I just got a new internet plan (I live in Canada) according to the sales person on the phone this plan has unlimited bandwidth and comes with 150Mbps which will cost $75/month.
Problem is, I tried 3 different speed test websites and my own ISPs tester it averaged around 20 Mbps on the other sites, 40 on ISPs tester.
Does this mean I’m not getting what I signed up for?
Also why is it that the speed is slower if I connect the ethernet cable compared to over the wifi
Thanks
Edit: Thank you for all your replies, I will see what can do, i.e test all the stuff that needs testing or double checking. Then probably contact my ISP if all else fails.
Cheers,
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Not always. The ISPs know what the most popular speed measuring sites are, such as speedtest, and sometimes prioritize network traffic going to them. So you may get meh speed to Dropbox to download a big file, but your access to speedtest may show 150 Mbps.
The advertised speed for consumer connections is “up to.” Whether you get this depends on congestion and how much the ISP is stretching their claims. You have to sign up for expensive commercial connections before you get service level agreements that guarantee a specific speed, with compensation should they fail to meet that level. I’m lucky since mine tests a bit higher than advertised speed almost all the time.
Speed should be faster over standard gigabit Ethernet than WiFi.
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