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Videotron Giga Speeds
Can those with the Videotron GIGA plan confirm what the FASTEST SPEED is that they've achieved (whether on a single device, or across multiple devices)? I've had techs come to 'fix' the speeds severa...
it looks like that +/- 940mbits is the maximum download speed...
here's a speedtest done on videotron posted elsewhere :
https://www.speedtest.net/result/d/82575551
To get the full speed, you need a somewhat powerfull router. Not sure if videotron's router is considered "powerfull".
Also, you need to be either hardwared or wifi connected speed of at least 1300mbits (only 3 or 4 antennas device on AC can offer that kind of speed if you are right next to the router).
On my 400/50 plan, I only able to get the full speed on my apple tv and mac mini (wifi AC) and sometime on my iPhone XS max and iPad 6th gen.
My "old" MacBook pro and my wife's asus laptop are maxing out at +/- 250mbps download speed on wifi.
It's the wireless card that is limited in this case.
Speedtest.net servers are often not keeping up with the full gigabit speed...
Bell Canada, Bell Mobility, Telus, fibrenoire and connect it networks are often the servers that give me the best results.
that said, gigabit internet for a single device is not that useful...
it's useful when you have multiple devices that are using the connection at the same time.
that said, the 400/50 plan has the same upload speed as the gigabit... thus that would be as fast for your backup needs.
the recent iPhone X/XS or Apple TV (4th gen) cannot do gigabit speed on wifi... they are limited to a 866mbits speed connection if you are right next to the router (they only have two antennas)... which will give you at best 500-600 download speed in the real world.
most laptop will only do 866mbits or even 433mbits (my wife's Asus Laptop can only connect at 433mbits).
recent macbooks should be able to do 1300mbits connection (I'm getting this speed on my mac mini)... but not sure what kind of download speed this would mean in the real world.
I had the giga package for a few month. but since I was not using the full speed most of the time, I decided to save some money and went back to the 200 mbps service.
I was able to run some speed tests over 900 mbps as you can see in the dsl reports link Anonyme sent but most of the time, the speed test on a single computer is CPU limited. Check your task manager while you're runing a speed test in your browser and you'll see what I mean :)
A real world speed test would be best: a good router, 2 computers downloading from fast servers at the same time.
As Anonyme said, 400 mbps services and over are made to be shared between multiple devices. As long as you have a good router, it should not be a problem. BTW, I have the ZyXel router from Videotron. It is able to handle giga speeds.
I really didn't want this thread to become a "whether you actually need gigabit or not" -- whether they're 'made to be' shared between multiple devices or not, I got the service myself to see the full gigabit (940mbps) on a single device. I see now, through various threads, that others have been able to achieve this speed on a single device, so now I'm on the hunt for a fix on how to get the same on my connection.
I'm an IT guy :)My issues are not related to CPU usage, or lack of I/O capable of writing to disk at the 1gbps (or, again, 940mbps) speed -- my issues are of the modem not being able to provide the full 940mbps across a single OR multiple devices -- confirmed by the multiple Videotron techs who have visited my place and used their own devices (as well as mine) to confirm speeds
Appreciate the replies -- hoping someone has a suggestion on what can be done to fix my speed limitation issue
