When you sign up for a fiber internet package, bandwidth is shared among users on the same node. This sharing ratio is what ISPs call the contention ratio.
A contention ratio of 1:1 means you get the full advertised speed all to yourself, all the time — ideal for businesses and power users. A ratio of 4:1 means up to four users share the same bandwidth pool at peak times.
At Optinet, our home packages run on low contention ratios. We deliberately over-provision capacity on each OLT to keep real-world speeds close to what you are paying for. If you are experiencing slowdowns in the evening, upgrading to a lower-contention package is usually the fix. Call us and we will recommend the right plan.