topic Re: sudden low speed. in Fibre

sudden low speed.

MikeS86 — Sun, 12 May 2024 14:24:22 GMT

Hi, I know you guys like puzzles so here goes.......I am on the Fibre 65 plan and for the last 4 years have had a steady 51mbs. On the 8th this month it suddenly dropped to steady 47mbs. Checked the connectivity on line and it came up with a fault , opened case Number then they seem forget all about it. Talked on the “chat line” with 2 separate “TEC Agents, both clueless without their computer screen (both sets of questions identical ) got nowhere, one suggested that if I did not like the speed I should go elsewhere, That comment after being with talk talk for 16 years shows the state of service now.

Checked the speed today the 12/05.2024 it came up that I had 51mbs to router but 47 to my equipment. My Son came round with his laptop plugged in and got the same 47mbs. I think that talktalk is scamming me as I tried an identical router I had as a backup, same slower speed. I asked 3 times for them to send an engineer out as the fault is obviously out side the property but “fell on deaf ears”

last question, can you think of any other way, than an engineer to come out, and if they still have engineers for that purpose.

Sorry for the length of this but tried every thing possible 😞

Re: sudden low speed.

Gliwmaeden2 — Sun, 12 May 2024 14:38:12 GMT

They'll only send out an engineer if you are finding speeds fall below the minimum guaranteed speed, @MikeS86.

Check your contract, and the minimum speed dotted line in the reported speeds for the week in My Connection.

Re: sudden low speed.

AllyM — Mon, 13 May 2024 04:05:50 GMT

To be honest, there isn't much difference between 47 and 51. Is there anything you actually can't do with 47 that you could with 51? Personally, I get about 35Mbps download speed which I find is plenty for normal internet usage.

Actual throughput speed will always be slightly lower than the router sync speed. Was your router syncing at higher than 51Mbps before?

Have you tried all the usual things like powering off the router for 30 minutes to start a new session at the cabinet, connecting the router to the "test" socket to rule out any internal wiring in your house etc?

Re: sudden low speed.

Debbie-TalkTalk — Mon, 13 May 2024 06:49:03 GMT

Hi MikeS86

Please can you add your name and TalkTalk landline number to your Community Profile, we can then take a look at this for you.

Thanks

Debbie

Re: sudden low speed.

Anonymous — Fri, 17 May 2024 07:15:50 GMT

Hi Mike,

Do you still need assistance with this?

Thanks

Michelle

Re: sudden low speed.

Anonymous — Mon, 20 May 2024 05:46:38 GMT

Hi Mike,

Just checking back in to see how you're getting on?

Thanks

Michelle