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Eircom: Router restart -> speed drops considerably

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  • 06-02-2013 11:48am
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    DeepBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 3,673 ✭✭✭


    I'm on 3MB broadband with a speed of something like 3072/384 down/up.


    Usually I leave the router on 24/7 but I've noticed lately that anytime I restart it I end up with much poorer line speeds. They usually eventually resolve.


    Last night I restarted and now my down and up speeds are 224/96 down/up :(
    I would normally have expected it to resolve itself by morning but if anything it's getting worse. 
    How can I fix this?


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    skeg16
    Registered Users Posts: 314 ✭✭skeg16


    sounds iffy but my guess would be you restarted the router during peak times and did a speed test. Im on 3mb also and I find that anytime between 5-10pm the speeds are muck because basically the lines are muck and full of congestion....we are all in the same boat, NGB is the only answer but that just seems to be unheard of in my area :(


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    DeepBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 3,673 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    I'm reasonably lucky in that I normally get my 3MB/s down 38kb/s up and it's usually reliable.
    I did a reset just there and my speed is now   480/96 (kbps) which is better but still far off from what it should be.


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    AlanMc86
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭AlanMc86


    Same thing happened to me, went from 7Mb down to 3Mb. I used to reliably get 5-6Mb in speed test but now my modem has lowered its speed to 3712/384!


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    DeepBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 3,673 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    Actually it's back up to 3072/384 (kbps) now so this can be closed/marked resolved.


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    eircom: Alan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭eircom: Alan


    DeepBlue wrote: »
    Actually it's back up to 3072/384 (kbps) now so this can be closed/marked resolved.
    Hi DeepBlue

    Glad to hear this is resolved. Keep in touch if you have any querys in the future.

    Regards

    Al


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    skeg16
    Registered Users Posts: 314 ✭✭skeg16


    GR8 work Eircom :) 

    Love those guys


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