Hi,

I am in need of some advice from someone that knows how internet speeds work. Me and my family was living in a house where I could download at around 300-400 KB/s (which is pretty bad I know), we moved house and now I get an average download speed of around 180 KB/s. We are with Sky, I think it's a package deal, and our street does not have fiber optics.

My Mum phoned sky and asked that if she payed for a better deal, would it increase in speed, they said no because our street doesn't have fiber optics.

It doesn't sound right to me, because I'm sure I have some friends that only have copper wiring and get faster download than me. I'd be happy with 1-2 MB/s.

I just wanted to know if anyone knows the maximum download speed you can get with copper wiring?

We are wireless, but I have even bought a tried a cable and plugged it into the router but the speed doesn't increase at all, perhaps just gets a little more stable but that's all.

Someone please try to explain to me how it alls works cause I'm a bit baffled haha. Thanks!