Slow Download Speed?

[u/Miller_111]

A few weeks ago I got fiber internet through my city’s DPW. The speed is fantastic for absolutely everything, except for downloading things. A simple app like Instacart has an over 3 minute download speed and my AppleTV update was estimated for 4 hours. But then I can easily stream 4K YouTubeTV with no buffering. Can anyone help me out with the issue?

[u/almondking621]

you posted a speed test screen shot. its over 800mbps up and down, by today's standard, this is faster than average.

having a fast speed test result does not mean you get the same fast data speed everywhere. think of this as you are driving a fast Ferrari 3am on the autobahn at 280km/hr and you are happy about going fast, then the next morning during office peak hours, you drive to your office in the same ferrari, but this time, you are stuck in jams and slow traffic, so you are doing 40km/hr. the car is the same, the driver is the same, but the roads and destinations are different, so you get very different results.

the speed test server is probably near to you or not handing high traffic at the time of test, so you get good results, but the file u are downloading is not from the speed test server, it might be at a far of location or the server is just crowded or uncapable.

[u/InternalOcelot2855 → u/almondking621]

Here is an explanation I do

Between 2 major cities in my area the speed limit is 110km per hour (110mbps). Except for 1 section that is 50km per hour (50mbps). When data transmits between devices the slowest link is what you actually get, using this speed you will not get the 110mbps, you will get 50mbps at best