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rbellamy420
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Not getting minimum speed.

I recently switched to fibre broadband, the switchover date was yesterday and I'm getting less than the minimum speed. I was just wondering, I know when you first start getting broadband, there's a 'settling' period of about 10 days or say, is this the same when you upgrade? Thanks
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jab1
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

Welcome to the forums, @rbellamy420 . Did you merely switch from a Plusnet ADSL connection or did you change suppliers as well?

As an initial check, can you post a screenshot of the 'Help Desk' tab on your router?

John
rbellamy420
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

Hi, I was a customer already, getting around 36mbs download but then I got an email with an offer to upgrade to unlimited fibre extra with guaranteed speeds of around 63-66mbs. The highest I've hit so far is around 50mbs download through the WiFi and around 41mbs on ethernet when going through my playstation.
rbellamy420
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

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jab1
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

OK , so one of my ideas is out of the window.

It would still be good to see your Help Desk information - might give us a clue.

Speeds via Wi-Fi will always be a little lower, but I am confused here - you are getting more via Wi-Fi than via a wired connection?

John
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

Yeah sorry I was using my phone for this but couldn't for the life of me work out how to upload of screen shot so I've had to go on my pc, it should have uploaded now
jab1
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

Can you please run this test BTW Performance Tester by both a wireless and wired connection, including the 'Advanced Diagnostics' - if it will complete, and post screenshots?

Are you leaving the router connected permanently - it is showing a very low up-time?

John
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

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rbellamy420
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

Hi, I'm keeping the router switched on at all times

jab1
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

Thanks for those details - there is definitely something strange going off here, but it needs PN Help Team intervention. If you are leaving the router on all the time, with that stats as showing on your Help Desk screenshot, there appears to be problems somewhere (possibly) in the BT network, which will be affecting your speeds.

Sorry I can't really be of further help, but this will get picked up by PN staff.

John
rbellamy420
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

No that's brilliant I'm grateful for the help. I'm not great with stuff like this. Thank you
RichardB
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

Hi
50 Mbps is about the maximum throughput speed for a line synching at 57 Mbps.
57 Mbps is reported as the data rate in message 4.
As the synch speed is below the Plusnet guranteed speed, you would need to follow the faults process at:
https://faults.plus.net
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rbellamy420
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

Thank you, I've done now. Hopefully I'll get somewhere.
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

Hi @rbellamy420

Thanks a lot for reaching out and I'm really sorry to hear that you're having problems with your line speed. I've just had a look into the line and can indeed see that it's syncing well below your Minimum Guaranteed Speed at the moment.

The order to upgrade your broadband did complete yesterday, but the profile on the line appears to be stuck. I'm made a quick note of the account on my end and will review it again on Sunday to see if it's budged. If not, I'll raise a DLM reset request to get this sorted.

 Adam
 Plusnet Help Team - Leeds
rbellamy420
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Re: Not getting minimum speed.

That's great, thank you so much