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New installation of EE900mb not even hitting the gauranteed minimum

BruceCraig
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I was promised 900mb and I am only seeing 200ish. I moved from BT and I was getting a better speed with them. I called and was told it will take time to settle down.

Sorry but I am an IT Professional and there is no settling down needed. Either the speed is set to allow 900 or its not.

The BT circuits are actually in the BT manhole cover in my front garden.

I spoke to BT today and they confirm that I should be capable of hitting 900, they tested tot he end point.

The router is stating that the speed is 1000mb or 1gb.

I have tried two speed checkers and both report the same speeds.

There must be an issue with the account, its almost as though the speed is being throttled.

Someone really needs to deal with this issue and do not attempt to feed me any more Bull.

 

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XRaySpeX
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The router doesn't know the BB speed; only the ONT would. The router is reporting the LAN speed, 1 Gig, of the Ethernet connections.

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
pip11
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Scholarly Contributor

Have you tried setting up a direct ONT - Device PPPoE connection?

Mustrum
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EE Community Star

@BruceCraig  unlike the BT forum, no one on here has visibility of your account or can do much other than offer suggestions.

 

So as an IT professional, first thing to try is narrow down the issue. There have been reports of EE routers not giving the max speeds on the 900Mbps service, I think BT may have had similar problems until a firmware fix. So you could:

1. wait a bit to see if your router is updated.

2. Eliminate the router with a direct connection as already mentioned.

3. Replace the router with the BT one, or one of your own.

 

You do not mention if your testing to the speed check sites were via Wi-Fi or ethernet, or if there is a difference between either method of testing. 

pip11
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Scholarly Contributor

@Mustrum 

No-one on the BT forum has account access except the mods, they only get involved when a trusted member asks them.

Mustrum
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EE Community Star

@pip11  bit of a contradiction there then!

XRaySpeX
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EE Community Star

@Mustrum : Where?

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
Mustrum
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EE Community Star

@XRaySpeX  @pip11  said no one has access then said the Mods have - to me that is a contradiction.

My original point to the OP was that they needed to provide more information, rather than them seeming expecting staff on here to be able to look at their account and fix something.

XRaySpeX
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@Mustrum : Do you not see the word "except" in the same sentence? It's a qualifier to what comes before.

 

"The Earth is covered by water, except the bits that are land"! 😉

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
Mustrum
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EE Community Star

@XRaySpeX  very different example, and some would wonder why this thread has continued when the OP has not further engaged? 😎

 

Some may even go as far as to suggest there is no point to any of this evenings posts 😀