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Speed tests often test last mile. That’s only part of real world performance. Some examples of other factors to real world stuff: 1. If you internet provider h
by mfer 5y ago
Speed tests often test last mile. That’s only part of real world performance. Some examples of other factors to real world stuff:
1. If you internet provider has limited bandwidth when it connects to other parts of the internet. I used to have a problem where my ISP has one connection out of its network. That bandwidth was limited and caused real world issues.
2. TCP can and often does involve multiple round trips. As web pages have grown in size it’s had an impact on performance at the network level
Increased bandwidth in the last mile doesn’t solve for these types of issues
- bombcar 5y agoYou can often deduce the pipeline sizes from a trace route - if the next step out of your ISP is LA-NYC-1G.carrier.net you’re probably never going to see more than 1G until they upgrade the equipment and leave the name the same.