We pay for up to 500 Mbps and it’s $104 a month. T-mobile home internet is $50 and typical download speeds are between 72 – 245 Mbps, according to their website
I figured there was no point in switching but ran a speed test (first time, never done that before) through the app and these were the results.
This is bad, right? Like, it seems to me like I’m wasting my money? I need a TDLR for internet speeds and stuff cause honestly I don’t understand much of this
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Update: I did it on my laptop and got 564 Mbps!
This suggests your issue is WiFi coverage and not Internet speed.
Look at getting a modern mesh like Eero. Be careful where you place points, so that you’re getting good coverage, but not too far between points.
This suggests your issue is WiFi coverage and not Internet speed.
Look at getting a modern mesh like Eero. Be careful where you place points, so that you’re getting good coverage, but not too far between points.
Try from a wired/ethernet device.
Always gets downvotes if you mention fast internet isn’t always worth it. Angry children probably 🤣. Worth checking the upload speed as some lower packages can drop the upload down to speeds that could cause issues with video chat.
I would run a few speedtests from a few different devices ookla and the like to get a better picture of if ypu are actually using the faster speeds.
T-mobiles home internet is likely over gsm. I have herd good things about that but I would look at your current provider to see if they have cheeper plans. Before making the switch to t-mobile.
However as much as the other person was downvoted. I would doubt that you would notice much of a difference having a 100mbps internet package with your usage. That $50/ month is pritty significant.
I live in CT in the US. And I get 850-900mbps down/900mbps-1gbps up on WIFI. And I pay $65 after taxes and fees.
500 Mbps is the “up to” speed. Typical being half of that (at most) seems sketchy, unless those were 2 different plans.
Your ACTUAL speed will vary based on a bunch of different factors.
To get the most accurate result, you want to have a device capable of at least 500mbps (almost any laptop or desktop) plugged directly into your router with a Cat5e cable, and your router plugged directly into whatever is going outside. No switches or anything else in the way. And also make sure yours is the only connected device using the Internet while you run the test.
If you’re doing that and still getting 40Mb/s, then complain to your ISP if you’re sure your equipment is fine.
A common hardware spec for older/cheaper stuff is 10/100 Mb/s. Most will be 1000 Mbps (or 1Gbps), but if you’ve got an older device somewhere down the line, then you might end up getting limited by that.
If you’re on WiFi, try to get closer to your router. Depending on your device and router, you should be able to hit closer to the advertised 500 Mbps. Distance and other interference will decrease the speed you get.
My guess is you have some old wireless g devices on the same WAP your phone was connected to. That can slow down the wireless connection.
There’s 2 things when your talking about internet speeds. There is your bandwidth and there is your wifi speeds. Your bandwidth is 500Mbps which is the maximum all your devices can use at one time. Your wifi speed is the amount of Mbps from the device your testing on to your router. If you stand right next to your router, you just might get 500Mbps over WiFi but it’s not guaranteed. Wifi has tradeoffs. You trade speed for convenience. You get to walk around the house and not have an Ethernet wire dangling behind you. If you used an Ethernet cable to plug into your router directly into a computer, you’d get that 500Mbps any day of the week, but you’re limited because of that ethernet cable.
What you probably need is a mesh wifi system with multiple mesh nodes placed throughout your home. This spreads that wifi coverage out throughout your home and gives you much better speeds in the far corners of your house. Because of how wifi operates, the more distance and the more walls you put between your device and your router, the slower the speeds will be.
Yes. Thats pretty bad. Typically at 500Mbps your acceptable speed for be around 400-500Mbps over hardwire and ~200-250Mbps over Wi-Fi (pending things like interfere and distance).