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Broadband Speed - UPC

pinkfloydian · 2015-01-12 17:08:12

I am using UPC Horizon Box and noticed today that my broadband speed was very slow. I ran some tests on speedtest.net and got 118 on Ethernet cable and only 42 on Wi-Fi. Also got 40 on my smartphone. I called UPC and they told me that I should be getting in the region of 200 on Ethernet connection and that they would do a…

12-01-2015 06:08PM

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pinkfloydian

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I am using UPC Horizon Box and noticed today that my broadband speed was very slow. I ran some tests on speedtest.net and got 118 on Ethernet cable and only 42 on Wi-Fi. Also got 40 on my smartphone.

I called UPC and they told me that I should be getting in the region of 200 on Ethernet connection and that they would do a "factory reset" on the modem. When I asked them what about Wi-Fi, I was told 40-50.

Is this just that their Wi-Fi unit in the Horizon box is crap, or would I only get that speed even if I bought my own router.

T

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#2 12-01-2015 06:41PM

icdg

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Okay, once is enough

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