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#171957 6-May-2015 21:29
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Upper Riccarton here, and I've also been getting awful speeds on the HFC network during the evening - I've recently been dropping below 10mbit/s on my 100mbit/s plan! I'm having to avoid decent streaming video entirely because of slowdowns and lag. Here are two speedtest results done this evening. Is there anything I can do to make this better, or does Vodafone really need to upgrade the network in our area?





Here it is on a good evening:



(I find it interesting that the upstream stays solid all the time, even getting to the point where my upstream is faster then my downstream!)
(And yes, I have restarted my router/modem, it's not an issue on my end. Both tests done on gigabit ethernet)

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  #1299497 6-May-2015 21:57
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Have you logged a fault for slow peak time speeds on Cable?



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  #1299606 7-May-2015 07:47
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Riccarton is student flat central, and HFC is shared bandwidth media, so yeah I can believe it would be terrible during peak hour.






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  #1299615 7-May-2015 08:02
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There is UFB around here IIRC. Honestly just change to a provider like Snap that'll offer UFB.




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  #1299623 7-May-2015 08:15
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I'm in Upper Riccarton too though I haven't seen a drop that terrible though.




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  #1299713 7-May-2015 10:17
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  #1299767 7-May-2015 11:39
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johnr: Have you logged a fault for slow peak time speeds on Cable?


What is the process for doing this?


michaelmurfy: There is UFB around here IIRC. Honestly just change to a provider like Snap that'll offer UFB.


It's being installed, but it's not yet available.


freitasm: Welcome to the rest of cable connections: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=40&topicid=171348 


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  #1299786 7-May-2015 12:09
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Lukeroge:
johnr: Have you logged a fault for slow peak time speeds on Cable?


What is the process for doing this?
:(


pickup the phone and call the help desk :)

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