The home's internet connection is a Frontier Fiber line rated 5,000 Mbps down and 5,000 Mbps up — symmetric by plan. This page grades the line against that rating, in both directions, with equal weight. It updates once a day.
measured daily
Two tests measure this line, and they are not equal witnesses.
The wired test runs a full-rate speed test from a computer wired to the network over a 10GbE link. That link can move enough data to measure a 5,000 Mbps connection, so the wired result is the page's verdict.
The gateway self-test is the router's built-in daily speed test. Its test engine cannot push multi-gigabit traffic — upload traffic least of all — so it under-reports. A self-test of 900 Mbps means the line delivered at least 900 Mbps that morning; it does not mean the line tops out there. Its numbers are a floor, not the line's capability.
Upload gets the same billing as download on this page because the plan is symmetric: upload is rated the same 5,000 Mbps. A speed page that grades only download hides half the product.
Every recorded test, both directions, against the plan line. Warm lines are wired measurements — the verdict series. Cool lines are the gateway self-test — the floor series. The chart scrolls sideways as the record grows.