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[Dwight]

HI Folks
Just been checking my nephews address and his Gfast is no longer fast!
Have any other Gfast users noticed a slow down in their service.
Thanks
Dwight

[Chrysalis]

Is that for new customers only?  A deterrent to push them towards FTTP? (although not great if the area is copper only).

[Dwight]

Is that for new customers only?  A deterrent to push them towards FTTP? (although not great if the area is copper only).

He is actually a current user, so I've asked him if he's recently done a speed test.
But I'm thinking it is to deter, Wholesale says 330 still. So something is going on!
Dwight

[RealAleMadrid]

@Dwight  This has been reported by adslmax on the TBB forum, his speeds have not reduced. Just a ploy by Openreach to stop supplying it as obviously nobody will order G.Fast any more with that estimate. It was always a very limited product which only worked very close to the cabinet.

https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/f/4767341-gfast-up-to-76mbps.html?view=collapsed

[Dwight]

@Dwight  This has been reported by adslmax on the TBB forum, his speeds have not reduced. Just a ploy by Openreach to stop supplying it as obviously nobody will order G.Fast any more with that estimate. It was always a very limited product which only worked very close to the cabinet.

https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/f/4767341-gfast-up-to-76mbps.html?view=collapsed

Thanks, not a user of their forum. So hadn't picked up on it.

[hushcoden]

I'm on Gfast 250/45, everythng is working fine, but checking my address I see the same 'funny' result   

[Chrysalis]

They forgot to change how much of the bar fills, g.fast still more filled than FTTC.

[Dwight]

They forgot to change how much of the bar fills, g.fast still more filled than FTTC.

 

[kitz]

I'm also in the "they are trying to push FTTP" camp.

There's likely to be factors that will affect the result, the obvious ones being.

• if there is FTTP available - obviously if FTTP isnt available then its a way some customers can get higher speeds.,
• g.fast speed estimate - if the speed increase for g.fast is only slightly above FTTC
• Live g.fast on the cab - If no one else on the cab has g.fast not encouraging new connections from that PCP
• Price of g.fast - it may look a bit silly if the FTTP price is cheaper than g.fast.  Who would want to pay more money for a less stable product with lower speeds.

But that then gets thrown up in the air if hushcoden's result is also borked.   ???  I presume fttp isnt available to you?

[hushcoden]

I was able to get Gfast in Jan 2021 and it's been working fine, but unfortunately no FTTP on the horizon...

[speedyrite2024]

Same here. Got G.Fast almost 1 month ago via Sky. The OR checker now shows the same speeds for G.Fast as for FTTC but it was previously accuratel Our line is 175 metres from the cabinet.

There is FTTP in adjacent streets (Openreach & CIiyFibre) - but our little private estate has been missed. No idea if we will ever get FTTP, so G.Fast is as good as it gets here.