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Speed tests on fibre 900 Wired

tomhumph97 — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:32:26 GMT

Hi I was wondering what speed test is the most reliable struggling with ookla and Fast seem to show different speeds. Speeds inconsistent on download and it fine on the upload. Using a Wi-fi 6 router. Also with wireless have a combined 5GHz and 2.4 ghz login . Does having to Two Wi-fi logins help.

Re: Speed tests on fibre 900 Wired

pippincp — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:47:49 GMT

BT recommend using https://fast.com/ Speed tests should always be conducted with a wired connection.

Re: Speed tests on fibre 900 Wired

Forthay — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:51:40 GMT

@tomhumph97 The FTTP team always asked me to use fast.com using IE when I called them. ookla is a good choice. What are the speed ranges / differences? Having two distinct WiFi’s will help switching between the two assuming you join only one and is sometimes necessary for specific devices to get them connected.

Re: Speed tests on fibre 900 Wired

tomhumph97 — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:59:35 GMT

I have tried ookla on wireless and wired and I get about 900 mbps

and when it tried Fast.com it down to about just over 500mbps.

Re: Speed tests on fibre 900 Wired

Forthay — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:07:04 GMT

@tomhumph97 I suspect your service is bang on, I wouldn’t be overly concerned 😀 with the difference in results. Enjoy.

You can also sign up for SamKnows if you want to monitor speeds etc. but you need to be selected for their program.

Re: Speed tests on fibre 900 Wired

mabuk — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:09:49 GMT

With Intel wireless adapters (and I presume other makes) in the advanced configuration you can choose to prefer to connect at 5GHz. Before I did this it would sometimes connect at 2.4GHz which would half my download speed (can't split channels on my SH2).

Re: Speed tests on fibre 900 Wired

tomhumph97 — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:42:46 GMT

Yea it is a lot better and worthy upgrade from the SH2 with ASUS AX88U you can split channels and get higher speeds. Wired and wireless. Thanks I will have a look at that.

Re: Speed tests on fibre 900 Wired

tomhumph97 — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:44:23 GMT

Same thing here did not channel split and not sure what band I was on get constant slow speed.