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M500 Broadband, but often only 90mbps during waking hours.

Stonedofmoo
Tuning in

Good afternoon VM Team.

Been many years since I was a VM customer, but moved back into a a VM broadband area and was connected last week using a M500 package.

I've just come from Vodafone 60-70Mbps via the phone line, but while slow it was always steady. This M500 package so far has underperformed every time I come to test it.

While I have seen 500mbps in speed tests, it's always late at night or early morning. During waking hours I consistently get nothing more than 90mbps, to the point I'm suspecting that I am throttled.

It's not my end. I have rebooted the VM Hub 3.0, I've tried it in router and modem mode conneted to my own router and I'm connected by ethernet cables.

This is your own test right now

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These are the tests throughout the day. Pay attention to the sudden drop in performance between 10:30 and 11:30am
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This 10:30-11:30 period coincides with a period of sustained packet loss, suggesting the connection dropped.

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While I don't expect to see 500Mbps at every point of the day, less than 1/5 of the advertised speed is very poor, and having been a customer of yours before and suffering similar issues I know very well the performance varies greatly depending on which area of your nework I'm connected too.

Can you please investigate and determine how I can get the speeds you are advertising throughout the day.

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This morning's result, a new low!!

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According to the BQM there's no contention to slow your feed. Post the Hub stats. Up, down and log. 

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My name is NOT Alessandro. That's just a tag Virginmedia sticks on some contributors. Please ignore it.

Client62
Alessandro Volta

... also check for a known VM fault affecting your street.

Call 0800 561 0061 – this is an automated number.

https://www.virginmedia.com/help/check/status/identification/identify

jpeg1
Alessandro Volta

And what does the full Samknows test say? 

https://www.samknows.com/realspeed/

- jpeg1
My name is NOT Alessandro. That's just a tag Virginmedia sticks on some contributors. Please ignore it.

Morning all. I'll update this evening when I'm back home.

The Samknows thing doesn't work, apparently my TPLink router isn't compatible 🙄

legacy1
Alessandro Volta

What TPLink router model do you have?

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jpeg1
Alessandro Volta

Try Samknows in modem mode, just for the test. 

- jpeg1
My name is NOT Alessandro. That's just a tag Virginmedia sticks on some contributors. Please ignore it.

Client62
Alessandro Volta

The Realspeed test requires the VM Hub to be in Router mode.

jpeg1
Alessandro Volta

You're right of course. Must be getting old. 

- jpeg1
My name is NOT Alessandro. That's just a tag Virginmedia sticks on some contributors. Please ignore it.