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Where I am, ISPs have arrangements to give intra-country traffic higher speed than inter-country. The nearest cloudflare PoP this chooses is always inside the country, so it gives misleading result.


This is why it's important to consult multiple speed tests, because it's not really a general "internet speed test", rather a "connection speed test" with a particular server.


I recently switched ISPs and went from something like 100mbs to 500mbs but because of how the new ISP peers some sites are actually slower now.

Though the main ones I use now I can upload at 1000mbs so not going to complain too loud.




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