Fiber7 has a nominal speed of respectively 1, 10 and 25 Gbit/s (gigabits per second). This does not necessarily mean 1000, 10000 and 25000 Mbit/sec (megabits per second), however. Under ideal conditions, the maximum possible speed is 940, 9400 and 23500 Mbit/sec (the Ethernet throughput limit).
Equipment / Hardware
- Required standards for Ethernet cables:
1 Gbit/s: at least Cat 5e
10 Gbit/s: at least Cat 6
25 Gbit/s: at least Cat 8 - Use weak routers or a switch as a router.
- The firewall rules of the router/firewall block the speed.
- Windows has firewall software activated by default, which slows things down massively.
WLAN instead of LAN
- The maximum speed cannot be reached via WLAN.
- WLAN connection is often slower and more unstable than a LAN connection (cable).
- Obstacles, distance to the router or interference (e.g. from neighbours) can greatly reduce performance.
Utilisation in the home network
- Other devices in the network (streaming, downloads, cloud backups) can consume bandwidth. These can also load unnoticed in the background.
- ‘Intelligent’ devices such as smart TVs or voice assistants also consume bandwidth.
Test server or daytime
- In the evening (prime time), the network can be more heavily utilised - both by the provider (streaming service, gaming server, etc.) and the test server.
- Speed tests depend on the selected test server. In this regard, we recommend that you select our speed test server (at Ookla) or run Iperf3 tests.
Hybrid7 XGS-PON (P2MP)
- With our Hybrid7 XGS-PON connection, a speed of 10Gbit/s cannot be guaranteed, as this line is shared with up to 32 subscribers by the network operator. For more information read our blog.