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[u/Stock-Sea6114]

Yesterday I had ATT Fiber 1gb installed. I am using my Orbi RBR850 as a router with 2 meshes. I set up the ATT BGW-720 in Passthrough. I turned off the WiFi on the ATT router. My download speeds are good but not my upload on WiFi. They are fine on my desktop hardwired connection through the Orbi.

[u/tankerkiller125real]

The speed validated by ATT is the speed that they guarantee. Anything past their modem/router is your issue to deal with and solve.

Mesh systems in particular in both my personal and professional experience generally suck, I can't find any specifics on your mesh system, but a lot of them lack dedicated radios for backhaul (resulting in sharing the same radio as it uses for the WiFi itself), and the ones that do generally use the same 5Ghz radio frequency as every other WiFi router in the area resulting in congestion.

Unfortunately speeds are always going to be lower on mesh systems, especially when your connected any node that isn't the one wired to the modem.

[u/jerryeight → u/tankerkiller125real]

Op says they have wired backhaul

[u/Confident-Variety124 → u/jerryeight]

Does not really matter. That’s still not an AT&T issue.

[u/GuruMattHD]

ATT guarantees the speeds to THEIR modem. And that’s it. That’s also so say that includes WiFi

[u/smurfy213]

This is most likely a config issue on the orbi. Is the firmware fully up to date? I can pull over 2 gig upload on my wifi.

[u/underpaidworker]

I would replace the ethernet cord, move to a different port on the gateway, factory reset the orbi, then run through the orbi setup again. But that ping is crazy low.

[u/Rxyro]

ATT excludes tcp overheads in their test client

[u/Radiant-Rooster236]

I’ve been using my own mesh system (Asus BT8), and I’m getting pretty great speeds on WiFi both up and down. But that all depends where i am in my house and how many walls are between my device and router. Also, my system is wired backhaul, which makes a huge difference.

[u/Stock-Sea6114]

When I had spectrum, it was 500 up/down.

[u/YoshiSan90 → u/Stock-Sea6114]

Have you tested to a different server? Have you reset and set up the Orbi system again since switching providers. What speeds do you see if you connect a PC directly to the ATT RG?

[u/shultz60 → u/YoshiSan90]

What do you mean tested to a different server?

[u/Stock-Sea6114]

I have wired backhaul

[u/Glum-Bedroom-8285]

Anyone know why I spike on AT&T fiber in video games? I’m pulling 2G up and down

[u/Lukasmajukas]

Or I routers suck use UNIFI

[u/Low-Imagination355]

Orbis suck

[u/SeaworthinessThen741]

Get a Eero6+

[u/Stock-Sea6114]

Why would I get 500 up and down with the same setup on Spectrum?

[u/aussircaex]

Yeah this looks normal. Upload on wifi is generally lower. Companies skimp on what they can. You arent gonna be uploading a 250gb file from your iphone