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I only have a 1 gigabit connection and my router is 1 gigabit. How does this happen? (alien.top)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Fast, while loading quicker than speedtest, can hitch occasionally and give you a higher speed than you're actually getting. It might read 800mb/s one moment, then realize it was supposed to be 1gb/s, and then compensate by giving false numbers. That number approximated your gig service, you're fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It could be AT&T. They overprovision the circuits. A 1Gbps on Xpon will test 1300.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

If the router has 1 gbps ethernet port, the max it will provide is about 940mbps. It's the PHY limit of a 1gbps NIC.