I'll admit that I'm not really into internet speed. If the video stream for Netflix is running, then it's fine.
Now I've read somewhere that the provider (with me: M-Net) can throttle the wireless signal. Mind you: WLAN, not LAN! My understanding was so far: The speed of the signal that arrives at the router, determines everything. WLAN in-house - it depends on the structural conditions.
That this is not quite true, I see every day: While my Huawei P20 builds a flawless wireless connection, this does not create my new Kindle Fire HD 10. Probably it wants to log in the behind-the-wall router and does not find the much better signal of the repeater in the next room.
But that's another matter. I'm primarily concerned with the question above, with the SPIEGEL point in front of it.
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17: 25: 09,8.February 2019: Your ping time will be determined…
17: 25: 14.8. February 2019: Average ping time: 14.77 ms
17: 25: 14.8. February 2019: jitter: 0.02 ms
17: 25: 44,8.February 2019: Download ca.305505 kBits measured in 30 s -> Downloadrate: 10184 kBit / s
17: 26: 24,8.February 2019: Upload ca.28197 kBits measured in 30 s -> Upload rate: 945 kBit / s
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WLAN - Measurement via Smartpone (Huawei P20) - Summary:
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Throughput over entire measurement
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46.5 Mbps (Average)
48.0 Mbps (maximum)
39.0 Mbps (minimum)
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Signal strength over entire measurement
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-43 dBm (Average)
-38 dBm (strongest signal)
-48 dBm (weakest signal)
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Gross data rate over entire measurement
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71.4 Mbps (Average)
72.0 Mbps (maximum)
58.0 Mbps (minimum)
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measuring progress
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Measurement begins: 8th February 2019, 08:19 clock
Total measurement time: 1:19 minutes
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connection
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Channel: 1 - 2.412 GHz
Radio network: FRITZ! Box Fon WLAN 7360 (2.4 GHz)
Everything that is LAN, including Wi-Fi, means that it is local, so it is not influenced by yourself and thus from the outside.
However, providers can decide how much or how little data they are leaving you. So far your understanding is completely correct.
Incidentally, the area beyond the router that you can't control is called WAN (Wide Area Network).
With the test, you have the speed to the AVM server tested and not the speed of your W-LAN (between router and terminal). How fast the connection to the AVM server depends on many factors. As mentioned the hardware, usage of the AVM server (how many do the test at the same time?), Etc.
"General information
Please close all other applications on your computer during this test. Do not transfer any more data over your broadband connection. Please note that several factors may affect the outcome. There may be bottlenecks or other restrictions on the way between the web server and your computer that can't be influenced. For the correctness of the speed test no liability is assumed. For the measurements on this website technical data of the FRITZ! Box queried and displayed. Usage or personal data will not be transmitted. "
If the router is from M-Net and is also supplied with updates by M-Net, it can in principle slow down WLAN and LAN throughput - provided that there are corresponding interfaces in the firmware of the router. But why should he do it? Of course, if M-Net wants to control your data rate, they do it on the WAN side.
