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Thread ID: 141690 2016-02-05 04:03:00 New speed sarel (2490) PC World Chat
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1415533 2016-02-05 04:03:00 I recently changed plans with Spark to the offered 100/50 plan but my speeds stay where they were on the previous plan (37 up, 22 down). I thought that this was due to an overloaded internet in NZ, but a friend today told me he had the same problem, the Spark HelpDesk told him to change the WLAN channel to 11, and he got 92 d/l. I called the HelpDesk but my Helpdesk helper kind of blame the line and wants me to call the technical guys although I told him my speeds are not changing, it is stable, I just do not get the higher speeds. I've got the Huawei HG630b modem, and I followed the instructions on the Spark website to change channels. No difference in speeds.

Any ideas?

Sarel
sarel (2490)
1415534 2016-02-05 15:22:00 Plug in an ethernet cable, disable wifi, do a speedtest. Alex B (15479)
1415535 2016-02-05 17:11:00 Did that, no change

sarel
sarel (2490)
1415536 2016-02-05 18:23:00 Which speed test site are you using? 37 up, 22 down is a weird reading. ignore wifi speed readings Ypou pay for the speed delivered to the router. What plan were you on before? apsattv (7406)
1415537 2016-02-05 19:45:00 The Ookla site as well as Spark's own test. Both more or less the same. Before I've been on the Fibre 30 I think

sarel
sarel (2490)
1415538 2016-02-05 21:10:00 What device are you testing with, if it's a PC how old is it, what are the specs, and what is the OS. Alex B (15479)
1415539 2016-02-05 23:56:00 Lappie, Intel I3, 2.4 ghz, 4gb ram, 64 bit Win10, 750Gb HD of which 50G used. Surely your device does not have that much an influence on the speed? sarel (2490)
1415540 2016-02-06 00:31:00 Wifi or Ethernet? Zippity (58)
1415541 2016-02-06 07:11:00 Wifi sarel (2490)
1415542 2016-02-06 07:38:00 What do you expect? :( Zippity (58)
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