What UFB speeds have people experienced with Vodafone?

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woodson

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#175745 10-Jul-2015 14:17

We're due to get an upgrade to UFB in a couple of weeks. It's the lower end package with promised (!) speeds of 30/10, so I just wondered what kind of actual speeds people have been getting (I know to an extent it's dependant on the house's distance from the box etc.) with this service?

Thanks for any figures.

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#1340622 10-Jul-2015 14:17

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A master splitter is required for VDSL2 and in most cases will improve speeds on DSL connections. Regular disconnections can be a monitored alarm or a set top box trying to connect. If there's an alarm connected to your line even if you don't have an alarm contract it may still try to connect so it's worth checking.

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johnr

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#1340641 10-Jul-2015 14:22

UFB is not related to distance very different when comparing to copper xDSL connections

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#1340645 10-Jul-2015 14:23

Fibre isnt a copper service, where the signal attenuates as it goes along.

There is no difference in distance "from the box"

Realistically, most of the time you would be looking at getting the full 30/10 speed

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woodson

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#1340648 10-Jul-2015 14:25

Oh, ok, thanks for correcting me - appreciated. Something learnt every day, etc. :)

floydbloke

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#1340650 10-Jul-2015 14:28

I'm on 100/20 Overall good, with a few peculiarities.
TradeMe, Facebook, Stuff etc.load lightning fast, but oddly there are some websites/pages that take longer to load than they did on ADSL.
Hotmail for instance, on chrome it will sit there with a blank screen for 3 to 4 seconds with "Establishing Secure Connection" in the status bar. Vodafone's own customerzone page takes about 5-10 seconds to render the usage stats graphics.

Downloads are absolutely fantastic (depending on source of course). Have downloaded a couple of games from EA (Origin client) and they have come down at near line-speed, up to 1GB every minute. A well-seeded torrent also comes down at those sorts of speeds.

Did Eric Clapton really think she looked wonderful...or was it after the 15th outfit she tried on and he just wanted to get to the party and get a drink?