In reply to a post by adslmax:

Thanks. ONT I got is Zyxel PM5313-00 the latest 2.5G Wan and Lan ports from Openreach.

Testing ping using CMD from Windows 11 Pro

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PS C:\Users\W11> ping bbc.co.uk

Pinging bbc.co.uk [2a04:4e42:200::81] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 2a04:4e42:200::81: time=6ms
Reply from 2a04:4e42:200::81: time=6ms
Reply from 2a04:4e42:200::81: time=6ms
Reply from 2a04:4e42:200::81: time=6ms

Ping statistics for 2a04:4e42:200::81:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 6ms, Maximum = 6ms, Average = 6ms
PS C:\Users\W11>

That is fine, I didi a test using my Mac and on Zzoomm and it came up with this


adrian@Adrians-Mac-mini ~ % 72 packets transmitted, 72 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 5.177/6.224/19.682/1.625 ms



Now just use it

Edited by zyborg47 (Sun 11-Jan-26 08:09:59)

If you're concerned about packet loss use this website (remember to change test server to UK)

https://packetlosstest.com/

In reply to a post by MHC:

You need to start complaing about the latency - I'm seeing 3ms

But where do you live? As Scotty said, "Ye Cannae Change The Laws Of Physics".

Light travels in fibre at around 2/3c, which is 200km/ms. Measuring round-trip means you'll see 1ms extra RTT for every 100km further away you are, and that's in the absolute best case (straight-line, no additional electronics in the path).

The driving distance from Telford to Telehouse North is 270-310km, so that's ~3ms RTT before you start.

What's important is *consistent* latency (i.e. minimal jitter) and no packet loss. The tests shown by adslmax look to be extremely good.

Edited by candlerb (Sun 11-Jan-26 21:09:26)

In reply to a post by PCJM40:

If you're concerned about packet loss use this website (remember to change test server to UK)

https://packetlosstest.com/

Done it. On Windows 11 Pro PC

https://i.ibb.co/Z6pckWwf/packetlosstest.jpg

Edited by adslmax (Sun 11-Jan-26 12:01:04)

In reply to a post by adslmax:

Done it. On Windows 11 Pro PC

https://i.ibb.co/Z6pckWwf/packetlosstest.jpg

Thats good, its not showing any packet loss.

In reply to a post by PCJM40:

Thats good, its not showing any packet loss.

Thanks. Anyway that's all folk. FTTP are now reliable, stable, low latency and speed spot on right all day. Nothing to complaints. Seem Openreach overhead poles to the houses from underground chamber are all fine and working as it should be.

Thanks to Aquiss and Openreach.

Edited by adslmax (Sun 11-Jan-26 12:45:53)

While latency is important to a certain degree, it is not a huge deal. If you play games it is, as a mate said, a high latency you will shoot someone, and they are not there any more. But normal everyday use it is not a thing. To be honest, until you posted this about latency, I have never tested it on my FTTP

Just wondering why you are so bothered about it?

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

Just wondering why you are so bothered about it?

Some people have very high latency on VDSL/FTTC and some have latency that changes dramatically over time.

Higher latency is also visible in web pages, on some ISPs you click a link and it feels slow to open next page, even with high data rate connection, but this can ALSO be a faulty DNS service.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Higher latency is also visible in web pages, on some ISPs you click a link and it feels slow to open next page, even with high data rate connection, but this can ALSO be a faulty DNS service.

high latency can (and along with dropped packets) can also be a sign of network congestion.......

Forget to metioned. All testing are done via TP Link VX230v wifi 6 router. Do you think it worth to change to new TP Link Archer BE230 (BE3600) as I haven't setup this WiFi 7 fibre router yet.

I think it pointless to do it because all devices are all WiFi 6, none of them all on WiFi 7 yet. Might keep the wifi 7 in the spare cupboard for now for future.

TP Link VX230v WiFi 6 reported download speed of 818Mbps and 111Mbps up from Samsung A54 5G mobile using wifi 6 in the same room.

Edited by adslmax (Sun 11-Jan-26 15:17:27)