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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Absolutely not. If you want to know what speed YOU are getting, you need to test the speed with whatever device you plan on using, in the manner you plan on using it most often.
You don't use your telephone with wifi and a cable connected directly to the router. So don't test it that way. You don't connect your tablet or laptop computer directly to the modem when you use these things, so don't test them that way.
My Xfinity supposedly gives me 400mb. I don't doubt it sends that speed to me. I never see that speed, because I have half a dozen devices using the same old modem and router I bought 6 years ago when I moved in. I'm okay with that.
According to speedtest.net I'm getting 355.97mbps download to Bonita Springs, and 24.02mbps upload - on my desktop computer which is connected directly to my modem by a cable.
On my cell phone, which was just in my hand while I sat in front of my desktop computer, I was able to get 214.81 download speed. That's more than sufficient.
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I don't disagree. What I was trying to point out is some people complain they are not getting the purchased speed from their provider and something is wrong when in fact they are either not measuring correctly or don't have devices that will go as fast as the purchased speed. When I was talking to a tech a while back, he mentioned one of the most complaints they get are reports of "slow speeds" and almost all the time its because of the things we are talking about and there is nothing wrong with the service.