MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
New internet from EE as below.
So not getting anything like the 61Mb/s currently but what's the common wisdom?
Do I hammer it initially?
We estimate that your line can support download speeds of between 66.8 Mb/s and 72.8 Mb/s, and upload speeds of between 17.3 Mb/s and 18.2 Mb/s.
Your Minimum Guaranteed Download Speed will be 61.00 Mb/s.
If you've switched between Standard and Fibre broadband it'll take up to two weeks for your broadband to stabilise and reach its best speeds. After this happens we'll let you know via email how your speeds compare to the estimated download speeds above. Find out more about the different speeds above and what they mean here.
Just try and make sure that the line stays up and connected. When it is settling in, if the line keeps dropping out (by, say, rebooting the router) the exchange equipment will think the line is poor and rop the bandwidth down
Yeah, they don't care for traffic on the line really, just that it stays up. It might resync periodically at slightly higher speeds if the signal-to-noise ratio is sufficiently good.
Most websites can't handle that sort of speed so obviously check the speed on a proper speed test site. Give it a week, if it's still terrible then moan at EE.
Just try and make sure that the line stays up and connected. When it is settling in, if the line keeps dropping out (by, say, rebooting the router) the exchange equipment will think the line is poor and rop the bandwidth down
Bugger ... we've had openreach messing with the CABs for the last 2-3 weeks which seems linked to the frequent dropped connections.
Most websites can’t handle that sort of speed so obviously check the speed on a proper speed test site. Give it a week, if it’s still terrible then moan at EE.
I'm using the one built into their admin panel (Speedtest.net) as I guess that's what they will refer to.
Speed guarantee will only be with 1 device plugged directly into the router via ethernet cable. They all have all sorts of get-out clauses when it comes to speed when connected via wi-fi.
Bugger … we’ve had openreach messing with the CABs for the last 2-3 weeks which seems linked to the frequent dropped connections.
That should be okay - it's supposed to take into account if drop outs are just you or area wide.
The speed guarantee will be the sync rate on your router.
And as above your line will normally keep incrementally increasing the speed, until it becomes unstable, then it will drop back down. You'll see a few disconnections when this happens, just make sure you're not disconnecting it.