60KBps down when network says I'm pulling 1MBps.

[Felenari]

I'm using my note 8 Samsung as a mobile hotspot. Blew through my allotted 15gb like it was tissue paper updating steam. I'm now limited to a supposed 600KBps which I'd be OK with but I'm pulling 60 tops. Task manager says I'm pulling between 800kbps and 1.5mbps and resource monitor says nothing is using the network save steam and some other base programs that are pulling in bits per second up to 3kbps.

 

Machine I'm running is a week old lenovo y740, hex core 2070 max q 8gb vram with 16gb ram. Running nothing but steam and icue to make the fancy schmancy LEDs go woop woop. 

 

I can live without steam but downloading large solidworks files for work is going to be a pain. 

 

Anyone have any ideas pretty please? 

 

Edit: my lenovo y700 has the same problem when I switch over to that laptop. Near identical speeds. 

Edited November 27, 2019 by Felenari

[Mark Kaine]

Wait... I don't get the issue. 

 

Do a speed test from speedtest.com, post the result. 

 

Because that *is*  your Internet speed and not what some task / resource manager thinks lol... 

 

(mask your IP adress before posting) 

[Felenari]

Can do. Ty. Brb with results. 

[Felenari]

Took a min to load. Started at 1.5mb up and down and within a second throttled to the result speed. My google drive is maxed out at 60kbps when I tried that too. 

[Mark Kaine]

4 hours ago, Felenari said:

Took a min to load. Started at 1.5mb up and down and within a second throttled to the result speed. My google drive is maxed out at 60kbps when I tried that too. 

Sorry for the late reply,  I didn't see your post for some reason... 

Anyway ok, so we know what your actual speed is. 

 

Are you sure you were supposed to get 600kbps and your ISP isn't pulling some shenanigans where they just use s similar measurement but it's in fact much lower...? 

 

Idk,  but I just recalled I think 60kbps,  as ridiculous it is,  is standard for most mobile providers once you're over the limit. 

 

Also simple fact 600kb would be pretty much 0.5mb and that would make the connection actually "usable"  (which they obviously don't want to) 

 

 

I'd really check your contract thoroughly,  and if you're right and they promised 600kb,  then you should obviously complain to them. 

 

[Felenari]

I get a text every month at the end of my 15gb that says I'm throttled to 600kbps. Verizon says it's my signal but it doesn't seem to matter where I'm located, be it downtown San Francisco or the middle of Oregon. 

[Mark Kaine]

Wow that's scummy.

 Hmm. Not sure what you could do.  And yeah 600kb would be kinda "ok"

 

Can you try another phone with your SIM card perhaps? 

 

 

[Felenari]

Don't have another phone to try it with. My contract with Verizon is up in a month so I might go with 't mobile's unlimited hotspot but we'll see. I was hoping it was something simple in my settings. I'm going to try giving Verizon a call in a few days about it again also.