iPhone 11 Pro Slower speeds when devices are connected to personal hotspot wirelessly

[Ipadlover29]

Im just wondering if anyone else has the same result. Basically when I enable the hotspot feature on iPhone 11 Pro and connect my iPad Pro 3 or MacBook Pro wirelessly and do a Speedtest the speeds are 66% to 80% slower than If i just do the speedtest on my iPhone. If I connect my iPhone 11 Pro with wire and tether to my MacBook Pro then I get 100% of the speeds. I did call my carrier and they assured me they are not throttling my hotspot. I think they aren’t, if they were then the wired connection wold be slower too. There is something with the wireless hotpot that is stopping it from reaching a higher speed.

Here are some examples: speed test done on iPad Pro when connected to iPhone hotspot wirelessly 55.5 Mbps down and 16.7 Mbps up. Speed test done in the same spot with iPhone 11 Pro 252 Mbps down and 10.4 Mbps up.

I’m not complaining about the speeds. They are fast but why such huge difference in speeds when turning on wireless hotspot? It’s as much as 80% slower at times.

 

[one more]

You may want to check if in your example your iPad does not connect to your iPhone in Low Data mode. Once they are tethered, you can see it by clicking on an “i” circle next to the network name. Might do the trick.

 

[now i see it]

It's normal. It's like extending a router wifi signal inside a house with another router. It gets slower

 

[Ipadlover29]

You may want to check if in your example your iPad does not connect to your iPhone in Low Data mode. Once they are tethered, you can see it by clicking on an “i” circle next to the network name. Might do the trick.

thanks I did check to see that low data mode is disabled.

 

[cynics]

Completely normal.

It would be impossible to get 100% due to network overhead even in a perfect world. This is further exaggerated by the mobile networking hardware used with a smart phone when compared to a router. Plus mobile hotspot creates an ad-hoc network that has a dynamic topology (meaning the network type itself requires bandwidth use just to maintain and update the network).

Combine those things and you'll see what you are experiencing. Its not exactly a % either, the faster your cellular network the higher your % loss CAN be.

Using my mobile hotspot at home I get 28mbs down, using the phone itself for the same test I get 48mbs down.