Telecom is "slower" since the unlimited broadband marketing

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#145432 17-May-2014 15:13

It's hard to put it down to anything. First of all I am not on unlimited. I did however receive a new modem (the Huawei) to fix Windows 8 DNS problems. I did go on a 2 week holiday and just returned.

Is the internet slower nowadays?
Not sure if related but last night trying to stream SD video clip from my other computer (both on wifi) - very laggy, once I had to stop watching.

The bandwidth, the router, something else?

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#1047022 17-May-2014 15:22

Can u go back to the other modem to test one after the other? Or is the other no go?

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#1047025 17-May-2014 15:23

i could i suppose, if i stream again and the picture jitters I will.

just wondering if other telecom people have noticed any problems, mainly.

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#1047026 17-May-2014 15:25

joker97: i could i suppose, if i stream again and the picture jitters I will.

just wondering if other telecom people have noticed any problems, mainly.

Perhaps run a speedtest on both to get a broadly equivalent result. There can be a natural variation but both should be close

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#1047028 17-May-2014 15:26

Speed test is fine

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#1047030 17-May-2014 15:32

I've noticed no degradation, in fact if anything it's been better recently. (Edit: And I have moved to unlimited)

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#1047032 17-May-2014 15:33

I am the last house on the copper wire on VDSL, so i get a lot of errors anyway, but nothing like this. Here's some stats-

Line standard VDSL2 (up time 2 days)
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 17453                             Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 3902
Downstream SNR (dB) 12.1                                         Upstream SNR (dB) 12
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 23.7                         Upstream line attenuation (dB) 53.8
Downstream output power (dBmV) 18.6                        Upstream output power (dBmV) 8.1
Downstream CRC 371                                                  Upstream CRC 30
Downstream FEC 0                                                      Upstream FEC 14

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#1047033 17-May-2014 15:33

joker97: Speed test is fine

Should be fine then, placebo or coincidence.

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#1047035 17-May-2014 15:35

sometimes you can get normal speed test but due to bandwidth congestion, a slow internet, or is not that possible?

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#1047036 17-May-2014 15:36

Inphinity: I've noticed no degradation, in fact if anything it's been better recently. (Edit: And I have moved to unlimited)

good on you :D
(hmm maybe their traffic management is managing the wrong people ;p)

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#1047041 17-May-2014 15:39

I just noticed in your first post you said "both on wifi" - have you tried it via ethernet? I wasn't overly impressed by the wifi performance on the HG630 (reminds me of a fritzbox...).