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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 1 year ago (1 children)

Comcast typically tests out about 20% over rated speed. I have the 1.2Gbps plan, but it tests around 1.5Gbps. Not sure if other ISPs are similar.

Don’t know if that would explain the router…I don’t know if every gigabit router has a hard limit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's mostly cable specific plants that do this. Something with the CMTS allows for "over-provision" and allows users to exceed their speed cap, this of course degrades when the node sits at capacity or becomes overburdened.