by
dane » Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:17 pm
No, that's odd. I do see three things right off the top that could be contributing to speed issues thought:
- Testing from WiFi. The capabilities of WiFi are lower than 1Gbps from virtually all devices. We generally see maximum speeds on WiFi devices that range from 350Mbps to 700Mbps, depending upon the age of the device. Some very new systems can achieve 1200Mbps, but that's not common. You'll see the best performance on Ethernet-connected devices, up to around 940Mbps on the gigabit service and about 8,600Mbps on the ten-gigabit technology platform.
- Testing with a speed test on Speakeasy, another ISP. No idea how that test server is configured or connected. I would suggest using the Sonic hosted speed test at http://sonic.com/speedtest/, or for maximum performance (critical on 10Gbps) the Speedtest.net native app on your laptop or phone.
- Testing with an privacy relay enabled. It seems to be showing that privacy relay as a first hop, and it'd be my guess that could be a feature that would slow down access at higher speeds.
Fiber-optic technology isn't affected by interference, water, etc, and it won't connect at anything other than the one speed that it's set for. This isn't DSL or Cable, where it adapts to those issues, and you could see a range of performance. So speed testing really helps find the local issues with the in-home network, with wifi, and with devices and their capabilities.