BT93
Member
Hi,
I am very used to the headline speed not being the speed that you get to your router. I was on an FTTC 80 Mbps connection before I moved to my new home, and I would get about 66Mbps in that situation.
Here though I have FTTP. I was therefore expecting the speed that is advertised to be the speed that I actually get.
I was initially on the 300Mbps tier, and was getting 280-290Mbps which I thought was correct, and has no issues with the 10Mbps difference - I just put it down to overhead.
When it became available, I upgraded to the Full Fibre 900 package, and have been active for just over a week. The speeds I get however are in the region of 640-700Mbps, quite a substantial distance from the advertised 900-900 range given on the website (the minimum threshold speed is ~450Mbps).
While I would obviously love to get the full 900Mbps, I am content with these speeds. I am merely curious why on a FTTP line I do not get the full quoted speed? The gigabit capability is the major selling point of the technology to me.
I assumed that the minimum speed is so that they have some leeway to throttle if the core network becomes heavily loaded, and they can artificially throttle the connection for a while?
Is that the case or are there other technical reasons why the speeds are variable on an FTTP connection and not the headline speed?
Thanks!
I am very used to the headline speed not being the speed that you get to your router. I was on an FTTC 80 Mbps connection before I moved to my new home, and I would get about 66Mbps in that situation.
Here though I have FTTP. I was therefore expecting the speed that is advertised to be the speed that I actually get.
I was initially on the 300Mbps tier, and was getting 280-290Mbps which I thought was correct, and has no issues with the 10Mbps difference - I just put it down to overhead.
When it became available, I upgraded to the Full Fibre 900 package, and have been active for just over a week. The speeds I get however are in the region of 640-700Mbps, quite a substantial distance from the advertised 900-900 range given on the website (the minimum threshold speed is ~450Mbps).
While I would obviously love to get the full 900Mbps, I am content with these speeds. I am merely curious why on a FTTP line I do not get the full quoted speed? The gigabit capability is the major selling point of the technology to me.
I assumed that the minimum speed is so that they have some leeway to throttle if the core network becomes heavily loaded, and they can artificially throttle the connection for a while?
Is that the case or are there other technical reasons why the speeds are variable on an FTTP connection and not the headline speed?
Thanks!























