Broadband Self-Help Guide
The following self-help guide may help residents to improve their broadband speeds prior to the deployment of superfast fibre broadband:
Broadband speeds can be effected by a range of factors and in particular:
- Home/office set-up e.g. location of wireless router, strength of signal if using wifi, number of devices sharing a wifi signal
- Distance of a premises to the serving exchange over copper wiring
- Bandwidth capacity within the service providers network (e.g. broadband speeds dropping during busy hours)
- Internet capacity via the World Wide Web
There are 12 easy steps to help improve broadband speeds: