Hi Keifer,
Hello List, my bridge relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/148BD64BED9F2C27637D986DE032E...
Is reporting the relay speed is between 50 kb/s and 60 kb/s, when the speed of the internet connection it is running off of is actually much faster than this, generally about 50mbps (the relay is running on a home internet connection, where the isp is Charter Communications / Spectrum). As a result, I have the “fast” flag on/off randomly.
I do not want my bridge to suck up a huge amount of my internet speed, but why would the tor software report relay speed that is so much slower than the speed of the internet connection it runs off of?
Any thoughts are appreciated, thank you
The advertised bandwidth is not the bandwidth of your connection but the bandwidth observed. Your relay probably hasn't been used as a relay so far. When it's being used the advertised bandwidth will rise. Are bridges chosen based on their advertised bandwidth?