The race for the best speed is on, 8 Gbit/s has already been reached by subscribers

It is rarely possible to exceed 8 Gbit/s in downloads on Freebox Ultra. Subscribers are breaking speed records with Free’s new ultra-powerful box.

But why do some people think so while others would find the satisfaction of breaking speed records less dangerous and more legal than being behind the wheel of a car.

Launched on January 30, the new Freebox Ultra is now installed in the living rooms of subscribers who decided to get their hands on the racing beast of Free. If this is not the case, it is also an opportunity for them to set up the best configuration to achieve the best possible speed by getting the right network card or even an SFP+ adapter.

If the first speed tests met expectations, some subscribers are now fighting on the social network, sometimes exceeding 8 Gbit/s in download and almost reaching the maximum speed in upload.

The Freebox Ultra subscriber thus achieved a download speed of 8.088 Gbit/s and an upload speed of 7.753 Gbit/s. To achieve this feat, @Azrod29150 suggested: “My computer is connected via optical fiber directly to the SFP+ 10G port of the box, it is also equipped with a network card capable of managing 10 Gbit.

By launching the new Freebox Ultra, its founder Xavier Neill wants to hit hard and assures: this new generation of Freebox is the most powerful ever made by Free, and the highest ever seen in a general public offer with a speed of 8 Gives such speed. Gbits/s symmetry can be achieved everywhere in France, in any case on the 35 million sockets eligible for the operator’s fiber offer.

This article was reprinted on the Universe Freebox website