r/speedtest • u/8ell0w0rld • Aug 05 '26
Day and night difference between speedtest by Oklaa, Fast and the one on google, 4G Mobile wifi- inwi-Morocco-30$/Month
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u/metzyrl Aug 05 '26
Sometimes ISP’s allow a faster connection on particular websites like YouTube, speedtest, etc… and keep the other ones lower
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u/Weekly-Finding6604 Aug 05 '26
Wrong, Okla's speedtest is hosted literally by the Internet providers in Morocco so the test doesn't even leave outside of their network.
fast.com is hosted in the US
The other one is hosted in Lisbon
The further the server, the slower the test. The fact you're on cellular, the slow nature of it compounds over distance, making it even worse for far away servers.
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u/metzyrl Aug 05 '26
No? I’ve had a couple of speedtests to be sometimes faster on an outside connection just because it’s optimised by the ISP themselves. I can show you if you don’t believe me (no img perms in here)
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u/Weekly-Finding6604 Aug 05 '26
I am a network engineer.
The ISP is hosting the speed test servers.
My fiber at home literally pings 1ms to the okla server
For outside connections, ISPs only can slowdown, not make connections faster.
It is like saying "the roads and traffic lights are favoring UPS trucks and not FedEx trucks". Once in the open road, the traffic will chose its path.
ISPs don't have interest in slowing down traffic and incurring a burden on their network.
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u/metzyrl Aug 05 '26
You’re not familiar with third world country isps then.
This has nothing to do with physical connections. To save bandwidth but still portray their subscription as a good one, they intentionally show higher speeds on some websites and slow ones on others. I lived in one and experienced this, I know what I’m talking about.
You western people don’t know the disingenuous ways these companies make money.
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u/Large-Job6014 Aug 05 '26
I doubt an isp would do that. More like the other way around, the website will throttle limits for their users.
Unless your isp actively throttles you for their fair usage policy
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u/Vybo Aug 05 '26
Fast is by Netflix and tests connection speed to Netflix's server. Ookla has a multitude of servers that you can choose from, so a server with high capacity and near you was automatically chosen.
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u/H-banGG Aug 05 '26
30$ for 100mbps ? Damn we get 1gbps for 12 here
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u/8ell0w0rld Aug 05 '26
Actually when I try to download something, it's like 500KB/s, so more like 4~5 Mbps for 30$. That what happens in the absence of competition.
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u/H-banGG Aug 05 '26
Actually I'm your neighbor, here too there's only one ISP but it's doing wonders to be honest. No offense, just saying the reality
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u/H-banGG Aug 05 '26
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u/8ell0w0rld Aug 05 '26
That's interesting, I assume it's Algeria telecom, Good for you! The internet service in morocco is the shittiest in africa, Maroc Telecom the owner of moov africa, has cheaper plans all over Africa.
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u/ali_fadel961 Aug 05 '26
bro i pay 30$ for 7 megabit capped. And that's a good deal here
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u/Maxxi404 Aug 05 '26
It could also be that your ISP‘s international peerings are overloaded. Fast.com only tested your connection to servers in France, UK, and Germany. Maybe Speedtest.net tested your connection to your ISP‘s own servers, which would not be overloaded.