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What a ects Internet speeds What a ects Internet speeds

To boost your Internet speed, discover what disrupts or slows your Wi-Fi and Improve your Wi-Fi speeds

wired connections. Maximum internet speeds on Google

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To ensure that you can reap all of the bene ts o ered by gigabit speeds, we've put a lot of work into designing
Pe orm a Google Fiber speed test
devices to help deliver that gigabit experience inside your home. First, we pull a ber optic connection directly
to your home and connect it to a Fiber Jack . Then, the Network Box  or router takes the gigabit
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connection from the Fiber Jack and distributes the ultra-fast Internet inside your home. 

For detailed information about Internet speeds, visit the Maximum Wired and Wi-Fi speeds on Google Fiber Troubleshoot your Google Fiber Internet
a icle. & Wi-Fi service

Speed issues over Wi-Fi Ge ing the most out of Google Fiber 2
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When you use devices over Wi-Fi, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to achieve gigabit speeds. You can improve your
speeds by carefully managing any inte erence from outside sources, which can signi cantly reduce network
speeds for devices operating over Wi-Fi.

Speed issues on wired devices

Although Google Fiber provides incredibly fast network speeds over wired devices, there are a number of
situations to cause your network speeds to slow down.

• Out-of-date hardware
The type of hardware you use, age of the device, operating system, web browser, network inte ace card
(NIC) and other applications running on your device all a ect upload and download speeds.

• Slow connections between Google Fiber's network and the websites you visit
Once your communication leaves the Fiber network, we can’t ensure you’ll receive maximum speeds due to
heavy tra c or substantial rerouting delays at any time.

• VPNs (Vi ual Private Networks)

If the VPN’s server isn’t capable of forwarding tra c at 1 gigabit, your Internet speed may be reduced to the
speed the VPN server is capable of.

• Peak usage times

Pe ormance due to external factors may be lower during peak usage times, which on our network typically
fall between 7 PM and 11 PM in your respective time zone.

• Video takes priority over data

If you have TV Boxes turned on (even if your TV is o and you aren’t watching), the video stream is using
pa of the bandwidth, and the data stream can only use whatever bandwidth is le .

• Latency
Latency is the measurement of how long it takes to transmit or receive packets on a pa icular network, and
is a ected by how far packets need to travel, how many network packets need to travel over, and the
quality of those networks.

• Packet loss
Like latency, packet loss can have a number of di erent causes, including network congestion, faulty
hardware, poor device pe ormance or the presence of so ware bugs.

If you're having issues with your Internet, view these pointers on how to improve your Wi-Fi speeds or use our
network troubleshooter to solve speci c problems. 

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