Android TV Box - measured download speeds

brewerdave

Recently tested download speeds to two Android TV boxes connected via powerline adapters. With several different apps, the d/l rate was ~ 5mbps ! altho' the upload was as expected ~ 10mbps.

Testing from a Windows PC gave ~ 38 mbps - about right for my 40/10 FTTC connection. Even via wireless I can get 35+mbps.

I can still watch 4k broadcasts via the boxes ,which suggests to me anyway, that the real d/l rate is much higher than tested.

Anybody know why the poor test result ? The boxes are relatively old so on an old version of Android - is this why ?

Undervalued

brewerdave said:

Recently tested download speeds to two Android TV boxes connected via powerline adapters. With several different apps, the d/l rate was ~ 5mbps ! altho' the upload was as expected ~ 10mbps.

Testing from a Windows PC gave ~ 38 mbps - about right for my 40/10 FTTC connection. Even via wireless I can get 35+mbps.

I can still watch 4k broadcasts via the boxes ,which suggests to me anyway, that the real d/l rate is much higher than tested.

Anybody know why the poor test result ? The boxes are relatively old so on an old version of Android - is this why ?

Powerline adaptors can vary considerably depending whether they are plugged directly into the same ring main or into a hard wired spur or extension lead. However, across different ring mains (fed from the same consumer unit) they can sometimes be very slow indeed.

MattMattMattUK

It could also depend on the download source. If I download from Steam or the PS Store I can max my connection, downloads from thr Google Play store are noticeably slower.

Daz2009

I've got wildly different results from different speed test sites repeated within a few seconds of each other.
I take the results with a pinch of salt 

forgotmyname

I tried some powerline adapters and they were rubbish, even connected to the same twin wall socket the
speeds were very low.  Far below the speed of the WiFi, the only benefit was the latency was very slightly
better but not worth sacrificing that much speed for that tiny increase in my case.

brewerdave

forgotmyname said:

I tried some powerline adapters and they were rubbish, even connected to the same twin wall socket the
speeds were very low.  Far below the speed of the WiFi, the only benefit was the latency was very slightly
better but not worth sacrificing that much speed for that tiny increase in my case.

You may be right with some makes - but I couldn't get a decent wifi signal in either the study or the front bedroom whereas I can watch 4k video without buffering using the TP-Link powerline adaptors. 

I've got wildly different results from different speed test sites repeated within a few seconds of each other.
I take the results with a pinch of salt 

That may be the real reason .Thanks