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heelsfan
Aspirant
Aug 31, 2015

Speed listed on Netgear Genie much slower than speedtest.net

I am using a netgear C3700  N600 Wifi cable modem router. The router/mdodem is hardwired to my computer When I do a speedtest on Netgear Genie to www.netgear.com it says my download speed from this ...
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heelsfan
Aspirant
Sep 02, 2015

So why the marked difference? Why is my download from netgear < 1 Mbps but the broadband speed from the comcast is > 80 Mbps

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TheEther
Guru
Sep 02, 2015

There are one or more possibilities, not all mutually exclusive:

  1. Netgear's own connection to the Internet is really slow
  2. Somewhere in the Internet between you and Netgear is really slow.  This is a generalization of #1.
  3. Netgear's download server is overloaded
  4. Netgear limits the speed for individual downloads

The Internet is like a patchwork of roads.  The one from you to Comcast is a freeway with no traffic, while Netgear could be off of a freeway exit to an unpaved, mountain road with a herd of sheep.  :smileytongue: