I have 2 laptops, an old toshiba and a new hp pavilion dv5. Comcast xfinity gives promises that you will receive good features. Ultimate guide to fix xfinity slow upload speed latest. Hi everyone, ive been having problems with my internet for the past month or so. If our internet speed test didnt give you the results you were hoping for, centurylink offers a wide range of options when it comes to high speed internet. Out of no where, my download speeds have plummeted, however my upload speeds. Extremely low download speed and extremely high upload. Very slow upload speed but very high download spee. Many older devices lack the memory to achieve the best download and upload speeds, even when the internet connection and service are strong and robust. Download speeds are always incredibly fast, but upload speeds vary and are usually terribly slow between 12 mbps.
Often with cable and dsl, the upload speed is significantly slower than the download speed. Many providers offer internet plans with far faster download speeds than upload. The speed testing service can be monitored using a site called. You have to keep the bitrat e for your game and your audio in mind, also some room for spiking. Who has the fastest internet upload and download speeds. Low download high upload hughesnet community 82092. If youre running an older operating system, you may not achieve the highest speeds when downloading or uploading. If you are encountering very slow downloadupload speeds, check the following reasons why it may be happening. We recommend a high speed internet connection with high upload speeds. I have noticed that my speeds are extremely slow and whenever i do i speed test my upload is normally 5 or even 10 times higher than my download which i thought was weird considering i heard that it should be the other way round. Upload speed is slow, doesnt use available bandwidth. Ive run a speed test, and it said my download speed is greater than 60 mbs, but when i go to download a file, it barely exceeds 100kbs.
I try to seed torrents which usually have very few seeders and not seed torrents where there are hundreds of see. The download speed is still a zippy 57 mbs, but now the upload speed is fast too, at 11 mbs, or nearly 70x faster than what it was before. Upload speeds and very slow download speeds are sometimes measured in kbps. Apr 14, 2014 after the router restarted, i reran my speed test, and the results were much nicer.
Jul 18, 2019 think of broadband as the national internet speed limit. We are currently getting about 12mbs download speeds. Hi all, since a day or so my 27 inch aio started showing a strange pattern in download speeds. Very slow upload speed but very high download speed in response to mpotts hey, only way to improve your upload speed on cable is to get a speed boost, however that will only increase the upload to a maximum possible of around 2mbps while the download will increase to around 100mpbs. Download speed the speed of data sent from the internet to your computer upload speed the speed of data sent from your computer to the internet we also report latency, a factor that could influence your speed. You want to use around 70 % to 80 % of your bitrate, next steps give you further advice. High ping, or high latency, results in longer wait times when. My windows 10 laptop has been acting strange recently. Why internet upload speeds are slow and download speeds are fast. Since the majority of users spend more time downloading items, highspeed internet providers provide faster download speeds to accommodate this need. Sometimes slow upload speeds are the fault of your internet service provider. Mar 15, 2018 utorrent upload download speed settings.
The speed test takes less than a minute and performs two key measurements. Got slow download but fast upload speeds over wireless. Since the majority of users spend more time downloading items, high speed internet providers provide faster download speeds to accommodate this need. Our home internet is available in a range of speeds to fit your needs while our fiber optic internet provides unparalleled upload and download speeds for the most data hungry users. This happened very suddenly too, in the past, speeds were as high as 20 mbs. In this range, you can engage in common online activities such as uploading videos, downloading music, web browsing, hd streaming, and online gaming. Think of broadband as the national internet speed limit. And by internet speed we mention uploading speed as well as the downloading speed.
Spectrum high download speed, awful upload speed help. Jun 21, 2012 i have comcast high speed internet and when i run a speed test, my download speed is high at 25 mbps. Netgear r7000 slow internet speed our fix solved this is a post about slow download speeds on the r7000 router and how we solved the problem. My internet is extremely slow and i can barely watch youtube. My laptop and iphone download speed were more than 30 times slower than my desktops download speed. Over the last few days, our internet download speeds have been drastically reduced. The hp does not have this problem when i use it with other wifi networks. However, over the past decade, topend internet speeds have increased, and the fastest internet speeds are now often measured in gbps. I try to seed torrents which usually have very few seeders and not seed torrents where there are hundreds of. Downloadupload speed will be slower for many small files as when transferring a few large files. Often with cable and dsl, the upload speed is significantly slower than the download. This is a discussion on solved very slow download speed, very high upload speed within the windows 7, windows vista support forums, part of the tech support forum category.
The hp does not have this problem when i use it with. The computer suddenly shows a maximum of around 10mbps download speed whereas the upload speed is 250mbps. This will result in fast loading times for most websites and file downloads, but slow uploads. Low download speed high upload speed need help toms. This is usually normal, because most highspeed internet connections, including cable modems and dsl, are asymmetric they are designed to provide much better speed for. The reason theres such a difference between download and upload speed concerns user preferences. Jan 31, 2011 the speed testing service can be monitored using a site called.
Previously these two were at the same level both at 250mbps. Internet speed classifications what is a good internet. Is it possible mozilla is part of the problem with the pc slow download and higher upload. The download speed should be at or above 25 mbps while the upload speed should not be less than 3 mbps. Question slow speeds for download normal speeds for upload.
Whs slow download fine upload speeds i have just installed windows home server on one of my pcs and everything is fine apart from the internet. If you want to skip directly to our fix, go to the third paragraph from the bottom of the post. Your download and upload speeds are not related with each other at all. This is usually normal, because most highspeed internet connections, including. For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 4 mbps21 mbps. How to boost your download speed with pictures wikihow. Slow download fast upload on cable and wifi super user. I have comcast high speed internet and when i run a speed test, my download speed is high at 25 mbps.
My download speed when connectly directly to the spectrum provided modem is 108mb. The download speed over wifi is slighly faster but on cable is the same. To fix xfinity slow upload speed do the following first. For a very long time now, my download speed has been very fast, running at an average speed of 34mbps, but my upload speed is even lucky to get to. My upload speed in utorrent is triple or even 4 times.
Troubleshooting steps if you notice a slow upload speed. Sep 28, 2016 for many users, uploading files is quite a bit slower than downloading files. Very slow upload speed but very high download speed. The upload speed can be represented in terms of kilobytes per second as 50 kb. We are not sure if it is our router that is acting up or if it is something on verizon s end. Torrent client works on p2p peer to peer file sharing protocol. But many times users experience xfinity slow upload speed while your download being good.
Also interesting to note is that having looked at the disk writing speeds in task manager, c. Here you can set limits on the maximum speed of upload and download in the screenshot below, these restrictions are sets, i. Solved very slow download speed, very high upload speed. Ive recently been noticing my download speeds for files have been very slow. The slowest plan offered by spectrum whizzes along at speeds up to 100 mbps, which is ample speed for a household of three to four people to stream video on multiple devices. Per the federal communications commission fcc, a broadband internet connection has a minimum download speed of 25 mbps and a minimum upload speed of 3 mbps. I havent been able to understand utorrents method of deciding on upload speed despite using utorrent for ages. Slow download speed, normal upload speed verizon fios. After the router restarted, i reran my speed test, and the results were much nicer. On the other hand, the upload speed was roughly the same on all devices. Router download speeds are slow on nighthawk r8300. Spectrum doesnt play around with bargain slow speed plans that are sure to disappoint anyone living in the twentyfirst century. For many users, uploading files is quite a bit slower than downloading files.
If you find that your wireless download speeds are abysmal while your uploads speeds are pretty solid, especially with apple devices, ive got a. This is how fast your upload speed will be, assuming there are no other factors at play ie. Router download speeds are slow on nighthawk r8000. If the upload speed was calculated as 400mbs, it indicates that your computer can upload 400 megabits per second. Fast internet, slow download speed posted in networking. The difference between download and upload internet speeds. This gives us a baseline for determining fast and slow internet speeds.