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#127516 13-Aug-2013 12:00

I'm not sure if its just me but i seem to be getting a very slow upload speed today and I cant even sync something to my dropbox or upload pictures to photobucket.
I tried to do a speedtest test and the upload wont even connect for me. (cant even upload a picture to geekzone)

Its to note I am on Snap Vdsl in Auckland and I haven't gone over my monthly limit.
So anyone else having problems with uploads today? 

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  #876384 13-Aug-2013 12:00
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Hello... Our robot found some keywords in your post, so here is an automated reply with some important things to note regarding broadband speeds.

 



 

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Most of the problems with speed are likely to be related to internal wiring issues. Read this discussion to find out more about this. Your ISP is not intentionally slowing you down today (unless you are on a managed plan). Also if this is the school holidays it's likely you will notice slower than usual speed due to more users online.

 



 

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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  #876399 13-Aug-2013 12:30
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seems fine for me, got to uni this morning, my synchronize of work done last night went at line speed. and had a active vnc connnection almost all day, again working normally..

as for speeds, seems fine aside from the slight slowdown with having vnc open while speedtesting..




testing photobucket, and it seems fine too, try rebooting your fritz maybe?




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  #876547 13-Aug-2013 15:50
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Shut down your fritz!box for about 10 minutes with all the cables unplugged.

I can't remember where I read it, but I do remember some people reporting a fault with the fritz in regards to crap upload speeds, which only get resolved if you power off the modem and unplug all cables from it for about 10 minutes.



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  #876788 13-Aug-2013 22:30

@Dairusire, Thanks that did the job

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  #876885 14-Aug-2013 09:02
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@mikenzb, no problem man. I do believe there may be a firmware update that had been released to fix this issue or it's the thing that caused the issue.

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  #877071 14-Aug-2013 12:16

Dont think so, I'm on the latest firmware, altho I kinda wished I could downgrade.

 
 
 

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  #877080 14-Aug-2013 12:20
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mikenzb: Dont think so, I'm on the latest firmware, altho I kinda wished I could downgrade.


you should be able to downgrade perfectly fine..




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  #878112 14-Aug-2013 14:15

I tried before and I got stuck trying to restore the settings.

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