Seems to have returned to normal this morning. Was unusable for gaming or real time streaming yesterday from 8pm onwards for me.
Standard video streaming worked fine thankfully due to buffering making up for the lost packets.
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Standard video streaming worked fine thankfully due to buffering making up for the lost packets.
I upgraded from 1gb to 2.5gbps yesterday. Managed to get it for £35 and I get to keep a static IP.
Setup was faultless and getting the full 2.5gb down/up from their supplied equipment...now just trying to figure out why within my own network I can only get 1.5gb upload....
Setup was faultless and getting the full 2.5gb down/up from their supplied equipment...now just trying to figure out why within my own network I can only get 1.5gb upload....
Crazy speeds. Back in the day when I got my first home PC we was still on dialup. Then got a 256kb broadband which felt super fast.
Then every year or so kept upgrading to 512kb, 1mb, 2mb and went that way up to 8mb line on copper. Though by then I recall I got dropouts in the line due to SNR. I remember getting a tool and reinstalling the line to improve snr
Kind of fancy the 2.5gb line myself to get the static ip to go with it. But do I really need it? Not really
Removing the bell wire (#3 orange) on the telephone socket?Crazy speeds. Back in the day when I got my first home PC we was still on dialup. Then got a 256kb broadband which felt super fast.
Then every year or so kept upgrading to 512kb, 1mb, 2mb and went that way up to 8mb line on copper. Though by then I recall I got dropouts in the line due to SNR. I remember getting a tool and reinstalling the line to improve snr
Kind of fancy the 2.5gb line myself to get the static ip to go with it. But do I really need it? Not really
I remember thinking when I had ADSL2 it would be slowly upgraded so they milk as much as they can out of the copper (or aluminium in some cases) lines. I'm actually content on 1Gb now. The rest of the home network and computer storage needs the upgrade to make use of the faster speeds which I thought would never happen.
Tell me about it, having 2.5gb feels like those days on LimeWire downloading The Matrix Revolutions and it showing some bonkers speed but it was all fake, that's the feeling I'm getting again.Crazy speeds. Back in the day when I got my first home PC we was still on dialup. Then got a 256kb broadband which felt super fast.
Then every year or so kept upgrading to 512kb, 1mb, 2mb and went that way up to 8mb line on copper. Though by then I recall I got dropouts in the line due to SNR. I remember getting a tool and reinstalling the line to improve snr
Kind of fancy the 2.5gb line myself to get the static ip to go with it. But do I really need it? Not really
I have VM to thank for digging up in our area a few years ago because before that we were stuck with 78mb for the longest time!
Removing the bell wire (#3 orange) on the telephone socket?
I remember thinking when I had ADSL2 it would be slowly upgraded so they milk as much as they can out of the copper (or aluminium in some cases) lines. I'm actually content on 1Gb now. The rest of the home network and computer storage needs the upgrade to make use of the faster speeds which I thought would never happen.
Yeah same. Been on 1GB for a while and it feels like it is more than enough. But if i can get the 2.5GB on a deal for 24 months for say £25 or something in the future, I might go for it.
Though, I probably would benefit more from a better router. Right now I am using two community fibre ones in mesh. Does a good enough job tbf. But I am sure a better speced router would do a better job.
Just notice that my tapo cameras is not connecting to the wifi with the CommunityFibre mx57 router.
Look up it up and some utube video says to turn off the 5G wifi so the camera(2.4 only) can connect first but it seems there is no option to turn off the 5G on this router, the options on the router are really bare bones.
I had the 2.4G and 5G on diff. ssid, has anyone has found any work around on this? or do I need to get a different router now, maybe stick a dedicated ap for 2.4G?
Look up it up and some utube video says to turn off the 5G wifi so the camera(2.4 only) can connect first but it seems there is no option to turn off the 5G on this router, the options on the router are really bare bones.
I had the 2.4G and 5G on diff. ssid, has anyone has found any work around on this? or do I need to get a different router now, maybe stick a dedicated ap for 2.4G?
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Crazy speeds. Back in the day when I got my first home PC we was still on dialup. Then got a 256kb broadband which felt super fast.
Then every year or so kept upgrading to 512kb, 1mb, 2mb and went that way up to 8mb line on copper. Though by then I recall I got dropouts in the line due to SNR. I remember getting a tool and reinstalling the line to improve snr
Kind of fancy the 2.5gb line myself to get the static ip to go with it. But do I really need it? Not really
I remember back then a lot of the speed increases were all free automatic upgrades, mostly with ntlworld, and maybe one or two with virgin media.
That is the thing that still escapes me, getting a decent router to handle the speed but also have QoS or some scanning turned on that doesn't slow the throughput.
Most of our devices here wouldn't handle the speed as well I think so I'm hoping that price change does happen, but the 1GBps becomes the £20 for 24 months package, although at the existing price it's good anyway (compared to the usual ISP pricing you can get). I've even had HyperOptic send multiple letters now incentivising to switch, with free install/activation and the same pricing. If CF continues to provide the same level of service I think they'll soon become my longest running ISP (4 years next April I think) which is great. No more hassle of having to search around each time.
Another NTL customer, same here! I remember the grey Ambit USB cable modem and having the PC connected directly to the modem. Simpler and unsafe days
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Is that using the app or the web UI from the browser? I found the web UI offered more settings than the app.
It is using the mobile app.
I also got a few tapo smart P100 switch and this connects fine and can be controlled via the mobile app only the tapo cameras is not connecting to the app.
In the meantime I stuck an ac86u on there and it just works straight away, till I got more time to check it through.
If you switch to "Premium WiFi" it shows the 5gb package, but 3gb is still missing.
Great deal going on my area (might be worth others checking their postcodes) but they are offering DOUBLE speed for the same price.
1gb speeds (2gb now that its been doubled!) is now £25 a month until march 2026!
1gb speeds (2gb now that its been doubled!) is now £25 a month until march 2026!
I wonder if I called if they would do something for me. Lol.
I am guessing the package would still have CGNAT. would need next tier which would be 5GB. But who the hell needs that kind of speed
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Was wondering if the 5gb would become 10gb, would definitely have jumped on that at that point. But alas, only up to 5gb from the 2.5gb package being doubled.
Still, excellent deals for anyone joining of course.