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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
They're measuring correctly. They're just not understanding the science. The science is - these speeds are SENT TO the end user's devices. Their devices determine how efficiently they pick up that speed. They're getting 400mbps (in my case). But they're using a modem that only has a 350mbps capacity. Or their device isn't connected directly to the modem by a cable. Or their router isn't in the same room as the device. Or they have a half dozen OTHER devices all sharing the same connection, and latency happens when you're sharing connections.
In other words, everything is working as intended. They just don't understand how it's supposed to work.
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Everything is working as designed, the user just doesn't understand the design.
Your device is NOT sent 400mbps if all it can support is 200mbps. The device negotiates with the router for a compatible speed. Ideally, the device can support the maximum speed of the router's wifi or hardwire connection but particularly with wifi, that usually is not the case. If you use older devices with newer wifi equipment then it is very likely that the devices will negotiate a speed less than the wifi equipment can support.
If you have multiple devices sending/receiving large streams of data then the amount of data to each device will be limited by the overall capacity of the modem/router and provider network. The connection speed between each device and the router remains the same at the highest negotiated rate but the amount of data flowing is limited. The rate returned by a speed test run while simultaneously streaming a 4K show will be less than your maximum rate.