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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Thanks for this. I had Internet 50 which was flawless service wise for 3-4 years using the old Cisco modem.
When the Internet 150 came out I went and got a Hiltron from the Shaw store and swapped it out myself. Right off the hop I was getting 150+ speeds on wifi and wired. Then over the last month I get slow down on wifi, can never seem to get more than 25 down but always 16+ up. Wired I seem to always hit 150 although I rarely speed test that type of connection.
Should be interesting to see the cause as maybe what you wrote in the last part of your post is happening. I haven't changed my cable setup from my power box where it is split in years, so maybe I am at the outer edge of what is supported.
I know Telus ran fiber a year or so ago, and I can get 150 through them. So we'll see what Shaw comes back with next week.
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Update...
So I'm not sure whether your issue is the same as mine, but essentially for me, there is no "fix".
I don't know how my iPhone 6 got 150/15 and is now stuck in the 100/15 to 50/15 range on 5Ghz, but it is what it is. It seems that the hardware is limiting the download speed.
For instance:
Wife's Iphone 6S for instance did 167 DL/15 up ish consistently
Tech's Samsung did over 170 DL consistently
My Iphone 6 did 95-105 DL /16 up consistently
iPad mini (non retina) did 65 DL / 14 up consistently
Computers on 2.4 Ghz wifi do around 65-80 DL / 15 up.
Tech couldn't answer why my iphone 6 originally had hit 150 DL and no longer could hit it, but hardware restriction theory does definitely seem to hold a bit of water.
Unfortunately, my answer isn't much of an answer. It seems like my devices are too "old" to hit 150 DL but can easily hit 15 UL. The tech wondered if it was due to the type of wifi module inside the devices and processing power that was limiting the DL speeds.
The tech had a Cisco modem that he offered to try, but I didn't think it was necessary. Newer devices were indeed getting full advertised speeds. My older devices however, were not.