I have used this app and website to measure real time download and upload speeds both in professional settings and in my own home for about the last 4 years. But I have noticed something peculiar lately. I use the Nighthawk app for my home network management and they recently added a Speedtest feature. So the curious thing is that most of the time the Nighthawk app will show somewhere between 100 Mbps and 200 Mbps but every other device will show only about 10% of the download speed, sometimes including my phone running the app. Regardless of being on the manual 2.4/5ghz bands or in the router’s smart mode. The upload speed is usually consistent between all devices. And the speeds shown really don’t change as devices are taken off the network. This includes a smart tv, PCs and other peripheral devices, gaming consoles, phones and tablets. Any idea as to why the major difference between the two?

I’ve been using this app for Years now, and I just want to start by saying that I do NOT EVER write reviews for apps, so the fact that I’m taking time out of my day to write this one just shows how amazing I believe this app is and always Has been. If I ever feel like either my home WiFi speed or my cellular data speed is messed up and is not working in the correct way that it should be working at, I open this app and it Quickly runs a test that tells me Multiple data points associated with my current connection. It also offers a video stream test that can (also extremely quickly) let you know what quality your internet connection can stream video at at the moment. There’s a Ton of other features, and I haven’t ever paid a Dime for any of them. One more feature I’ll mention is a Free VPN that gives you a couple Gigabytes worth of private network security per month, and it works Very well. If you want more than that amount of use, you just have to upgrade to a paid monthly subscription, which I believe is pretty cheap, especially for what you get for the cost!! THANKS OOKLA!! You are an amazing company and I absolutely love and support this product with all of my heart and soul.

Wow, has this app come a long way. Just realized the last time I left a review I was begging for an iPad version, and I can’t even think of what year that was because I’ve used the iPad app for so long. The app is so well designed and never ever has it crashed on me. There’s so many servers to test from, but you can also choose a favorite to default to for testing. I’ve been able to use this app for more than claiming bragging rights about the network speeds I get on 5G and my Home WiFi. It’s just so reliable and truly useful. On trips I can quickly get a read on whether a backup of my photos is going to take forever and I should just wait to get to the airport, find the best spot to install my security cameras, oh and there’s quite a bit of free VPN usage included. It’s impossible to overstate how useful this Speedtest app is. There’s even a dark mode that I have just kept on and really the team behind this app is really thoughtful for bothering to carry support for nuance features like that. There’s even a way to skip the almost non-existent ads by paying, which I haven’t done but I appreciate the option.

Your question why the large difference download to upload speed. I am almost 70 and I’ve been messing around with computers networking for quite a few years. I believe they want to discourage people from sharing files or trading files without paying extra for it. There’s a name for that type of action and I forget right now. I’ve had AT&T for many years and there’s always been a large discrepancy (like you said) upload 3 MBS download 500 MBS. AT&T is selling download speed, but they didn’t really address upload speed. They would probably charge more if one asked (at least up until 2024, see below). (I’m assuming other companies use the same strategy. UPDATE! I’ve noticed something and that is my kids have bought Xfinity for their home this year and the Xfinity now offers the equal download and upload speed for the same cost. And then I noticed at no extra charge. They increased my upload speed significantly so there’s probably a change in their sales strategy. I hope this makes sense.