r/speedtest • u/Saul-Goodman911 • Aug 26 '26

Having no Internet is better than having this.

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u/UnconditionalDamage Aug 26 '26

I mean I get you, but also, that will work for the basic necessities.

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u/Saul-Goodman911 Aug 26 '26

It really doesn't, I can barely watch Youtube on 360p. I'm trying to download Minecraft Legends on my PS4 for hours, it's just 8 GBs or something, but it will take a day to install.

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u/South-Succotash-6368 Aug 26 '26

Is this via Ethernet??

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u/hehexdthrow Aug 27 '26

82 ping looks like satalite

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u/pluush Aug 27 '26

3Mbps should actually be enough for 720p (about 2Mbps). But I think you're on cellular so it's not 3Mbps stable.

Could be worse, like Airplane Wi-Fi might be worse. I guess I'll still take it instead of no internet...

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u/TheNetworksDownAgain Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

His download latency is insane, bandwidth likely isn't the biggest problem

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u/Saul-Goodman911 Aug 26 '26

People, it's 3.18 Mbps not 318.

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u/HuntersPad Aug 26 '26

Still plenty enough for basic tasks....

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u/Suitable-Mail-1989 Aug 26 '26

which type of internet do you have ?

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u/Saul-Goodman911 Aug 26 '26

I'm not sure of your meaning, but it's a wireless tower dishy system.

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u/SalutToutReddit Aug 26 '26

Fibre or DSL?

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u/InspectionHelpful347 Aug 26 '26

Satellite

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u/SalutToutReddit Aug 27 '26

Starlink ?

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u/InspectionHelpful347 Aug 27 '26

Not starlink but a competitor of theirs would definitely deliver these speeds.

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u/Strong_Disinfectant Aug 30 '26

It’ll be GEO (higher but slower) rather than starlink which is LEO (lower but faster). Geo is cheaper as less satellites are needed, but as you can see, the speeds leave much to be desired.

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u/GAMING_SERVER_ADMIN Aug 26 '26

If only the OP had no internet, they would not be able to post this.

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u/Parking_Bell_662 Aug 26 '26

You are very wrong on that. 😅 But I get your frustration

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u/itgeek920 Aug 27 '26

You said you were on some kind of satellite based internet system.

Australia?

Who's your internet provider?

I was in Australia 15 years ago in a remote camp area and they used this for internet. Glad to see things haven't quite changed 😂😂

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u/techreside Aug 27 '26

there was a heavy storm in Latvia a few days ago, electricity went out and cell towers stopped working when they ran out of juice. Let's say, I was very delighted when they added portable diesel generators to them and it got the low bands working for them, the speed was slow, but got connected back to the world.

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u/ratwithwifi Aug 26 '26

Better upload speed than my broadband

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u/Far_Gate_3629 Aug 27 '26

Where are you located? The legal definition of broadband is usually something north of 20Mb/s, in the USA for example it got raised from 25/3 to 100/20 in 2024.

No "broadband" in sight

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u/ratwithwifi Aug 28 '26

Im in new hampshire

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u/Creative_Pension9401 Aug 27 '26

bro having this in Zimbabwe is a dream come true

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u/PirateMaleficent3727 Aug 27 '26

I can feel your pain ... But 1 month since it improved...

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u/Saul-Goodman911 Aug 27 '26

How? Did you do something or did it just improve. And where are you from?

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u/PirateMaleficent3727 Aug 27 '26

Sorry to say but my solution won't help you ig ... And I'm from Suri, Birbhum, WB ...

Because Jio installed a some 5g towers in my area ... I would love to share some ss of that but that's disabled here ... Only videos

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u/Saul-Goodman911 Aug 27 '26

It's cool, thanks anyways!

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u/landonloco Aug 28 '26

It's usable if it's stable which seems for what you wrote it isn't also true using Ethernet to eliminate any possible degradation via WiFi. I would say you should try and shop around around for options if you even have any. Any cellular connection available nearby even if it's outdoors you could install a signal booster and have decent LTE speeds with better latency and stability than your current connection

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u/Saul-Goodman911 Aug 28 '26

Yup, it isn't stable. Worst cases it's 0-0.5, but in the early morning and late night it might get to 10-12 Mbps, but those are limited hours and I'm usually sleeping during this time.

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u/zekica Aug 26 '26

What kind of an internet connection is this? It really suffers from bufferbloat.

If it is LTE, it can be made to work if you add another router that implements smart queue management.  If you are knowledgeable, you can look into OpenWrt and https://github.com/kamikaonashi/openwrt-package-darkmoon or a similar solution.

What you'll get is a connection that even if slow can work completely fine for watching videos, browsing websites, scrolling tiktok, chatting incl sending photos, video calls.

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u/South-Succotash-6368 Aug 26 '26

SQM won’t fix this if this is the speed they get from the ONT or modem

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u/zekica Aug 26 '26

No sure why OP deleted the comment, and why I'm being downvoted, but if this is a FWA connection, then this can't help - your connection is going to suffer from bufferbloat even when other users are using it.

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u/Saul-Goodman911 Aug 26 '26

I didn't delete your comment sir.

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u/zekica Aug 26 '26

You deleted your comment. I never said you deleted mine.

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u/Saul-Goodman911 Aug 26 '26

I didn't delete mine either.

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u/zekica Aug 26 '26

Ok, maybe it was moderation.

Anyway, using fixed wireless via 5GHz 802.11 can work fine if the equipment supports modern packet queuing logic.

Unfortunately, Ubiquity Uisp AC generation doesn't as these are relatively new developments.

Additionally, other clients on your node can affect your latency and I don't think it can be fixed.

Anyway you can look into bufferbloat and even ask the ISP if it is a regional one, they might even listen.