Need Help - Slow Vodacom Fibre for months now

youradsl

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Hope anyone has some advise about what else I can do, as it seems Vodacom will do nothing from there end.

Since Feb, after 18:00 every day my 100 Mbps Vodacom fiber line runs at between 10 and 55 Mbps.
I have called about this, and logged a service call 3 times over the last months now, and every time it's the same story - they create a service ticket, and for two weeks the status is pending and then it's closed - nothing has been done.

Had one call after 4 weeks, to ask if the issue is sorted, I said no, she said it's unacceptable, and guess what - two days later the ticket was closed as resolved - current speed 9.27 Mbps.

See speed tests attached:
This is done while plugged into LAN with now other connections active, and selecting the closest Vodacom Server using speedtest.net as per attached image.

This is becoming incredibly frustrating as Vodacom is the only Fibre provider in our area, and we had to sign a year contract. At this speeds and price it's better for me to go back to a 40Mbps ADSL line, but can't cancel the Vodacom contract even though they not providing even half of what I'm paying for.
 

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Ryan Innes

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Hope anyone has some advise about what else I can do, as it seems Vodacom will do nothing from there end.

Since Feb, after 18:00 every day my 100 Mbps Vodacom fiber line runs at between 10 and 55 Mbps.
I have called about this, and logged a service call 3 times over the last months now, and every time it's the same story - they create a service ticket, and for two weeks the status is pending and then it's closed - nothing has been done.

Had one call after 4 weeks, to ask if the issue is sorted, I said no, she said it's unacceptable, and guess what - two days later the ticket was closed as resolved - current speed 9.27 Mbps.

See speed tests attached:
This is done while plugged into LAN with now other connections active, and selecting the closest Vodacom Server using speedtest.net as per attached image.

This is becoming incredibly frustrating as Vodacom is the only Fibre provider in our area, and we had to sign a year contract. At this speeds and price it's better for me to go back to a 40Mbps ADSL line, but can't cancel the Vodacom contract even though they not providing even half of what I'm paying for.

Which part of Cape Town are you in? Vodacom just went live in our complex but I've held off for this very reason and their fup won't cover what we need.
 

youradsl

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Which part of Cape Town are you in? Vodacom just went live in our complex but I've held off for this very reason and their fup won't cover what we need.

I'm in Durbanville area. For the 1st 4 months it ran perfectly - actually got about 120Mbps, but since Feb, it's almost dead.
 

bashan

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Log a complaint with the NCC. You can not pay for a service not rendered. If you pay for 100Mbps fibre line then you should get at least 90% of that speed. Thats the whole point of getting fibre. Give them one months notice and keep a record of all your emails and tickets for evidence.
 

Mainevent

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hey guys, so ive been having the same issues with Vodacom on 100mb fibre. Although im getting 100mb on speedtest.net to Vodacom my download speeds are shocking at 2mb/s.

When i do a speedtest using mybroadbands tool, im only getting 50mb and when i use google, its 20mb
Could this be a case of shaping/throttling everything besides speedtest.net?

I cant even stream on twitch/facebook without it getting jerky and going down to 480p.

ill paste my screenshots when i get home later to show results.
 

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hey guys, so ive been having the same issues with Vodacom on 100mb fibre. Although im getting 100mb on speedtest.net to Vodacom my download speeds are shocking at 2mb/s.

When i do a speedtest using mybroadbands tool, im only getting 50mb and when i use google, its 20mb
Could this be a case of shaping/throttling everything besides speedtest.net?

I cant even stream on twitch/facebook without it getting jerky and going down to 480p.

ill paste my screenshots when i get home later to show results.

While we wait for the print screens, run a WinMTR to vodacom.co.za and paste a screen shot of that as well. :)
 
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