Macaroon-Upstairs ( Macaroon-Upstairs@alien.top ) B to Home Networking@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 3 years agoI only have a 1 gigabit connection and my router is 1 gigabit. How does this happen?alien.topimagemessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12imageI only have a 1 gigabit connection and my router is 1 gigabit. How does this happen?alien.topMacaroon-Upstairs ( Macaroon-Upstairs@alien.top ) B to Home Networking@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square87linkfedilink
minus-squaredrbennett75 ( drbennett75@alien.top ) BlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoComcast typically tests out about 20% over rated speed. I have the 1.2Gbps plan, but it tests around 1.5Gbps. Not sure if other ISPs are similar. Don’t know if that would explain the router…I don’t know if every gigabit router has a hard limit.
minus-squareBluetooth_Sandwich ( Bluetooth_Sandwich@alien.top ) BlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoIt’s mostly cable specific plants that do this. Something with the CMTS allows for “over-provision” and allows users to exceed their speed cap, this of course degrades when the node sits at capacity or becomes overburdened.
Comcast typically tests out about 20% over rated speed. I have the 1.2Gbps plan, but it tests around 1.5Gbps. Not sure if other ISPs are similar.
Don’t know if that would explain the router…I don’t know if every gigabit router has a hard limit.
It’s mostly cable specific plants that do this. Something with the CMTS allows for “over-provision” and allows users to exceed their speed cap, this of course degrades when the node sits at capacity or becomes overburdened.