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Should FTTH provide the full speed promised?

  • 28-05-2024 7:36am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I've just had a 500Mbps FTTH connection installed but my speedchecker is showing 441Mbps (laptop connected directly to router) instead of closer to 500. Is that normal or is there an issue?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,733 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Yeah it normal.

    You are getting very close to that 500Mbps, so close that it would probably not be noticable to you as a user.

    There will always be some loss.

    Oddly enough I have VF 500Mbps and sometimes get 540Mbps or so on WiFi when beside the router.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭Birka


    Great - thanks. I had a very pushy Vodafone rep selling fibre here recently who told that only Vodafone and Eir could guarantee the full 500Mbps and any other provider would provide 'up to'. I went with another provider but was wondering when I saw the numbers that I was getting.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,322 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    If you look at the Vodafone website (or Eir) the speeds are advertised as 'up to': I don't think any provider (FTTH or not) will guarantee the full speed



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭RobiePAX


    Normally "up to" part is only is applicable to FTTC because it can be anything from 5 to 100 MB/s based on distance.

    With FTTH you usually get close to the number they advertise. They will still say "up to" to cover their back just in case.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Eir say you should get upto 90%



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