Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
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Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 9:29 AM
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Hi, I wonder if anyone can help please? I renewed my contract with Plusnet nearly three weeks ago, moving from Unlimited Fibre Extra to the Fibre (SOGEA) product and my download speed seems to have taken a bit of a hit. When I renewed I didn't have any high hopes of a speed increase, I thought it would probably stay the same, but I wasn't expecting it to get worse and drop. I've been with Plusnet for quite a number of years and my line has always been pretty stable at around 45 Mbps download – occasionally when I ran tests it would reach the dizzy heights of 50 Mbps but most of the time it remained at 45/46 or so. Since the removal of my phone number and the switch to SOGEA I’m struggling to hit the mid-30s (around 34 Mbps at present). My upload speed has dropped a bit too. I have left it more than 10 days since renewal to see if the line stabilises at a faster speed but it doesn’t seem to be improving. Nothing has changed internally at home apart from me unplugging my house phone.
Here are my hub stats and speed test taken on 9-Oct prior to the switch:
And here is the same info after the switch:
Am I just being impatient and need to wait longer for the line to improve or should it be better by now?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 9:34 AM
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@TheFog Looks like you may have a fault - your D/S SNR looks a little high.
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 9:43 AM
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Since your product change your data rate appears to be exactly 10Mbps up and 40Mbps down - that suggests you are now on a 40/10 profile.
The maximum downstream data rate is similar to before (although upstream looks a bit lower)
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 9:43 AM - edited 31-10-2023 9:46 AM
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I might be minded to restart (NOT POWER OFF) the Hub from http://192.168.1.254/restart.htm to see if that resets the connection, before raising a fault here https://www.plus.net/help/report-a-problem/broadband/
HTH
Edit: I agree it does looks like what as unlimited fibre profile
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 9:44 AM
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your D/S SNR looks a little high
That would be because judging by the sync speeds, it looks like its been provisioned on a 40/10 profile!!
Very strange. I thought SOGEA was 80/20...
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 9:46 AM
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Sorry, @MisterW - bad night so I'm not fully with it 😉. i also thought SOGEA was 80/20
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 9:47 AM
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Thanks for this (and thanks to everyone else for their replies/comments). I'll give this a go now.
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 9:58 AM
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OK I just reset the router and it has reconnected, here are the stats again:
It does appear to be "stuck" on 40/10.
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 10:01 AM
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Plusnet need to (get OR) to get you onto the correct profile.
Another concern is that the maximum upstream rate has dropped again - was 15Mbps before the product change, 12Mbps after the product change, and 11Mbps after the reboot.
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 10:02 AM
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@TheFog Your max data rate seems to contradict that - or is it a 'fault' of SoGEA, @MisterW / @Dan_the_Van ?
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 10:04 AM
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@jab1, the purpose of a profile is to limit the rate - which is exactly what's happening. The maximum is the limit of what the characteristics of the particular line will support - that isn't affected by the profile..
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 10:19 AM
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OK, many thanks again to everyone, your help is much appreciated.
I'll have a go at raising a fault with Plusnet via the abovementioned link. I'll let you know how I get on.
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 10:43 AM
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Just a quick update - rang up and received a text via the Diagnostics bot which has indeed said there is a fault so it is being investigated and an Openreach engineer arranged. Fingers crossed it will get sorted.
Many thanks once again to you all for your advice and for taking the time to respond.
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 12:40 PM
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@TheFog It shouldn't need an engineer visit if it's a provisioning issue ( wrong speed profile), which could be corrected remotely. However the engineer should be able to get it fixed.
Re: Speed drop following switch to SOGEA
31-10-2023 1:23 PM
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Thanks.
One issue I have encountered during this process is that I was contacted by email to upload a screenshot of a speed test onto the ticket which has been raised, but every time I try the system rejects the upload saying it contains a virus (obviously I have scanned them first with no issues). No matter what file type I try to upload (.png, .jpg, .pdf, docx...) they all get rejected with the same issue (failed virus check). I did some searching around and found that another Plusnet member reported this exact same issue back in May of this year and he was told to email the screenshot to a postroom address with ticket details, etc., which is what I have now done.
Hopefully it will get through but there is clearly some issue with uploading requested screenshots to raised tickets which needs to be fixed.
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