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1408887 2015-09-25 23:29:00 A couple of weeks ago we got the Naked Fiber Broadband 30/10 plan.
Our speed, from Sparkes own website say we average about 28 Mbps D/L and about 12 up and seems pretty constant.
In the evenings my wife plays her sodden Facebook games and I watch the older TV shows, online.
We have both noticed problems, hers slowness of connection and mine can take a while for programs to start playing.
Spark tells me we have nothing wrong and they say Fiber stays constant, were as ADSL all over the place.
Given our "issues" is there much point going for the 100 plan?
Like will it make any difference?
:illogical

Ian
ianhnz (4263)
1408888 2015-09-26 02:39:00 So as with adsl, you can get lag, traffic issues - all that stuff.

But I think it would be better with the faster fibre. I mean why have slow fibre anyway.....seems silly to me, not much better than the theoretical speed of adsl....
pctek (84)
1408889 2015-09-26 05:09:00 Just because it is fast it makes no difference if you haven't got the bandwidth. If all your neighbours are on fibre at the same time it would be like running several sprinklers on the same hose pipe. In other words its volume you are short of, not speed. I have the same problem with VDSL. mzee (3324)
1408890 2015-09-26 12:17:00 Sounds like a common problem with cheaper routers. You shouldn't be putting up with it.

What you're describing will be either your ISP or your router. No point going to 100mbps. You should be able to do all that and more on 30mbps without even breaking a sweat!
Chilling_Silence (9)
1408891 2015-09-26 21:10:00 Which service do you use to watch your older tv shows? and are you using wifi? apsattv (7406)
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