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<div>At 57 Mb/s, the download speed was great; however, the upload speed was a mere0.17 Mb/s, which is pretty much unusable. In fact, I had to re-run the testseveral times, as occasionally, the upload portion of the test would get stuckand never complete.</div><div></div><div></div><div>There could be multiple reasons for this. It could be a configuration issue on your computer, it could be a router problem or it could be a network problem with your ISP. You should start by trying the same network with a different computer. If the other computer also has the same speed next step is to try resetting your router or checking router configurations. If that doesn't work you could contact your ISP and have them check their part.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>download speed fast upload speed slow</div><div></div><div>Download: https://t.co/5nZEgw2iMx </div><div></div><div></div><div>So, how slow is too slow when it comes to upload speeds? Unfortunately, there is no straightforward answer. It depends on the number of devices connected to the internet, what you use it for, and the type of internet.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Outdated hardware equipment (routers and modems) is one of the most common issues affecting the overall internet speed. Routers vary in their specifications and capabilities. As a result, your internet connection can only be as strong as your router.</div><div></div><div></div><div>It could be that your ISP is restricting your WiFi upload speeds or that you have reached your data limit. Perhaps you have signed up for a plan that does not meet your upload speed requirements. Asymmetric connections only allocate about 10% of the entire bandwidth to upload speeds.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Another reason why your internet upload speed is too slow might be viruses and other malware installed on your computer, router, or modem. It is getting increasingly hard to detect malware; spotty internet is just one of the many symptoms.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is common for those seeking online privacy and security. While VPNs are instrumental in encrypting data and hiding your online activities, they can sometimes inadvertently reduce your upload speeds.</div><div></div><div></div><div>The use of VPNs can impact upload speeds in several ways. The encryption process, essential for data security, can slow down data transmission. VPNs often route data through distant servers, introducing latency that can further reduce upload speed. Popular VPN servers might face congestion due to high user traffic, leading to decreased performance.</div><div></div><div></div><div>You can't really compare the upload speed on the website to the speed of the Dropbox app. There's a lot more going on during a sync than a simple upload. Each file you sync is hashed, compressed, then transferred, encrypted, and stored on the Dropbox servers. That entire process is included in the aggregate KB/s speed that's displayed in the Dropbox sync status. In other words, the speed reported by Dropbox is not just a transfer speed, but the speed at which the entire process is being completed. With the website, it's just a simple upload and everything else is done behind the scenes after the upload is completed.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Also, while most ISPs and speed test sites display their results in bits (kilo or mega), the speeds reported by Dropbox are in Bytes. Be sure to do the conversion before comparing. Your 400KB/s transfer speed as reported by Dropbox is approximately 3.2Mb/s.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>My other PC in a different location with the same internet speeds has the dropbox app at that point is uploading 1gb within a minute or two as well. But this PC and app, the internet speed is the same but the upload speed is throttled big time. I'm not sure what to point at because again, the disparity is huge. I work in VFX and I need to upload 10-100 gb/day. 1 gb taking 1 hour to upload is just not feasible.</div><div></div><div></div><div>So why is my downloads speed 26,000 kb/s and upload speed crawling at 160 kb/s in the app? That's my big question. I can see what you wrote making sense, but it doesn't account for the same file tested at a different location/PC with the exact same speeds on internet speed tests, but uploading much faster?</div><div></div><div></div><div>If the app is uploading slowly to the Dropbox servers, then something could be throttling that connection. Are you certain that you have no other software that could be monitoring the Dropbox folder or app?</div><div></div><div></div><div>I rang the customer service number and organized an engineer for Friday (19/06), hey said my Line was pulling out 80mbs, so it must be the router. I rang BT customer services again on Monday (22/06) and repeated the engineers recommendations, they sent me a new router straight away and I received it today (23/06). When i set it up (mid-day), I ran a speed test and was getting 20mbs which i thought was okay, as you usually need to let it settle for a few days.</div><div></div><div></div><div>A good rule of thumb for how much internet download speed you need is 10Mbps per person. Of course, what a good download speed is for you heavily depends on what you do online and how many devices are on your home network. For basic web surfing or email, 10Mbps is enough to give you a seamless online experience.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Search Providers near you Find Providers What is a good Wi-Fi speed?Many Wi-Fi routers boast incredibly high speeds due to having dual-band or tri-band technology, which essentially allows them to broadcast multiple Wi-Fi networks at the same time. This can be really important if you have a lot of devices on your home network. Multiple signal bands, along with other features like beamforming, MU-MIMO (multi-user, multiple input, multiple output), and other Wi-Fi 6 technologies, can allow your devices to take maximum advantage of your high-speed internet connection.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Download speed is also referred to as bandwidth, or the amount of data transmitted over a connection over a certain amount of time. You can think of downloading data like filling a swimming pool with a hose. A bigger hose allows more water to flow through it, and the pool fills more quickly. Likewise, a connection with more bandwidth will download files much more quickly.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Faster download speeds are great, but faster speeds mean more data traveling through your connection. Be aware if your provider has data caps, as a faster connection means you will hit those limits sooner.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Most ISPs advertise only download speeds, so you might not even realize that upload speeds are a separate thing. Download speeds are also generally the faster of the two speeds, so most advertisements tend to focus on them.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Outside of upgrading your plan to one with higher download speeds, you can also try repositioning your router or reorganizing your Wi-Fi connections. For a more comprehensive troubleshooting guide check out 8 Reasons Why Your Internet is Slow (and How to Fix It).</div><div></div><div></div><div>I have had t-mobiles home internet service for about 2 months now. The first two weeks I was getting decent upload and download speed. After those 2 weeks it's been up and down. There are days where I get 1 upload and 7 download and days where I get 35 upload and 40 download speeds. Either way the download speed is very bad. I have VERY GOOD connection quality (4 bars) and a 5g tower close to my house. I don't understand why I'm getting such slow speeds. Anybody have this issue?</div><div></div><div></div><div>I appreciate the link for helping the laptop run quicker. My question was mainly focused on the actual internet speeds of the device, rather than the computing speed itself. I have already tried most of your suggestions but will go back over those.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I have ATT Fiber Gigabit so is symmetrical 1 Gbps up and 1 Gbps down. When I run a wired speed test I get about 950 Mbps up and down. When I run a wireless test I get about 400 Mpbs down and about 250 Mbps upload. I also have a UDM router and I get consistent 400 Mbps up and 400 Mbps down. So is not ATT or the internet articles explaining why upload is slower, at least not in my case on fiber. My question is why Eero upload is slower when another router upload speed is the same as upload ? I have all factory default settings, latest firmware and testing speed from the same device.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Can you verify the topology of your network for me? There are a lot of possible causes so we're going to need to narrow them down one by one. Also, eeros behave best when they are connected directly into the modem and do not have a router upstream from them. If you have a modem router combo that is upstream from the eero can you bridge mode it and test? If not, you can try bridge mode on your eero network and test the speeds.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I changed to the BGW210 RG. I tried bridge mode on the Eero with BGW210 and is slow. In passthrough mode the BGW210 with the Eero as router is faster. What I noticed some devices can test 400/400 and others 400/250 the upload is slower than download. It seems to me this is device AND distance dependent. I would say based on my observation the further away a device is the slower the upload.</div><div></div><div></div><div>So it works better with the BGW210 passthrough to Eero as router but not 100% better. FYI when I run a speed test from the Eero app itself wired I get 945 Mbps up AND down. So I know the BGW210 is not a bottleneck.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Something is different on the Eero on the upload Wifi side. Newer devices such as AX have better or almost identical up and down speeds and powered devices plugged in to the wall such as a laptop have consistent up and down speeds. Other devices do not.</div><div></div><div></div><div>One way to truly test this is for Eero to be able to do a MAC clone. The way ATT works either use their RG or use what is called the dumb switch method, in which case the ATT RG is not used at all. I have used the dumb switch method with other routers and speeds have been consistent. Unfortunately Eero does not have a MAC clone function.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Thank you for notating all the testing you've done. WiFii devices are going to run slower than wired devices in almost every situation. WiFi devices are also going to be negatively impacted by distance from the AP that you were witnessing in your testing. Speed test servers are not an accurate way to test the speed of a WiFi 6 enabled network as it takes time for WiFi 6 technology to spin up and reach the maximum speeds and the speed test servers do not test long enough for the spin up to complete. The most accurate way we've found to test WiFi 6 right now is to upload or download large files.</div><div></div><div> 31c5a71286</div>

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