Spotlight on Fibre Max performance Ever since the UK-based SamKnows began monitoring broadband there has been an issue with Fibre Max performance. Customers see a wide range of speeds. In cases the speed was close to half the nominal gigabit per second. At times it was even lower - see the chart. It was noticeable that performance was worse in the South Island than in the North Island. Hence the uneasiness with calling plans ‘gigabit’ fibre. In December the Commerce Commission set up a working party to investigate the problems with Fibre Max. There was more than one issue to