15mpbs internet but only use 2mpbs

[BeHapptFTW]

i run the ookla test speedtest.net and get 12mpbs in charters one i get 2mpbs. i pay for 15 mpbs but when i download let say steam games i get only 2mpbs why? (i have read about programs such as amd quick stream but i dont have it)

 

[DSzymborski]

You're confusing MBps and Mbps, which are two different things. Charter, like most ISPs, advertise their bandwidth packages in megabits per second, not megabytes per second. A byte is 8 bits, the de facto standard as that's what it takes to encode one character of text.

 

[BeHapptFTW]

You're confusing MBps and Mbps, which are two different things. Charter, like most ISPs, advertise their bandwidth packages in megabits per second, not megabytes per second. A byte is 8 bits, the de facto standard as that's what it takes to encode one character of text.

i am only using charter for speed test.

 

[spentshells]

Steam shows you downloading at 16Mbps So slightly higher than your rated connection speed.

8Mbps is equal to 1 MBps

You are doing just fine.

 

[DSzymborski]

You're confusing MBps and Mbps, which are two different things. Charter, like most ISPs, advertise their bandwidth packages in megabits per second, not megabytes per second. A byte is 8 bits, the de facto standard as that's what it takes to encode one character of text.

i am only using charter for speed test.

You're missing the point. Speedtest gives the test results in megabits per second just like your ISP's advertised speeds. Your steam download speed is in megabytes per second. If you're paying for 15 Mbps download, then 2MBps steam downloads is right about what you should be getting.

 

[BeHapptFTW]

Steam shows you downloading at 16Mbps So slightly higher than your rated connection speed.

8Mbps is equal to 1 MBps

You are doing just fine.

steam it just using aprox only 900kbps. it says max peak 1.5

 

[Dan425811923]

You have 15 mbit wifi. Until recently i had 7.5 lol. now i have 25

 

[rulejunior]

Ah the years old question of false advertising. Love this one. So here's the deal. We are actually dealing with two terms here. We have MegaBits per second and MegaBytes per second. To be clear, these two units of measurement are not the same but do coincide in the networking world. Breaking it down to simple numbers we have Bits Per Second and Bytes Per Second.

approx 8.1 Bits = 1 Byte

So at the moment, you are paying for is 15 Megabits Per Second. If you divide 15 by 8.1, you will have about 1.9 Megabytes, just shy of 2 which is what you are actually paying for.

It is a stupid system actually, as these ISP's don't list what their unit of measurement is and technically it could be considered false advertising. It's also pretty bad when customer service for your ISP doesn't even know the difference. Even worse when you report them to the FCC and they said your ISP will send correspondence by mail in 10 days and it has been three weeks.

ISPs man, the soul suckers of the U.S

 

[Dan425811923]

And im canadian

 

[spentshells]

Who is the provider...Bell....Shaw.... Rogers....Independant... I`m almost positive it isn`t Rogers they pretty much exceed their advertised speeds by slowing usage on the network through having slightly lower data caps.

 

[Kewlx25]

Ah the years old question of false advertising. Love this one. So here's the deal. We are actually dealing with two terms here. We have MegaBits per second and MegaBytes per second. To be clear, these two units of measurement are not the same but do coincide in the networking world. Breaking it down to simple numbers we have Bits Per Second and Bytes Per Second.

approx 8.1 Bits = 1 Byte

So at the moment, you are paying for is 15 Megabits Per Second. If you divide 15 by 8.1, you will have about 1.9 Megabytes, just shy of 2 which is what you are actually paying for.

It is a stupid system actually, as these ISP's don't list what their unit of measurement is and technically it could be considered false advertising. It's also pretty bad when customer service for your ISP doesn't even know the difference. Even worse when you report them to the FCC and they said your ISP will send correspondence by mail in 10 days and it has been three weeks.

ISPs man, the soul suckers of the U.S

I can't think of a time I've seen "MB" used in advertising, always "Mb". Rule of thumb, networks are rated in bits because they have no concept of bytes.


My ISP: 100 Mbps
Charter: 60 Mbps
Verizon: 25 Mbps
AT&T: 18Mbps
TWC: 30Mbps

Always in bits.

 

[Dan425811923]

Dang how much is your internet. I use shaw in im canadian.