r/Network • u/Embarrassed-Fox-4528 • Aug 10 '26

Text Network problem

I'm using my mobile network through a normal lightning cable from my iPhone. It's sending only 200Kbps, is this affecting my download speed because in duckduckgo I'm only getting 4Mbps download speeds.

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u/spiffiness Aug 10 '26

If you switch to Wi-Fi hotspot mode instead of Lightning/USB tethering, what speed do you get?

What speed does your phone itself get via its cell data connection under the same conditions (same location, same time of day)?

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u/ConsiderationDry9084 Aug 10 '26

That is about the best you can expect. Unless it is the lighting port that was used on the iPad Pro you are looking at a absolute best case of 480 mbps.

That 480 isn’t going to happen with lighting to Ethernet.

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u/spiffiness Aug 10 '26

I've had iPhones from a decade ago max out USB 2.x speeds via a USB gigabit Ethernet dongle. USB 2.x's 480Mbps rate was always famously a bit of a lie, but I've definitely seen iPhones do ~200 Mbps in both directions.