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4G Router 2, 4mb/s, is this normal at full coverage?

mccarthy86 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:06:53 GMT

I just installed the 4G Router 2 and have a connection of about 31mbs and download speeds on Steam at about 4.2 mb/s. Some other downloads are lower at about 3.8 mb/s,

I seem to have full coverage with the 4 lights on. I tested with both cable and wifi connections on my PC, then I tested with wifi on my mobile. All have the same results.

Is this an expected speed?

Re: 4G Router 2, 4mb/s, is this normal at full coverage?

XRaySpeX — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:43:17 GMT

File downloads are usually measured in Bytes, not bits. Are you sure you are not downloading at 3.8 MBytes/sec, which is equivalent to 30.4 Mbits/sec?

Re: 4G Router 2, 4mb/s, is this normal at full coverage?

mccarthy86 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:10:38 GMT

Thanks for the reply, im fully aware of how speeds are communicated. I'm just providing as much info as I can regarding the speeds with both the Mbps and Mb/s.

I have about 34.24Mbs on a speed test using https://www.broadbandspeedtest.org.uk/

Is this a normal result with full 4G reception? I see some people are getting much higher speeds 100Mbs+.

Can the speeds be anywhere between 30 and 300Mbs?

Re: 4G Router 2, 4mb/s, is this normal at full coverage?

wardi — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:18:35 GMT

It largely depends how far you are from the mast - I have a 4GEE router and typically get 70-90 MBps download and 20-30 MBps upload. My local transmitter is just under a mile away.