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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

Idk about the wifi thing, my phone should technically be able to do >500 Mbps to my computer yet it still transfers files at like 10 over wifi or usb

500 would be more than good enough but 10 is not

(It's a OnePlus 12, age is not the issue)

I would also dislike the loss but I don't think data speed is really the issue. Mostly that I couldn't connect peripherals like my flash drive or sd card anymore

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    take manufacturer's claims

    divide by 10

    half it

    half it again

    you now have the max your device will ever reach, with the usual speeds being ~60% of that

    (my isp says 300mbps, divide by 10, half, half, 7,5mbps, which i think i never saw since the speeds are actually from 3 to 4)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I can get like 300 Mbps on a speed test tho

    That's probably a problem with your router or receiving hardware btw unless you've confirmed otherwise

    Especially if you're in an area with a lot of other wifi signals or radio frequency interference

    If it's an ISP provided router you could probably ask for them to look at it

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's probably a problem with your router

    isp provided router

    receiving hardware

    tried multiple devices, both wireless and wired, even with an name brand external wireless antenna

    Especially if you're in an area with a lot of other wifi signals or radio frequency interference

    Middle of nowhere countryside.

    If it's an ISP provided router you could probably ask for them to look at it

    Tried, they gave me the Deny, defend, depose treatment

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I would say to first try the speed on ethernet. If that's slow, then it's the service or the modem and not the router. I think even the worst router you can find would support at least 250 Mbps on Ethernet.

    To see if it's the router's fault, you could try some high bandwidth local network transfer, with sftp or something. If that's slow, if you have the money you can just buy one of those fancy gaming routers or some other highly reviewed one.

    If there's a few walls or floors in between you and the router that could be the problem and a fancier higher power router will help with that. Another thing that could help is installing another access point near where you're device is, although that's obviously a lot of effort.

    If even ethernet is slow and they refuse to help you then if you're in the US or Canada you can try submitting a complaint on the Better Business Bureau website. This actually helped us once or twice when dealing with some cellular problems. You wouldn't think it would do anything but I guess sometimes it gets them to pay at least a little bit of attention to the problem.

    I have heard about how bad and monopolistic rural Internet can be, good luck

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