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From what I can see, the router may actually be the issue. You have a Huawei HG658, however a later model (The HG659) appears to have had its port data rates limited to 100mbit/s irrespective of how fast the connection speed of your internet connection is.

It is possible that a WiFi connection could potentially get a faster download rate depending on the standards it supports.

Some linkages to similar reports...

http://community.vodafone.ie/t5/Fixed-Service-Technical-Support/Huawei-HG659-Ethernet-Ports-Are-limited-to-100Mbps/td-p/198092
https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2650499

I'm guessing that it may be related to QoS but in the case of this device I've seen numerous reports of it having a limited ethernet switch. I would...
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Hi thatmoritryhard.

Internet speed has effectively two measures. The most common form is a measure in megabits/s, data transfer in communications is measured in bits per second. There are 8 bits in a byte and 1,000 Bits in a Kilobit, however there are 8,000 bits in a Kilobyte. I mention this because in order to understand your bandwidth and what you actually receive, you need to divide the maximum speed of your connection quoted in megabits by 8 to get a good approximation of how much you should be able to download on a per second basis.

Once you understand what you are paying for and getting you'll be in a better position to understand what you can do.

The second measure is latency. Latency is as much about distance as it is about connection technology. You havent mentioned what your connection actually is, do you use Fiber or ADSL? Are you using a mobile Service or Cable? Are you on Fixed Wireless or Satellite. Your picture of the router doesn't actually necessarily tell me how its connected to the net.

Mobile Services share their connectivity with other devices within range of the same mobile phone mast, as they get busier the bandwidth decreases and the latency goes up.

With ADSL these services rely on a carrier signal carried on a phone line, the quality of that signal is determined by several factors not least of which is the quality of the materials in the line, the distance between you and the exchange and the number of users connected to ADSL services in your area. IF the line quality is bad, the connection will suffer, this can impact on the synchronisation speed (the sped the router/modem negotiates for the connection, along with the latency too.

However as more users fire up their ADSL connections in your local neighbourhood the slower the connection will get for everyone. Cable Modems have similar dependencies but can ordinarily negotiate better speeds since the cable that delivers the service is of a higher gauge.

Of all the available technologies ADSL connections are pretty limited in terms of bandwidth averaging out at a maximum of around 25 Megabits/s for the average domestic connection, in some great cases where you are close to an exchange with a great quality line you may get 30-40. The issue is that you can't really increase the bandwidth of an ADSL connection if you are already paying for the maximum speed. In some instances it is possible to have the carrier signal boosted on the line which may help as long as it dowesn't get too noisy to affect synchronisation.

Mobile connections are limited too, depending on the distance to the mobile phone mast you are conencted to, the number of users that mast is serving and the connection servicing the mast.

For my part I have a 100 Megabit Connection and can download roughly 12 Megabytes/s and since its a fiber connection that is not shared I can get that download speed reliably at any time. However I live in Australia, My problem is distance from services. I can connect to a hosted server in my ISP at around <1ms to 2ms. However when I connect to American services I average around 300ms-400ms due to distance. In this case I can buy as much bandwidth as I like, and take my connection to 1Gbit/s and up, but it wont change the latency to US services.

By speed what are you most concerned about, the bandwidth you receive or the response time (latency) of the connection to the service you want to access.
 
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PAY.

There is no magic. Most people's bottleneck is your broadband bandwidth. Your LAN typically already runs much faster than your broadband.

Now if a bunch of people are sharing your Internet and you come to a stand-still when they get online, we maybe able to work something. We sit here until you give more info.
 
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I am using fiber, my pc is connected to internet by cable not wifi and i don't know if i am using Fixed Wireless or Satellite not sure m8. I need to call my isp to probably get 200-1gb this month, now i have 100 mb, and i need to do something with the wifi, i get less than 1mb and have around 400 ms and i'd like to make my wifi range a little bit bigger. What should i buy a better cable ? a new/better router ? https://imgur.com/a/zZEpRgO
 
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That doesn't mean a whole lot to me. All I care is what that speed am paying for.

internet by cablem.....Fixed Wireless or Satellite not sure m8.....wifi...range a little bit bigger.
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U got a bunch of stuff going on there. Be procedural about it, one thing at a time. I would:

1. Am I getting the speed am paying for? (or 90% close to it). No? Ask ISP, and by speed am saying PC ---(hardwired)---Modem----ISP.

2. If you are getting paid speed from 1. Then next question ask why am I slowed down? What is between modem and my PC that's slowing me down? Other users? If hardwired OK but WIFI slow then Well, zero in to that, what can I do to better my WIFI?

One thing at a time.
 
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You have mentioned that you are using fiber, then you are not using fixed wireless or satellite.

If you are connected to your Router with a cable then you have the best possible connection to it, whereas Wi-Fi can be limited depending on whether you have brick/concrete floors or walls between you and the router. You haven't mentioned what standards your Wi-Fi adapter supports (ac, g, n?).

You also haven't mentioned specifically what the problem with speed is? 100mbit/s is sufficient to simultaneously stream 2 4K streams from a site like Netflix at around 40mbit/s. What exactly is it you are trying to achieve that requires a faster connection? Because if the issue is latency, more bandwidth wont fix the problem.

You have submitted a picture of your router, but haven't mentioned what model it is. I'm guessing its a T-Mobile device of some sort but without the model it is difficult to determine whether or not it may be a bottleneck in the connection. Simply requesting more bandwidth is not always the solution. What is it exactly that isn't happening quickly enough at 100mbit/s? and before you request more bandwidth supply the model number of your router so that we can see if it can even support a faster connection speed.
 
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i am paying for 200mb
 
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https://imgur.com/a/DWPVgPL
 
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From what I can see, the router may actually be the issue. You have a Huawei HG658, however a later model (The HG659) appears to have had its port data rates limited to 100mbit/s irrespective of how fast the connection speed of your internet connection is.

It is possible that a WiFi connection could potentially get a faster download rate depending on the standards it supports.

Some linkages to similar reports...

http://community.vodafone.ie/t5/Fixed-Service-Technical-Support/Huawei-HG659-Ethernet-Ports-Are-limited-to-100Mbps/td-p/198092
https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2650499

I'm guessing that it may be related to QoS but in the case of this device I've seen numerous reports of it having a limited ethernet switch. I would consider an upgrade.
 
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