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Nighthawk App Speed Difference
I have AT&T gigabit internet and I measure speed with 2 different Speedtest Powered Apps: Nighthawk & AT&T Smart Home Manager. Both tests measure speed from the Router/Gateway. However the Nighthawk A...
the difference is the nighthawk app rarely chooses the most appropriate server to test off. I don't recommend using it for speeds >500mbps. I usually recommend people test off a pc/laptop hardwired into the router.
I would imagine there’s a pre-built library that Speedtest is providing for the Nighthawk app and for AT&T’s app. I’m wondering how the algorithms differ.