Re:Fast.com: Netflix internet connection speed test
by tigeba on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @01:27PM
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Just for a reference point, I'm getting about 350 on Google Fiber in Kansas City.
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Re:Fast.com: Netflix internet connection speed test
by ericabiz on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @01:36PM
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Interesting. I'm on AT&T Gigabit (Google Fiber competitor here in Austin) and I got 660Mbit on fast.com (Windows 10 desktop directly connected via Ethernet.) A MacBook Pro laptop with Wifi (802.11ac) connected a few rooms away shows 260Mbit.
Are you wireless or wired? If wired, that seems quite low.
Re:Fast.com: Netflix internet connection speed test
by b3b0p on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @02:48PM
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Thanks for reporting. I'll test when I get home, but I'm also in Austin and have Gigapower. I was afraid that it would almost embarrassingly low, but your results gave me hope. I'm curious what the Google Fiber and Grande users here get.
Re:Fast.com: Netflix internet connection speed test
by 1000hz on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @06:38PM
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I'm on Grande's gigabit and am getting ~180-200 Mbps over 802.11ac a couple rooms away. Sadly I don't have an ethernet dongle for my macbook pro to test a wired connection.
Re:Fast.com: Netflix internet connection speed test
by crazydoggers on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @03:45PM
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I'm also on AT&T Gigabit in Austin, wired, reporting only 490Mbps on fast.com. However, I can download from Steam at 950Mbps, and report similar speeds on other tests.
Re:Fast.com: Netflix internet connection speed test
by johne20 on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @02:10PM
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I get 450Mbps on centurylink gigabit fiber in Seattle. I get 900+ Mbps via speedtest.net. I am hardwired direct to modem on gigabit LAN. I am happy to have this problem, but I have noticed most speedtests (depending on endpoint) don't report gigabit connection speeds well. I am not sure if there is an upper limit to this Netflix test or if I am actually getting throttled.