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How do I figure out how trustworthy my ISP is?

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It's a small provider doing fibre - my connection is supposed to be 120mb.

Things I have noticed:

P2P speeds never exceed 1.0mb/s
HTML download (for instance DLing Windows 11 ISO from windows.com hits 14.4mb/s)
Speedtest.net shows 120mb
Internet Speed Test shows 2.5mb

What is the most accurate way to prove I'm getting what I pay for?
 
It's a small provider doing fibre - my connection is supposed to be 120mb.

Things I have noticed:

P2P speeds never exceed 1.0mb/s
HTML download (for instance DLing Windows 11 ISO from windows.com hits 14.4mb/s)
Speedtest.net shows 120mb
Internet Speed Test shows 2.5mb

What is the most accurate way to prove I'm getting what I pay for?
Start courting the daughter of the owner of the ISP.

Get to know him and earn his trust over a number of years by marrying his daughter and being a good husband.

One day after you gift him a grandchild, and he is in a really good mood, call him aside and tell him what you experienced.

Then, and maybe then, he will will explain to you the difference between mb and Mb.
 
It's a small provider doing fibre - my connection is supposed to be 120mb.

Things I have noticed:

P2P speeds never exceed 1.0mb/s
HTML download (for instance DLing Windows 11 ISO from windows.com hits 14.4mb/s)
Speedtest.net shows 120mb
Internet Speed Test shows 2.5mb

What is the most accurate way to prove I'm getting what I pay for?
how do you do P2P test?
 
It's a small provider doing fibre - my connection is supposed to be 120mb.

Things I have noticed:

P2P speeds never exceed 1.0mb/s
HTML download (for instance DLing Windows 11 ISO from windows.com hits 14.4mb/s)
Speedtest.net shows 120mb
Internet Speed Test shows 2.5mb

What is the most accurate way to prove I'm getting what I pay for?
Speedtest.net or any speedtest that has south african server are the best way to prove it. All other sites have a chance of being slow
 
If it's a small provider they probably have something about P2P in the T&Cs.
 
Speedtest.net or any speedtest that has south african server are the best way to prove it. All other sites have a chance of being slow
This is true but I hear that many ISPs prioritise this particular website (speedtest.net) so results are not true-to-life.
 
HTML download (for instance DLing Windows 11 ISO from windows.com hits 14.4mb/s)
14Mb/s or 14MB/s ?

Cause a 120Mb line would be about 14MB/s in download speed. What your browser shows in MB/s

This is true but I hear that many ISPs prioritise this particular website (speedtest.net) so results are not true-to-life.
I think there is some truth to that. There are speed test websites with a local presence that you can try though.
 
Learn the difference between megabits per second and megabytes per second.

120 megaBIT per second will equate to roughly 15 megaBYTES per second, which is eithin margin of error of your experienced 14.4 with HTML download.

Also, if every other site is telling you X, but test.my is telling you Y, why do you trust Y over X.

Also, any ISP is well within their rights to limit P2P traffic. Many do. Mostly to deture piracy. Although there are some legit use cases for torrents, and not all torrents are bad / illegal (looks at ubuntu) most ISP's that limit P2P traffic take the blanket approach in doing so.

You're not being scammed.
 
If you're wanting better P2P download speeds, use a VPN.

*disclaimer, I am not advocating or promoting piracy, as mentioned, there are legit use cases for torrents, I'm simply suggesting a possible solution. Whatever anyone does with this is on them.
 
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Learn the difference between megabits per second and megabytes per second.

120 megaBIT per second will equate to roughly 15 megaBYTES per second, which is eithin margin of error of your experienced 14.4 with HTML download.

Also, if every other site is telling you X, but test.my is telling you Y, why do you trust Y over X.

Also, any ISP is well within their rights to limit P2P traffic. Many do. Mostly to deture piracy. Although there are some legit use cases for torrents, and not all torrents are bad / illegal (looks at ubuntu) most ISP's that limit P2P traffic take the blanket approach in doing so.

You're not being scammed.
Thank you for your helpful answer.

I did suspect that 14ish is within the margin of error. I was little concerned about the 2.5 megabytes download from the testmynet.

Good point - I suppose that ISPs should limit P2P traffic to preserve network quality, and I will also attempt to use a VPN, never thought it might help.
 
Just an update here guys.

The main reason my internet performance was so sketchy is the lack of drivers for my Realtek chip in my ROG STRIX Z-390 board. Also possible the chip has somehow been damaged.

I eventually figured out that Windows 11 drivers do not exist for the particular model in my mobo.

So I solved it by connecting wirelessly to the router via 5G - performance is superb by comparison.

If it helps anyone going through same or similar, ensure it isn't a driver issue.
 

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