Xfinity 2gbps/200mbps service and expected speeds

My Xfinity plan is Download speed: up to 1200 Mbps, Upload speed: up to 200 Mbps

When I test from the Orbi, I get 1400+/- Down, 240+/- up.  So, that's better than advertised! 🙂 

When I test from a wired computer, I get 950+/- Down, 240+/- up.  The switch (Netgear GS316EP) my wired devices go through is only a 1GB switch, so that's about as good as they can do. It's not a fancy switch.

When I tested a WiFi device it varies obviously depending on the device and how far it is from the Orbi.  My iPhone not far from the router gets 500 +/- down, 200 +/- up...except for...

...sometimes when I run a SpeedTest(c) - this time from iPhone, it can cause the Orbi to reset as it did just now - thrice! (different issue that I have not had time to dig into!) This doesn't happen always, but it's certainly "a thing" I have experienced far too many times.

At any rate, your upload speeds look low - even over WiFi they should be closer to 200.  Why not?

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VerneArase wrote:

I have a RBK853, and I just upgraded my suburban Chicago service from Xfinity 1200 mbps/60 mbps to 2000 mbps/200 mbps (for a price decrease of $6/month).

 

When I speed test from the RBK850, I get 2348.21 mbps/92.99 mbps, and when I test from my office iMac connected via wifi 6 to a satellite I get about 830 mbps/83.3 mbps.

 

The mesh is using a wifi 6 backhaul with transmission power cut to 50%; are these the speeds I should be expecting?

 

For example, I'm not quite sure about that upload speed from the RBK850; it suspiciously looks like I'm being rated limited to 90 mbps (perhaps due to local loop bandwidth issues), and I'm not quite certain what kind of download speed I should be expecting at the iMac with a wifi 6 backhaul and a wifi 6 connection between my iMac and the satellite sitting 3 feet away.

 

I'm not complaining mind you - but I was expecting (perhaps unreasonably) a bigger jump in my download speed.

 

(Those speeds were all metered at 4:00 AM this morning - speeds are lower during the day when there's real traffic.)

 

-- Thanks, Verne

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