Why is it that if I run a speed test of my wifi it says 35Mbps but usually it doesn’t go up 30/40 Kbps??

Question

So how can a speed test pull the most amount of data from the provider but my games can not?

In: Technology

Answer 1

Speedtest test the best optimal condition. But unfortunately reality is messier. There are too many users in servers, there are other traffic or even your own pc might limit speed for certain applications. This is why you never reach the optimal max speed in real usage.

But going from 35 mbps to 30 kbps sounds fishy. Nothing is that slow in reality these days.