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1419990	2016-05-06 22:50:00	As a side note not surprised as I have slow fibre at work on 30 plan also as my Spark VDSL at home runs better i.e download is better as is upload.....unreal man...From what I have seen you need to go to the 100 plan to get decent speed...My VDSL at home also beats several friends also who have fibre which winds em up no end... When I had the guy here from Chorus replacing my cable modem, we were discussing UFB that runs outside my place, he advised to stay with the Cable, its a lot more reliable than UFB. Had customers ask when I'm changing to UFB and when doing a speed test they were over the moon at getting 30-40 Mbps, dont really want to tell them thats slow compared to what I already have.	wainuitech (129)
1419991	2016-05-07 00:38:00	Ok, here is the update . Mysteriously, I now have download speeds up to 103Mbps at the Ethernet ports on the Modem . I’m told the fault must have been at my end, although nobody visited or touched anything . I’m on a roll . :D However, here’s the rub . If you wish to use wireless and save cabling your house, you are right out of luck unless you upgrade to a 802 . 11ac wireless router, and even then in practice you may only get 70 Mbps . See dugi’s post #5 I thought 802 . 11 was the standard and didn’t realise there is a selection relating to that standard . Anyway, “n” standard routers are the best I have on my Laptops and Desktop so 50Mbps is the best I can hope for under laboratory conditions . However, in practice, with all the other local networks, cordless phones, Microwave ovens, Mobile Phones and so on, the best I can get is around the 25Mbps, a far cry from 100Mbs . :rolleyes: 7183	B.M. (505)
1419992	2016-05-07 01:08:00	Anyway, “n” standard routers are the best I have on my Laptops and Desktop so 50Mbps is the best I can hope for under laboratory conditions. However, in practice, with all the other local networks, cordless phones, Microwave ovens, Mobile Phones and so on, the best I can get is around the 25Mbps, a far cry from 100Mbs. :rolleyes: Time to open the wallet then and upgrade your router, NIC's etc all to 802.11ac. Or be happy with what you have.	KarameaDave (15222)
1419993	2016-05-07 01:21:00	Wireless N can do better than that, my Note 3 using 5Ghz wireless N varies between 60-80 Mbps using the ookla android speedtest app. My router is dual channel, 2.4Ghz tends to be about half that though. And that's just with Sparks freebie Huawei router. If your router does 5Ghz a newer adapter for the PC might improve things, can't promise it of course.	dugimodo (138)
1419994	2016-05-07 22:34:00	802.11n can go to like 300mbps. I've gone over 150mbps on an el cheapo TL-WR1043ND from the other end of the house...	Chilling_Silence (9)
1419995	2016-05-07 23:21:00	Wireless N can do better than that, my Note 3 using 5Ghz wireless N varies between 60-80 Mbps using the ookla android speedtest app. My router is dual channel, 2.4Ghz tends to be about half that though. And that's just with Sparks freebie Huawei router. If your router does 5Ghz a newer adapter for the PC might improve things, can't promise it of course. Yes I think the 5Ghz might be helping you there. You raise another aspect though, so I thought I’d test my Samsung GT-S5300 for fun and it produced: Ping 7ms - Down 33.5Mbps – Up 21.08 Mbps but I suspect that was on the 2.4Ghz band as I doubt the phone is 5Ghz capable, but don’t know for sure and can’t seem to find anything on the Internet. However, I suspect the Wireless side of the Modem is playing no small part in the reduced speeds and as Chill says in Post #16 (I'm just putting it out there now, I absolutely freakin' hate those routers...) and he probably has very good reason to. Anyway, the bottom line is the installation was free and I’m no better or worse off than I was on ADSL with the exception that they have given me twice as much Data. However, that raises another question as at the moment I seem to be ploughing through twice as much data as normal so can anyone recommend a programme whereby I can check against Vodafone’s usage meter to see what’s happening?	B.M. (505)
1419996	2016-05-07 23:26:00	802.11n can go to like 300mbps. I've gone over 150mbps on an el cheapo TL-WR1043ND from the other end of the house... That's interesting Chill, but seems to me to be a contradiction of the contents of dugi's post #5. :confused: What am I missing here?	B.M. (505)
1419997	2016-05-08 00:05:00	Anyway, the bottom line is the installation was free and I’m no better or worse off than I was on ADSL with the exception that they have given me twice as much Data. However, that raises another question as at the moment I seem to be ploughing through twice as much data as normal so can anyone recommend a programme whereby I can check against Vodafone’s usage meter to see what’s happening? Some routers have a inbuilt log that shows traffic used during a time period. Not to sure if the one you have does or not, try looking through its interface. You can install network monitors on seperate computers to keep track, but then you have to manually add up the usage to get the total.www.softperfect.com	wainuitech (129)
1419998	2016-05-08 07:04:00	However, that raises another question as at the moment I seem to be ploughing through twice as much data as normal so can anyone recommend a programme whereby I can check against Vodafone’s usage meter to see what’s happening? www.tuc.co.nz	decibel (11645)
1419999	2016-05-09 02:58:00	www.tuc.co.nz :thanks	B.M. (505)
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