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08-02-2022 02:36 PM
A little background, I am a computer networking enginer with multiple years of experince.
First got the fibre 900 in and was told it could take a while to hit speeds that were promised. Fair enough.
A week later and i was still getting less than the garunteed Minimum Speed (500mb). So i contacted Vodaphone and after me having to do multiple tests and send screen shots, they said they would look at it and get in touch.
They never did, i got in contact again and again I was told to run network tests (speed tests etc) which i had already done previously and had been keeping extensive logs of tests I would run multiple times a week. They again said someone would be in touch and again no one ever did reply.
Again i contacted, this time i asked if an enginer could come out and try and determine the fault. Instead they said they couldn't do that and they would instead send a new router to see if that was the issue.
The router was not the issue, the new one came and i again ran tests and again was barely making it over the 350mb mark (even though i was supposed to be on 900mb), AGAIN i contacted vodaphone and this time I was told that they have ran tests on their end and can connect to over 500mb (the minimum garuntee... funny that), and was practically called a liar by the agent i was talking too, they have now refused to send an enginerr out and have stated that its my devices where the issue lies. It really is not my devices, I have tested out the connection with no other devices attached and the wifi turned off on a device more than capable of gigbit connections and again the service speeds have come up short.
How can i get this issue taken seriously, I have now been with vodaphone around 2 months and have never hit the minimum garuntee of 500mbs.
If i could go back i would never have signed up.
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08-02-2022 06:50 PM
@scurrie93 wrote:Also just realised I can’t even put a complaint with the telecommunications ombudsman since vodaphone aren’t registered with them.
You can register a complaint with CISAS, but you would need to get a deadlock letter first. You would start the ball rolling on that by raising an official complaint.
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17-10-2023 03:30 PM
Hi.
What happened was that the wifi performance was very poor and even wired it wasn't hitting maximum speeds. I spoke to the pro broadband support team and they discovered that the router was incorrectly provisioned but they didn't go into any further details.
After some to and fro'ing, it was eventually sorted out, my wired speeds would hit the maximum and wifi speeds were much improved. Removing the wifi boosters also seemed to help so I haven't used them since.
As ripshod correctly points out, you'll never hit maximum speeds on wifi, I get about 500-600 if I'm near the router.
04-04-2024 07:10 PM
did you get another router from vodafone?
09-12-2023 06:45 AM
Have you found out a solution to the problem as im half way through the same problem... ive got good wifi but 89-98 mbps of ethernet speed just received new router yesterday and still no change??
09-12-2023 07:26 AM
I've replied in your other thread.
27-01-2024 10:50 PM
Evening yup I just got fibre 500 never had over 230 in 1st few days I will cancel if it doesn't improve
28-01-2024 01:47 PM
How are you testing?
28-01-2024 02:08 PM
Afternoon as I have only been up and running netflix check your network and also ookla through TVs browser.Both show nearly identical speeds .As the router is ten feet from TV no interference no other devices using router at the time spped around 220 .I plan to hook the pc up to router tomorrow before I get in touch with Vodafone
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28-01-2024 02:11 PM - edited 28-01-2024 02:11 PM
"I plan to hook the pc up to router tomorrow before I get in touch with Vodafone."
That'll be one of the best ways to test, using vodafone's own Ookla speed test.
28-01-2024 05:41 PM
@Gdaw wrote:
I plan to hook the pc up to router tomorrow before I get in touch with VodafoneR
Definately a good idea. Testing over Wi-Fi is not recommended to get a true reading.
28-01-2024 06:12 PM
Yes I appreciate ethernet better however had BT fibre B4 Vodafone meant to get 150 got 149 via WiFi on oled using Netflix and ookla speed checks the TV is only 10 feet from hub I can't see the speed increasing to near the 500 I was promised just because I attach via ethernet ?
From day one I have only had 230 mpbs Vodafone are up to no good if not improving within 14 days they are toast
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