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really slow internet browsing and download but fast speedtest?
April 15, 2017 at
07:56 PM
My internet browsing especially in the evening is really turtle slow but googles speedtest shows that my internet speed is 25-30mbs down and 1-3mbs up. I have comcast and was happy with it until a few months ago when the rain started and everything slowed to a crawl and has become nearly unusable. I had thought it was just a temporary thing on comcasts end because of the rain but now its dried up a bit and the speedtest seems to suggest that the network is fine.
-Fairly sure its not malware since I have scanned my pc and the slow internet is a problem across all devices on the network including iphones, ipads, other computers etc
-I do use ccleaner so its not that either
Any thoughts? Thanks!
but sometimes if I retest it, it shows a really slow speedtest
-Fairly sure its not malware since I have scanned my pc and the slow internet is a problem across all devices on the network including iphones, ipads, other computers etc
-I do use ccleaner so its not that either
Any thoughts? Thanks!
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Internet speed test25.7 Mbps download 2.51 Mbps upload Latency: 478 ms Server: San Francisco Bay Area, CA Your Internet speed is fast Your Internet connection should be able to handle multiple devices streaming HD videos at the same time. |
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Internet speed testMegabits per second Testing upload... 4.04 Mbps download 3.23 Mbps upload Latency: 171 ms Server: San Francisco Bay Area, CA Your Internet speed is slow Your Internet connection should be able to handle one device at a time streaming a video. If multiple devices are using this connection at the same time, you may run into some slowdowns. |
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There are other ISP speed tests that you can try, too. T-Mobile used to whitelist Speedtest.net and not accurately reflect your actual speed when they throttled you. Don't think Comcast does but you try anyway and get a second reference point.
http://www.digitaltren
Try http://testmy.net
Try http://testmy.net
pingtest.net
www.dslreports.com/tools/pingtest
I fired up my vpn and to my surprise when my vpn is on, everything works fine, youtube streams at 1080p etc
but vpn off and everything slows back down to snail speed.
Is this an isp port throttling issue or a router problem? I have a netgear nighthawk r7000 and a motorola surfboard cable modem (i've tried resetting both my modem and router too)
if your equipment is newish, I'd assume it was a line problem from your house to street or substation or whatever.
if your equipment is newish, I'd assume it was a line problem from your house to street or substation or whatever.
Same thing went on in Florida. Comcast knew the lines were deteriorated and in no hurry to fix...rain gave that away too
I feel ripped off
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browser makes connections for every small elements, and waits too long to resend the request if lost.
usually packet loss because of rain needs your ISP's fix.
If you have trouble again in the future, just select obtain automatically directly above it instead. Then if the problem persists do your DNS bench again and use the fastest responding dns. I hope this helps. This always fixes my problem with slow responses to web sites even though my speed test shows better.
If you have trouble again in the future, just select obtain automatically directly above it instead. Then if the problem persists do your DNS bench again and use the fastest responding dns. I hope this helps. This always fixes my problem with slow responses to web sites even though my speed test shows better.