Slow Download Speed Compared to Speedtest.net??

Joey Martin

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Hello Everyone,

So on speedtest.net (results: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3161757146), it says my download speed is 24.48mbs but when I'm downloading something in say Google Chrome or uTorrent, it's more like 2-3mbs. (It is a LAN connection-Cat5e) Is there a reason for this?Am I just being dumb or something? haha. Are there certain software optimizations I should be doing?

Thanks!
 
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Everythings is fine. The speed on speedtest.net is is Mbps (mega bits per second) while from your internet real world downloads is in MBps mega bytes per second. 1byte=8bits. So 24.48/8=3.06 which is what your getting.

ghost878

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Everythings is fine. The speed on speedtest.net is is Mbps (mega bits per second) while from your internet real world downloads is in MBps mega bytes per second. 1byte=8bits. So 24.48/8=3.06 which is what your getting.
 
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Joey Martin

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Oh okay, thanks. Guess I was just being dumb ha