topic Re: Upload speed faster than download speed in Broadband & Landline

Upload speed faster than download speed

Ewan15 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:48:47 GMT

I currently have a 900mbps package and use a SH Pro router instead of the SH Plus router I was provided.

I am getting bizarre speed test results as below, is this just because certain sites don't work properly?

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

Mustrum — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:07:45 GMT

@Ewan15 try more reliable sites like@

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest or https://www.speedtest.net/

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

Profile closed — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:19:10 GMT

@Ewan15

That *is* weird.

When you say

“I currently have a 900mbps package and use a SH Pro router instead of the SH Plus router I was provided”

should we infer you sourced the Pro privately?

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

JimM11 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:34:55 GMT

@Ewan15 That particular speed tester site works fine and reports correctly as to expected on my FF 500 package. 500/70 as returned correctly.!

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

Ewan15 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:44:37 GMT

@JimM11 Well I have tried that same site on a number of occasions and it consistently reports a 1gbps upload speed.

@Profile closed You are correct I was interested in exploring the features of the Pro but didn't want the £10 subscription.

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

JimM11 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:46:30 GMT

@Ewan15 And on the recommendation that @Mustrum proposed do the other site's also return your high upload speed's or are they what you expect from the package. Can redo and post a picture if you need.

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

Profile closed — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:51:22 GMT

@Ewan15

Understood. What effect that has, if any, I’ve no idea.

Did previous tests with the Plus yield the expected 9:1 ratio?

This is what I get with the Plus.

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

Ewan15 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:54:19 GMT

@JimM11 More realistic but still on the high side

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

JimM11 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:07:46 GMT

@Ewan15 So double checked, even selected a london based server instead of Frankfurt and got a correct result.

For Ewan test to site London server

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

JimM11 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:09:34 GMT

@Ewan15 Added picture to a post, clearance will be done sometime so you can see.

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

Mustrum — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:20:21 GMT

Pics all approved now.

I tried a couple of times with different location and it seem very inconsistant.

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

JimM11 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:27:27 GMT

@Mustrum I did same, four times, changed servers which takes a little while for them to do so, but never got anything weird in response, always the 500/70 split, possibly it's the 900mb package, anyway speed test's are about as much good as that chocolate fireguard, tell you nothing, short lived, only when you wish to do a sustained high speed download do you know how good the network is.

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

Ewan15 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:58:52 GMT

@JimM11 London Server

Next thing I can do is ask a neighbour who has the same setup as myself, which will give a degree of consistency ie Same cabinet, same manhole, same router. It does however demonstrate that basic speed tests are not reliable. This brings into question the reliability of the Speed guarantee!

Re: Upload speed faster than download speed

JimM11 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:16:55 GMT

@Ewan15 And where did you get that from, the test of speed to the router is the guarantee and it is on download only, ie 900 to yours with whatever they said in the e-mail to you as your minimum.

Speed test's and chocolate fireguards are the too that go together.