So I have lately been pretty disappointed with my Internet speeds from Frontier. I'm near Tampa, and am using Frontier fiber with advertised 990/880 down/up I think. I can't remember the exact values but it's supposed to be close to a gig for both upload and download. Of course, I'm not using the Frontier router. I bought an AX88U to utilize the QoS and game like a pro! So I have SpdMerlin installed and apparently the Cli for speedtest.net has issues so my reported speeds are wrong in SpdMerlin. But it usually shows around 300-400 for both down/up. If I run a speedtest from a laptop plugged in via Ethernet cable, I get varying results ranging from 100-450 down. I've never gotten anything higher. I'm not sure if the actual laptop is bottlenecking the service or not but I would think it should be able to handle close to 800-900 down.
So lately my streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max) have all been buffering like crazy. I have two Smart TVs, and two PlayStations that all have the streaming services on them (not all streaming at the same time, mind you) and I will get times where the picture quality is just butt. It gets better of course but then it will degrade again and then get better. Just a cycle. Very annoying and I don't know who to blame. I had Flex QoS enabled and decided to turn it off for a week or so to see if that made any difference and it didn't. I have it turned back on now.
One major concern I have is this: When the PS4 (or other device) is streaming something, the bandwidth monitor shows it's only using like 3-8Mbps download speed. And I'm thinking that 3-8 Mbps download speed is causing buffer spikes and it should be more like 30-80 Mbps for streaming.
So I call Frontier, already knowing what they're going to say: "Oh you have to use our router to get our advertised speeds. It's designed specifically for our service so you need to use that one."
So I'm wondering if I should try out the Frontier router or not, or just keep tweaking with QoS and maybe switch to Cake QoS instead of Flex QoS. I can post any settings or configs that you smart people need to look at to see if there's something configured wrong. Thanks for reading!
So lately my streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max) have all been buffering like crazy. I have two Smart TVs, and two PlayStations that all have the streaming services on them (not all streaming at the same time, mind you) and I will get times where the picture quality is just butt. It gets better of course but then it will degrade again and then get better. Just a cycle. Very annoying and I don't know who to blame. I had Flex QoS enabled and decided to turn it off for a week or so to see if that made any difference and it didn't. I have it turned back on now.
One major concern I have is this: When the PS4 (or other device) is streaming something, the bandwidth monitor shows it's only using like 3-8Mbps download speed. And I'm thinking that 3-8 Mbps download speed is causing buffer spikes and it should be more like 30-80 Mbps for streaming.
So I call Frontier, already knowing what they're going to say: "Oh you have to use our router to get our advertised speeds. It's designed specifically for our service so you need to use that one."
So I'm wondering if I should try out the Frontier router or not, or just keep tweaking with QoS and maybe switch to Cake QoS instead of Flex QoS. I can post any settings or configs that you smart people need to look at to see if there's something configured wrong. Thanks for reading!