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Re: ZTE Hub and significant downgrade in uploads as of end of May 2023
No, but I will do . . . . again . . . . and yet another round of the same . . . Telus tries, but I sense the answer is simply that this area of the province - surprisingly, is simply not a priority to them. And I do suspect given there were periods of quiet reasonable performance, its a case of taxing of their system as a result.1.4KViews0likes0CommentsRe: ZTE Hub and significant downgrade in uploads as of end of May 2023
A timely update . . . . more dismal wide variation in performance the past several months. No hardware changes at all since the previous updates. I check out the telus coverage map; I'm in a part of East Central Alberta that has at best 4G LTE and judging by the pattern of 5G development further out in pretty much all directions, I sense no future interest of Telus in developing further. Time to look at that disgusting pig Musk's 'Starlink'.1.5KViews0likes1CommentRe: ZTE Hub and significant downgrade in uploads as of end of May 2023
Well, called Telus about this issue. Much testing of my line and long a short after a 'reset' of the hub, I have average upload 2.4 Mbps - fairly consistent over the past day, and interestingly enough an increase of average download from 20'b MBps (or significantly less at times) to 30's MBps in that same 24 hour period. The download pre-reset was fine for my needs but the upload became so low that my WAN performance for working with colleagues from my rural location was getting very challenging. Not the best increase in upload . . . what I had previously was very good and had it for quite a while. But some increase for the immediate. They couldn't tell me what happened early May that resulted in such a precipitious drop in upload speeds that had remained consistently low since. Call me the doubting Thomas, but I sense somewhere in Telus they know . . .2.6KViews0likes2CommentsRe: wifi booster
If I'm reading this right, you're located in a rural location and the question is upload/download rather than the actual WIFI performance in your residence? If you have one of the outdoor antennas that connect to say a ZTE modem, a very good upgrade is to purchase a 2nd identical external antenna and take advantage of the ability of the hub to have 'two' external antennas. Have them point pointed toward whichever tower you've selected to use, but turn one 90 degrees relative to the other i.e. still pointed in the same direction but spun about so that the plane of the antenna is 90 degrees to the other. That antenna array is old school in radio and I found it happens to work quite well with these cell systems (my current post of diminished Telus service notwithstanding)3.2KViews0likes0CommentsZTE Hub and significant downgrade in uploads as of end of May 2023
Thought I'd wait this out, but its here to stay. Live out in rural East Central AB and typically rates with hub have been 25 Mbps download and 5 - 10 Mbps upload the latter varying for brief periods of time. As of end of May, an abrupt drop to in and around 1 - 2 Mbps 'max'. Wondering if some system issue or response at that point (say, from being overloaded) or if engineered throttling on Telus' part. I had those decent numbers for almost 3 years now since relocating back into this area. Anyone else have similar issues in East Central AB?2.8KViews0likes5CommentsInternet plan update notices
Recevied two texts in a row a week or so back indicating 1) unlimited data in my Smart Hub now, and 2) additional 100 GB data for mobility plan. Things like this . . . I look and dismiss and figure a scam . . . Anyway, checking my account, well . . . something 'has' happened and its not clear to me just what. I have a mobility Smart Hub used out in the sticks to internet. 500GB/month at 85/month. I see my current usage, but I also see some '200GB' usage bar (that is zeroed out) that speaks of I'm currently using high speed and when I reach that limit of 200GB, I get unlimited throttled speed data usage. Waiting on a call from Telus, but I'm hoping that they haven't taken a full data 500GB plan and now divided it into the speed it typically provides and the latter of the 500 a lower speed. Again, its not clear with that and other mumbo jumbo of my iphone and ipad as well. Anyone have any similar experiences of late?? Thanks1.7KViews0likes1Comment