So what I can confirm is that the device works as I would expect it too... When running a single stream test like www.speedtest.net, I get results consistent with being routed via a connection to a single persons internet somewhere else in the country I have selected. Via Smart Route it's a higher because the control plane traffic can use a separate tunnel and full route the speed goes to pot because everything is routed to a single IP not a tunnel with 4 connections as it shows.
Totally expected results.
When using Smart Route with DPN and using a download that is multipoint like a Torrent file, I get full access to the 100mb connection I have at home (less a small amount for the VPN overhead) again, exactly as expected. Nothing I have seen here in these posts on speed has gone against all the descriptions of how the technology should work. Based on how the technology works, I wouldn't recommend anyone use FULL DPN as that is no different that using a traditional VPN service only you are relying on someone else's single home internet connection for all your bandwidth and not everyone in the world runs fiber to their home like we are starting to do here in North America.
So Smart Route should be the preferred method for those looking for increased bandwidth. The next thing you need to understand is that with Smart Route, you are basically bonding a few peoples internet connections together... again relying on whatever their home internet connection is and not everyone has fiber. So you will be limited by the number of connections you are bonding together. Right now it seems that Deeper Connect is limiting that to 4 connections per Tunnel. I don't see an exposed option to increase that number. What that means is that you are using the combined bandwidth of 4 peoples home internet connections to get your download. Basically if you were seeing 3-4mbps on the full route then you should be seeing about 4 times that on Smart Route... some may have a little more bandwidth than 3-4mbps so hopefully it will be a little more than 4 times that but it's really a little random.
Also take into account that under the sharing options. each person has the option to "restrict" how much of their bandwidth, they are sharing... Be Default this is set to 10Mbps.... so even if everyone was on fiber.... and left the default... the theoretical max is 40mbps that you'll see for your speed test....
As more nodes go out there, I'm sure that the number of connections will get opened up be Deeper Networks.... More nodes equals more bandwidth in this scenario...
While deeper networks is still figuring out the support model for this. (Again...this is expected....It's a crowd funded project and not everyone has these challenges sorted on day 1) it would help if people took the time to ask questions about how the technology works and learn a little bit about the product you purchased instead of harping on the "Crap Support" and "Crap Speed" and "Crap Whatever else" and understand that you bought a Device that is still being worked on. You bought version 1.0. The company has released many firmware updates and is working to figure out how to provide proper support going forward. It takes time to train people to support a product like this and as you train them and develop that material then you can start to put that out in a knowledge base that customers can see and use. It's not the other way around where you have all the details first and then just start training..... You need to release a product, see where the questions are and what needs the most attention, create material around that and then train people on it... All of that takes time.... Not to mention the language gap...
Try and be more supportive of a product that has some pretty good intentions and a solid idea. After all you choose to invest in them as a company... That's what crowd funding is about. It's not going to Walmart and buying a spatula.
