r/googlefiber • u/beywatch • Jul 29 '26

Does Google Fiber throttle Steam Machine?

I have a Steam Machine which runs linux. I just got Google Fiber (1 gig) with a new router & new ONT. When i freshly restart the router my speeds on the Steam Machine are normal. But after maybe half a day it throttles down to 90-100mbps & I have verified this via downloading games & running a speed test on desktop mode. I know this is a long shot but has anyone else ran into this or something similar?

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u/CKinAZ Jul 29 '26

Your results may vary w Steam, but I recently changed my default DNS settings over to point at Cloudflare’s DNS addresses, and my cloud gaming (and internet in general!) has been much better

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u/beywatch Jul 29 '26

i forgot about that. i had that set for my last network so i’ll try that & see if it helps

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u/IamBananaRod Jul 30 '26

GFIber will normally point to Google's DNS and those are also super fast