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innesuk
Tuning in
10 months ago
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Im not getting 1gbs

I recently upgraded to 1gbs from 350mbs. On every device I've tested, I'm getting between 750-800mbs which is obviously fast but not the full 1gbs (20/25% less). I have tried my iphonne 14Pro which i...
  • newapollo's avatar
    newapollo
    10 months ago

    Hi innesuk 

    I'm on Gig1 with the hub 5 and have my PC connected via ethernet cable to port 4 (labelled 2.5GBps) I actually bought a Wifi6 ethernet adapter from Amazon as my PC's network card was only Wifi5 Gig1 and I wanted to get higher speeds.  Without my adapter I was normally getting around 780

    I can see different results running the samknows speed tests through different browsers on my desktop computer.

    In fact I can run 3 speed tests on the same browser, one adfter another, and the speeds can vary by around 100/150 Mbps.

    I find measuring using Edge seems to show higher speeds than the other browers. 

    I've also noticed that the Windows Ookla app always gives me a higher speed than measuring using ookla's speedtest.net via a browser. Screenshots below.

    bravechromeedgefirefoxookla app

     

innesuk's avatar
innesuk
Tuning in
10 months ago

here is a screen shot from iPhone 14 Pro. Obviously wifi is back on. I am about 30cm away from the router. Pretty consistent results with different machines and cables (or not in the iPhone example). The router is wifi 6 as it has a sticker on the side saying so.

Is this a true reading of 1gbs then? usually, I've always hit the designated speed or slightly over when I had the 150, then 300 and then 300mbs plans.

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newapollo
Very Insightful Person
10 months ago

Hi innesuk 

I'm on Gig1 with the hub 5 and have my PC connected via ethernet cable to port 4 (labelled 2.5GBps) I actually bought a Wifi6 ethernet adapter from Amazon as my PC's network card was only Wifi5 Gig1 and I wanted to get higher speeds.  Without my adapter I was normally getting around 780

I can see different results running the samknows speed tests through different browsers on my desktop computer.

In fact I can run 3 speed tests on the same browser, one adfter another, and the speeds can vary by around 100/150 Mbps.

I find measuring using Edge seems to show higher speeds than the other browers. 

I've also noticed that the Windows Ookla app always gives me a higher speed than measuring using ookla's speedtest.net via a browser. Screenshots below.

bravechromeedgefirefoxookla app

 

  • innesuk's avatar
    innesuk
    Tuning in
    10 months ago

    Thanks New Apollo. Yes it looks like you're right. Edge is faster and the App is faster again. Got 940mbs out of the windows app. I'll keep monitoring it.