Speed test is slow but internaet is fast

Abbas_Dhd

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Hello there,
i got very weird problem today.
when i did speed test i got 1mbps(megabits/s) speed but when i download something on ADM(android app) it shows about 2.5 megabytes/s.
and it is able to download pretty fast.

now what exactly is happening can someone explain me
 
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Very simple. When you're doing a speed test, you're connecting to a server (lets say it's way to the east of you), through a series of other routers on connection to the main internet backbones. That means it goes through a -specific- series of routers to get to that specific point.

Meanwhile, requesting a file from a server from somewhere else that could be located -west- of you, would go through a totally different set of routers to get to that point.

If one of the routers on the eastern path is experiencing abnormally high load, it could be slowing things down.

Try running a speed test to a vastly different location. See if the speed changes. Overall though, if you're not having problems actually USING the internet, I wouldn't...

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Very simple. When you're doing a speed test, you're connecting to a server (lets say it's way to the east of you), through a series of other routers on connection to the main internet backbones. That means it goes through a -specific- series of routers to get to that specific point.

Meanwhile, requesting a file from a server from somewhere else that could be located -west- of you, would go through a totally different set of routers to get to that point.

If one of the routers on the eastern path is experiencing abnormally high load, it could be slowing things down.

Try running a speed test to a vastly different location. See if the speed changes. Overall though, if you're not having problems actually USING the internet, I wouldn't worry about it.
 
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