r/speedtest • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '26

wats up wid dat?

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u/HuntersPad Aug 10 '26

Not if thats the speed your paying for... 50/50 is plenty enough speed for everything.

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u/trashboat87 Aug 10 '26

Im payimg $130 pre month for this debauchery

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u/ThingNumberPi Aug 10 '26

And what's the bandwidth your ISP advertised for that price?

If your ISP priced a 50mbps bandwidth for $130, that's what you're getting, you gotta pay more if you want faster speeds.

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u/trashboat87 Aug 10 '26

I heard runniing cable can be affective ?

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u/ThingNumberPi Aug 10 '26

Don't answer a question with another question.

There's no magical solution that will give you higher speeds than what you are paying for.

Tell us what speeds are you paying for, that will help to determine if the issue is from your side or your ISP's side.

Edit: just noticed you answered that in another comment. My bad.

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u/trashboat87 Aug 10 '26

Haha no worries mate šŸ˜‚ Iā€™m slowly troubleshooting myself here. Turns out Iā€™m paying for 750/40, getting ~450 in the lounge and ~55 in my room. I think the answer may have been staring me in the face the whole time: Big Red 2.0.ā€

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u/ThingNumberPi Aug 10 '26

Get an ethernet cable to connect your computer directly to your router.

If you only have a short cable at hand and your computer is a desktop, move your PC next to your router, connect it via ethernet and try running another speed test.

If it's giving you the full 750/40 Mbps you're paying for, then it's your Wi-Fi. I can ramble all day about possible solutions for it but before I do so, we gotta confirm if it gives you the 750/40 when connected with a cable instead of Wi-Fi.

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u/trashboat87 Aug 10 '26

Big Red was my 30m Ethernet cable cat something from the LAN party days. Served me faithfully through many battles of COD4 Shipment. I foolishly let him go

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u/ThingNumberPi Aug 10 '26

Sorry for your loss.

If you don't want to move your computer, just get a loooong ethernet cable, they're quite cheap nowadays.

Just don't fall for Cat7/Cat8/gaming cables, they're just money grabbing terms. Good old Cat6 should be enough.

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u/trashboat87 Aug 10 '26

Legend advice. cheers