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How do I get the best speeds from my Fibre connection?

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This page will assist you in understanding more about speeds on Fibre.

 

 

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To get the best speeds from your fibre here are a couple of rules you can follow:

  1. To get the BEST speed on fibre you should plug directly into the Orcon Genius using an Ethernet cable.
  2. WiFi is convenient, but if walls, appliances and distance get in the way it starts to slow down. Read more about placing your WiFi router
  3. Use newer devices: If your modem is older, it may not have the WiFi technology or pure grunt needed to go fast.
  4. Fibre is designed to go fast on many devices, but it still has a max speed - so be aware when you're doing heaps of intense downloading that all other devices with in your home will be impacted.
  5. Use speedy services: in many cases, Fibre is much faster than some servers hosting content on the internet.- if you are downloading content from a server which is only capable of achieving 10Mbps, then the speed of your download will also suffer as a result.