband speed nothing to do with WI-FI .  So I would like some thoughts on what is behind a phenomena that I have just observed. I was recently (till April) on FFTP 900 Mbps - with router downstairs in living room. My main PC (for working and games) is in an upstairs bedroom diagonally opposite the router but a floor up  (its about 3 years old  Ryzen 3700X).  I have always had (in my view) excellent WI-FI speed routinely experiencing around 220 - 500 Mbps (using Fast.com website) which considering the various times of day, varying numbers of connecting devices, weather /environment etc was great.

I have recently moved to 1.3 Gbps FFTP (which includes WI-FI7) and although Ihaven't yet managed to obtain as big a data set of measurements (particularly over different times of day) to understand the range and variability but my 10 most recent speed checks are showing (again using Fast.com on my wif-fi connected PC)  0.98 - 1.2 Gbps.

I dont understand how this can be - since if the PC components were capable of such speed surely they would have shown closer to the 900 Mbps of the incoming speed ?

I dont believe in magic - but this has confused me!

EDIT: see attached image showing my adaptor settings - assume this explains to a degree what I have experienced - though still surprised that didnt previously see speeds as high as 700-800 Mbps

[licquorice]

If you have 1.3Gb FTTP you are not a BT customer as BT don't offer 1.3Gb.

You need to post on the relevant ISP forum (presumably EE)

[WSH]

Wi-Fi7...different Wi-Fi standard, different speeds.

[Crimliar]

Actually...  My neighbour signed up to an EE WiFi 7 trial and is on 1.3Gbps (I thought she was on 1.6Gbps but speaking to her recently found out it is 1.3Gbps). Ever since she did this, I've had 1.3Gbps on my supposed 900/100 FTTP.

*Obviously, you need the right ONT, and router with a 2.5Gbps WAN port...