Slow download speeds on Gigafast 900 mb/s

[TimmyBGood]

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@Chris1711 wrote:

because Sky don't provide ethernet ports on their boosters (which I find baffling) 

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The second release of the upright booster without an ethernet port may have been a batch manufactured during the post-pandemic silicon component shortage: the first release of the same hardware had such a port.

[svander1]

Unfortunately the recent boosters do not have the ethernet port any longer.  I had the same issue.  I moved to a mesh system (EERO) and use that instead.  The EERO Pro 6 has 2 ethernet ports, which works perfectly.  Maybe an idea

[Chris1711]

I would have gone this route if I had realised sky no longer provide ethernet ports, but It's definately a router issue. Sky have agreed to send an engineer out. I have even tried with a powerline adapter, which should work fine as the entire house runs on a single ring main, but I only get 40mbps through that also. It has a built in mesh system with it, and that runs at only 150mbps. 

I can turn everything off and use my phone sat on top of the router and get 100mbps, which isn't right. Ideally I'd run a different router, and my own mesh system, but due to needing the voice port on the router, and financial constraints, I can't do this at the moment.

It's certainly looking like a switch back to BT next year, unless there is some serious improvement with the engineer tomorrow. 

[Bensley1]

Having the same issue. Did you have any luck with the engineer? Any useful tips?

[svander1]

EERO WIFI 7 ROUTERS (3PACK) on £299 deal in Amazon 🙂

[Chris1711]

We ended up running a ethernet cable from the router up to my PC where I needed the higher speeds. D/L over WiFi rarely gets above 200. Sky will only take action if it's coming into your box at a slower speed. If your WiFi is slow, they basically tell you it's your fault. 

[Bensley1]

I only get about 400 via WiFi right next to the box!