I'm on 500Mbps broadband. Ookla and fast.com show 350Mbps via WiFi. Cloudflare only 274Mbps.
Similar results on Ethernet. Over 400Mbps on a proper speed test. Can't hit 300 on this.
I assume their downstream is capped?
I expect it isn't as easy for ISPs to treat Cloudflare like this, as it just looks like normal internet traffic.
PS: my latest ISP router doesn't let me change DNS to my local pi-hole. haven't explored all options yet - just got new one 2 days ago -- but currently my DNS queries are going to whatever is the default set by my ISP.
Having DOCSIS, I buy a modem, and own my router. I am aware that for more exotic technologies like fiber, a rented/ISP-owned 'modem' or network terminal of some sort may be compulsory, but a router is a bridge too far (no pun intended) for me.
Well, here the major ISPs are bundling the FTTH Fibre modem and th WiFi router into a single device.
I wanted to experiment with Mesh router for better wifi coverage but the prices of mesh routers here are high, brands unproven, and returns policy iffy. So I went with the mesh router option offered by ISP for ~1 USD a month.
(I do have a spare wifi router to add if I really feel like. Our location has occassional power outages and the backup power doesn't flip on instantly enough - causing router restarts if we don't add a small battery powered backup to each individual router. So the setup gets bulky and messy.)
On the positive side, they're ripping you off much less than our ISPs do in the States. They usually charge $10-20 a month here for some device which is usually using technology from about 5 years ago (when it's first installed, that is - they don't swap you a new one when technology improves of course, unless you raise a fuss AND they've actually adopted a new model).
I will admit, sometimes it's tempting because you could in theory expect them to support their company-owned hardware. But in practice for us that just means we can complain at some minimum wage call center "tech support" about how the device stops working until rebooted X times a week, and they will offer the choice to reboot it again or to make an all-day appointment for some installer to show up with another identical refurbished modem/router/AP that will have the exact same buggy software.
It's difficult because Netflix can respond to any such technique by taking steps to make it less obvious, so you just end up with one of these cat-and-mouse games.
Cloudflare doesn't even get close.
I wonder if it could be that various handoffs with cloudflare's network are more busy, but we don't really notice because we're not doing speed tests on it. :)