Huh, interesting result on my work's wifi.... Never seen UL significantly faster than DL before.
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its a bug like others said. sometimes i get 800kbps-1mbps on T-Mobile 2G using fast.com which is impossible. most of the time its accurate at 160-190kbps though.
Speed tests are inaccurate…
Pedantic question: When was the last time you had your implementation of Fast calibrated?
Shit's an approximation, yo.
If you have Comcast and they over deliver speed. If you have the hotspot on so if another Comcast user is near they can get on and not effect you to much.
Happens to me too in Canada with Telus FiberOptic. I pay for gigabit but it goes to 1.1 and sometimes spikes to 1.5
I'm on 250mb (boosted to 500mb thanks to Volt) and I just hit 630mb on my wifi.
Superhub in modem mode, a good cat 6 cable, and an AX50 I bought 2nd hand for £40.
Just collect the extra speed to use later
openspeedtest>
Where I work there is the speed you pay for and the speed we give (or provision) for you. I pay for 1gig service but get 1.12 gig. They give you more than you pay for so that it balances out when the network fluctuates and falls below the speed that you are paying for.
Best wishes!
It'll have peaks that happen here and there.
In my experience fast.com isn’t as accurate as Speedtest.net. I still like to use fast.com on some legacy machines because of how simple the website design is. It loads instantly quickly on even the oldest machines.
The grace of god.
don't know about Fast but I've experienced downloads faster than possible due to compression in the protocol.
Oh the HORROR !!!
Compression
Probably due to overprovisioning. A lot ISPs set their limits higher than the rated speed in case of network congestion during peak times.
Many service provider usually over-provision by 20% to make sure the costumer doesn’t fall short of their claims. But you have to have the right equipment to hit those speeds. IMO you’re doing good
use ookla
do nperf speedtest
I wish this internet speed is possible in my third world country but it doesn't. Hopefully starlink can reach higher speeds while also accessible in my region.
Speed tests cheat, they don't make you download thousands of gigs of data to get a throughput. Which is exactly what you would need to do to accurately test your connection. They send a bit of data, see how fast it goes, do some calculations and assume.
ISP's can also cheat as they can give 'burst' service which temporarily gives you a bump in speed. This can be advertised to you as a perk, but I don't think many people care, or used to trick speed tests.
It's like when your boss walks by you and you work a bit harder to appear busy.
I believe that the speed test depends a lot on the server used by the company and the location of that server, the closer the better. Remember that during speed tests the download rate is higher than the upload rate.
At the end of the day, it's an estimate of throughput using test data which is often not representative of real-world performance because real-world data is much more diverse than speed test data. It's not meant to be a 100% technically perfect bit-by-bit analysis because that level of detail is irrelevant if you're in the ballpark for "good enough for streaming"
If you would like a speed test that hides fewer details and gives you a better idea of what you can expect for different file sizes, etc. try cloud flare's speed test
speed.cloudflare.com
On a side note...
You are usually provisioned for the 1.2 Gbps.
If you get you a modem and a router that has a 2.5 Gbps port or higher, as well as your computer having it as well, you will get speed tests close to the 1.2 Gbps as well
This is why I change the settings to run for longer. 60-90 seconds usually.
Also, you have a crap upload speed.
You probably have Fios. Because the video circuit also uses data for VOD, widgets and guide information it has been standard practice to increase the bandwidth. This is so you can get the speeds that you subscribe to on the data circuit. And no it doesn’t matter if you have video service or not. This is just another reason why fiber is just better than copper.