Is it normal for Upload to be much faster than Download?

[Deleted User]

All my previous internet services have had much faster Downloads, than Uploads.

I've just gone onto 4G, and run a speed test.

Upload is showing as being almost 5x as fast as Download.

Nilrem

Not normal at all, as most internet connections are based on people wanting/needing a lot more download than upload.

However if you're running a 4g connection it could be that the download is being shared with a number of people who are utilising it heavily, but not many are uploading.

[Deleted User]

Just redid the test, and the gap has narrowed.

It's now ~ 2.5x

forgotmyname

Try a different server for the speed test. When tesing your speed you are also testing theirs.

If they have a lot of tests running at that point the results will be lower.

esuhl

I've noticed much higher upload rates (proportionally) with 4G than ADSL. But I don't think the upload speed has ever been higher that the download speed!

Maybe so many people are downloading on the 4G network that download speeds have dropped, while (with hardly anyone uploading), upload speeds remain unaffected...?

Strider590

esuhl wrote: »

I've noticed much higher upload rates (proportionally) with 4G than ADSL. But I don't think the upload speed has ever been higher that the download speed!

Maybe so many people are downloading on the 4G network that download speeds have dropped, while (with hardly anyone uploading), upload speeds remain unaffected...?

This ^^

The problem with so called 4G is that most devices connected to it won't be using any upload bandwidth AND the 4G providers aren't buying enough wholesale bandwidth to cater for usage in some areas of the country.

EdwardB

Not at all normal

ADSL is asymmetric, upload always way slower than download , is nature of technology

This is what I get currently on adsl



Highest I had was just over 1mb

This is an example of 4G I had last year, this ratio was constant for me



This is Fibre I had in 2015



This is only time I had faster upload it was at library

Gloomendoom

Mine's a bit quicker...

DoaM

Bob ... whose 4G service are you using?

I sometimes get faster upload vs download on mobile data (3G or 4G), and it is usually more of a problem with MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators ... those who piggyback on a major provider's network. As I recall, there are only 4 major providers in the UK ... EE, O2, Vodafone and 3).

keith969

EdwardB wrote: »

Not at all normal

ADSL is asymmetric, download always way slower than upload, is nature of technology

You meant the other way round.

AndyPix

EdwardB wrote: »

ADSL is asymmetric, download always way slower than upload, is nature of technology

You do know that 4G is not ADSL dont you ??


@Gloomendoom
That is suspiciously fast - what set up have you got ?