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XR500 - no improvement in Mbps
Hello everyone I hope you are all keeping safe in this crazy period. I need some advice please. Long story short, I’ve moved back in with my parents in the UK and they have really **bleep** WiFi. T...
The XR500 gets its speed from the ISP. If the isp only supplies 5-6mbps, that's all the XR500 is going to provide. It can't go faster than what's supplied to it.
As above, no router can improve the speeds you get, the only solution is to upgrade the internet package to one that provides higher speeds. Other potential workaround is to use your phones mobile data (if it is 4G you should get higher speeds) and make a hotspot but you then have data usage to worry about depending on your mobile plan.
- Thanks both for your replies :)
I’ve looked in to the WiFi package that they pay monthly and they are allocated 10mbps average speeds so the fact I getting 6mbps is just bad luck I suppose. As soon as this corona situation gets better I’ll persuade the parents we need a much needed upgrade!