nbn FTTC Downloads Stopping Briefly in Evenings

emibel19 on 03/01/2020 - 21:33

This week, I have been noticing evening downloads stopping completely for 2-3 sec, then returning for 5-6 sec.
It is a regular pattern which does not happen earlier in the day, and has occurred with both Kogan/Vodafone (100/40 plan) and Superloop (100/20 plan).

Is this perhaps caused by deficiencies in the NBN itself in my area (Fullarton SA), rather than lack of CVC bandwidth bought by the RSP? Sort of like NBN overselling its capacity? It looks like a round-robin approach to sharing limited capacity between RSPs.

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Comments

  • Rukiata on 03/01/2020 - 21:56

    its NBN.
    Nothing can be done.
    happens to me with HFC NBN,

    • emibel19 on 03/01/2020 - 22:08

      I'm glad it's not just me. It was much better when I had Telstra HFC at my old address. Fortunately I do most of my downloading in the afternoon, before prime time.

    • Clear on 04/01/2020 - 09:30

      Or get a better ISP/RSP. My 100mbps FTTP speed is consistent 24/7 and has been for 7 years 😉

    • subywagon on 04/01/2020 - 11:41

      Happens to me too late at night. Suddenly drops for a few seconds or minute or so I have no internet.

  • AliensStoleMyMoney on 03/01/2020 - 23:14

    sounds like congestion check your cvc here. https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/cvc-graphs/

    those isps you mentioned are known for this.

    give aussie bb a shot you get what you pay for with isps on the nbn (if they have low cvc load in your area)

    dont forget to check/call for sign up bonuses

    • ESEMCE on 04/01/2020 - 11:10

      Superloop is supposed to be decent.

      I think it's a hardware issue, or some sort of electronic noise that occurs at that time of day

      • AliensStoleMyMoney on 04/01/2020 - 12:50
        +1

        more likely to be congestion, if it was hardware it would happen all the time same with noise.

        my experiences working with blth retail and business side of superloop as a network engineer are similar to telstra.

        aussie and their parent for business wideband are good.

  • emibel19 on 03/01/2020 - 23:39

    @AliensStoleMy Money Yes, you do usually get what you pay for, but Aussie BB is also quite a bit dearer. What a pity that other RSPs don't show data like that. If it gets too annoying I'll try Aussie.

  • emibel19 on 08/01/2020 - 22:58

    I think I've found the problem. It looks like it was caused by using a WiFi connection from my PC to router (to save having an Ethernet cable across the room). I should have thought about this before, because I've always been wary of WiFi, but because it was working OK during the day, it wasn't until I saw this thread (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/511124) that I thought about WiFi interference increasing during busy periods such as the evening.

    I wasn't sure whether it was using 2.4 or 5 GHz, so I disabled 2.4 in the router, but the problem persisted.
    I've now gone back to an Ethernet cable and it seems to avoid the problem.

    I may try Ethernet over Power later (assuming the power points I want are on the same circuit).

    Thanks for all the suggestions (and jogging my memory about WiFi).

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