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Discussion topic: Not getting the speed I should over wifi

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This message was authored by: Rossi999

Not getting the speed I should over wifi

I pay for fullfibre gigafast broadband and Wi-Fi Max, but I struggle to get speeds anywhere near that around the home. I know the speed coming into the home is about 900Mb and I'm hardwired in my garden room and get speeds close to 900mb, but over the wifi I'm lucky if I get 250mb and sometimes it drops as low as 10Mb

 

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This message was authored by: Chrisee

Re: Not getting the speed I should over wifi

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@Rossi999 WiFi speeds are affected by the layout and type of construction of your home. In practice 250Mb/s is ample for everything apart from downloading huge files. If you do need those speeds use ethernet as to get faster WiFi in every room in your home is going to require third party kit which can cost serious money. Sky's WiFi Max bundle promises at least 25Mb/s in every room in your home (note excludescout buildings).

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65inch Sky Glass, 3 Sky Streaming Pucks, Sky Ultrafast + and Sky SR213(white Wifi Max hub) main Wifi from 3 TP-Link Deco M4 units in access point mode
This message was authored by: TimmyBGood

Re: Not getting the speed I should over wifi

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@Rossi999 wrote:

 

I pay for fullfibre gigafast broadband and Wi-Fi Max, 

 

over the wifi I'm lucky if I get 250mb 

 


As @Chrisee indicates, 250Mbs is ten times faster than the 'Enhanced Wall to Wall WiFi Guarantee' element of the WiFi Max subscription supplement for a gigabit FTTP connection.

 

Repeated posts in this forum suggest that the white Max Hub struggles in some environments though.  Realistically to shift anything close to cabled speed over wireless you'd need to invest in more capable mesh hardware (the Max pods are only WiFi 5) and have client devices of WiFi 6 or higher.

 

 

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