[Snap] Anyone on Snap UFB in Auckland experiencing issues today 26th Nov?

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gmball

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#157293 26-Nov-2014 19:52

Anyone on a Snap UFB connection in Auckland experiencing severe slow down's today 26th Nov?

After a planned outage overnight, we don't seem to be able to achieve more than 4mbps down / 5mpbs up.

Tried various speed tests to different servers, but doesn't seem to improve things.

I'm thinking perhaps just a flow on from the outage overnight?

PeterReader

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#1183573 26-Nov-2014 19:52

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If you are posting regarding DSL speeds please check that

- you have reset your modem and router

- your PC (or other PCs in your LAN) is not downloading large files when you are testing

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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.

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gmball

568 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1183586 26-Nov-2014 19:53

Sorry, should have mentioned we are on Snap's 100/20 UFB service and can normally obtain maximum line speeds to NZ speediest servers.

ChrisNZL

309 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1183591 26-Nov-2014 20:00

30/10 here, been fine all day.

Have you tried restarting your ONT, router, and computer?

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gmball

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#1183597 26-Nov-2014 20:02

ChrisNZL: 30/10 here, been fine all day.

Have you tried restarting your ONT, router, and computer?

I'll restart the ONT and Router and test again.

I hadn't restarted either as no settings had been changed at our end, by will restart now and see if things improve.

Thanks

Aredwood

3885 posts

Uber Geek

#1183713 27-Nov-2014 00:47

Got almost line speed to Sydney

Depending on what the outage was, Snap might have terminated your PPP session on a different server than your usual one. Which can stuff your speeds. And a new PPP session can be necessary to get back onto the correct PPP server. In 1 of the Fritzbox menus there is a button to drop and then re establish your PPP session. (this trick is good if you are on VDSL, so you wont affect DLM). You can also do this by unplugging, then plugging back in the Ethernet cable between your router and the ONT.