Hello all,

Bought an Android box (a cheap £30 one from eBay) to watch Kodi on and I am getting some seriously fluctuating wifi download speeds as per the ookla speedtest app. At some points it'll be hitting 20mbps and others anywhere from 0.05mbps to 2mpbs. Just tested it now twice in quick succession and got 1.5 and 25.8 respectively.

From my Macbook Air, I get speeds of anywhere between 30-50mbps from exactly the same place.

As I'm sure you can imagine, this makes watching Live TV on KODI practically impossible. I'll maybe get 2-3mins of perfect viewing if i'm lucky then it'll start buffering with no success.

Is this normal with android boxes? Is it likely the box has a faulty wifi receiver?

Ethernet cable is not really an option and I'm at a loss as to why it will go from good signal to poor for no reason whatsoever.