Internet Speed Questions

[noahsheldon]

Hello, sorry if this is a noob question but I am new to networking. So at my house I am supposed to be getting 6MBps . When I do a speed test on any site I get 7MBps. BUT when I try to download anything I get 900KBps to 1 MBps. Same for my business. At work I am getting 30 MBps when I do speedtest but am only getting 2 to 3 MBps when I download stuff. Could somebody please explain this to me/how to fix this?

Thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

6-7 Mbps from where? speedtest.net?
OK

900Kbps-1MBps from where? Some software? Steam?
This is absolutely normal.

Your ISP and speedtest.net reports in megabits.
Steam reports in megabytes.
Approx 8:1 ratio.

Same as at your 'job'. 30 megabits = ~3 megabytes per sec.


There is no 'fix', as there is nothing wrong.

 

[photonboy]

Yep.
I do believe you are mixing up MBps with Mbps speeds.

I think the 7MBps you report is likely 7Mbps.

(I get about 6Mbps max tested with Speed Test, which matches roughly my 725KBps max download speed because as said 1MB = 8Mb)