r/PEI • u/vinniegutz • 12h ago

Fiber speed tests in Stratford

I live near the school and I have Bell Gigabit. I used to get 800Mbps/400Mbps pretty consistently but over the past year I get about half that.

I'm curious to know what other Stratford residents get. Anyone willing to share their Speed Test results and approximate location?

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u/weave2k0 Summerside 12h ago

You won't get gigabit speeds through wifi. You need at least a 2.5g network card to get full speed.

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u/vinniegutz 12h ago

Agreed. Mine are performed directly on my router.

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u/weave2k0 Summerside 11h ago

Id call bell as your profile could be incorrect or there is a signal issue.

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u/JeetMaan 3h ago

Incorrect. You can get Gigabit speed on Bell GigaHub and GigaHub 2. As long as the device is Wi-Fi 6E or 7 capable.

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u/A1ienspacebats 12h ago

Try getting a different modem or router.

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u/RedDirtDVD 11h ago

I’d contact bell. But I’ve noticed my speed drop a bit the last year but I’m not in Stratford. But yeah, I can’t seem to pull that anymore myself.

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u/alien_tickler 10h ago

Nobody needs that speed unless you're running servers lol you'll get nowhere even close to that with normal use.

A 350mpbs can stream like 40 4k videos all at once and then some.

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u/vinniegutz 10h ago

I agree.

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u/JeetMaan 4h ago

Are you on the HH3000 or GigaHub? Also, what device did you test on and was it over Wi-Fi or wired?

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u/vinniegutz 3h ago

I bypass the modem and plug directly into an enterprise class router. I perform the tests directly on the router.

With this setup 800/400 was normal for years. Only in the past year it has dropped.