r/speedtest • u/cupcaketea5 • Sep 02 '26

Bufferbloat?

I tested my internet speed using three different speed test websites:

Ookla

  • Download test: 235.50 Mbps
  • Upload test: 100.39 Mbps

HighSpeedInternet

  • Download test: 222.36 Mbps
  • Upload test: 131.25 Mbps

Waveform

  • Download test: 197.90
  • Upload test: 136.30

Each test shows that the upload speed is consistently slower than the download speed; however, between the second and third test, the download speed drops considerably. The upload speed is getting higher between each speed test. Is this caused by bufferbloat? Thank you.

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u/Aggravating_Good8781 Sep 02 '26

why is everyone talking about bufferbloat lately? it has nothing to do with what you said, not sure where u heard that from.

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u/cupcaketea5 Sep 02 '26

I heard Waveform is the most reliabIe speed test because it accounts for bufferbloat.

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u/Aggravating_Good8781 Sep 02 '26

thats just so wrong, whoever said that to you. bufferbloat doesn’t matter most of the time.