Upload speeds 2-3 Mbps when download is under 300kbps
Hello - would someone please explain this? I used testmy.net Thanks!
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Please post the link to your TestMy results page. If you haven't already, read https://community.hughesnet.com/t5/Tech-Support/Think-you-have-slow-speeds/m-p/110034#M74607, as it explains what you need to provide in order to have speed issues addressed here.
Upload speeds of 2 to 3 Mbps are normal for satellite internet.
If you're on Beam 68, it's having some issues right now.
Apologies fr the delay but I am indeed on beam 68 and so can only rarely access web pages.
But >my< service is not my question.
I am asking how - in technical terms - upload speeds and download speeds can be so very different. Same beam, same satellite, same ground station(s), yes?
Thanks!
Yes. Speeds vary a lot.
When you connect to the Internet, the upload and download speeds you experience will vary based on a variety of factors including the configuration of your computer, the number of concurrent users, network or Internet congestion, the speed of the websites you are accessing, network management practices, and other factors.
Well, I'm thinking that within 1-2 minutes (such as when running a speed test using testmy), the configuration of my computer doesn't change, the number of concurrent users doesn't change, congestion doesn't change, website doesn't change....so the "variables" are close to unchanging.
What does change is the direction of the communication....
Actually, things do change, even though you think they don't.
"congestion doesn't change" -- oh, but it does, and constantly. Other variables that may not be on the list I provided change as well, possibly also constantly. Believe it or not.
