I know it's not much help really, but I ended up giving up with Google
Wifi and switching to Eero. I get brilliant line speeds all of the time,
only had one small issue so far (the 2.4ghz network disappeared!) which
the support team were able to fix ...
The speed test for me was accurate, and I believe it bypasses the QoS
throttling; certainly my numbers look like it. I have a line speed of
approx 68mbit and throughput on my desktop which is hardwired is 60mbit
without prioritisation. With prioritis...
So I just wanted to add my knowledge to this thread; I've spent a few
years in the networking industry so know my way around a router or
two!The Google Wifi/Nest Wifi devices have QoS throttling built into
them (Quality of Service). This means that i...