New Internet - Slow download and fast upload

Mateo25

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Got new fibre ultrafast internet yesterday but it had to be installed in the garage and the furtherest possible point in the house from my room where I use my laptop. Before the upgrade I was getting 15mbs download and 0.90mbs upload. Now I get 1.5 mbs download and about 8-9mbs upload. If i can transfer data that fast one way why not the otherway? My wireless signal is at 2/5 bars. When i move my laptop into the garage I get the 28mbs download speed that I expect. Is there anyway of having this speed in my room or am i screwed? It cost $300 to install this new internet so getting rid of it and reverting back to the old one isn't much of an option

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OK. That's saying your WiFi adapter is capable of 72.2....not that it's getting 72.2

The 4.17 is what you're actually getting end to end. And needs to be fixed.

As said way above, in decreasing order of speed/reliability:
1. ethernet cable
2. Powerline solution that goes through the house wiring
3. A WiFi access point. Preferably wired to the main router, and that it propagates a WiFi signal closer to your PC

USAFRet

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Buying a 50 or 75 meter cable is pretty cheap, and the best solution as far as speed and reliability.

A WiFi solution may or may not get you a better connection. WiFi is very environmentally dependent.
 
Your speed is low because of your signl stregnth. The farther you get from the router the slower your speed will be.

For the access point to truley help you would need to run an ethernet cable from the primary routerto the access point. WiFi repeaters are not good because they split the bandwidth in half because it is one radio having to communicate with the router, and then communicate with you. While an access point has a radio to communicate with the laptop and a wired port to communicate with the router.
 

Mateo25

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So theres nothing I can really do except move into my garage? Guess I can only keep disconnecting the wifi so my parents will get mad and revert back to good ol adsl
 

USAFRet

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OK, hang on....you're getting 72mb to the router?
And your plan from the ISP is 30mb?

I'm not seeing the issue here.

What do you get, both wired and WiFi, when you go to speedtest.net?
 

Mateo25

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Well In my room where I am getting the 72mb to the router i am getting between 1-4mb dowload and 8-9mb upload. In the room next to my garage I am getting the 30mb download. Now randomly i have 4/5 connection bars. It feels really unstable
 

USAFRet

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I'm not sure this makes a lot of sense.
What is showing you 72mb to the router? And what is showing you 30mb?
And what is showing you 1-4mb down and 8-9mb up?
 

USAFRet

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OK. That's saying your WiFi adapter is capable of 72.2....not that it's getting 72.2

The 4.17 is what you're actually getting end to end. And needs to be fixed.

As said way above, in decreasing order of speed/reliability:
1. ethernet cable
2. Powerline solution that goes through the house wiring
3. A WiFi access point. Preferably wired to the main router, and that it propagates a WiFi signal closer to your PC
 
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