internet speedtest vs downloads

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cameron913d

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So my Wi-Fi usually is 12-15 mbps when I do a speed test but when I try to download a game from steam or some other place I am lucky to get 3 mbps and I am not using a hardline but when I do I only get an extra 1 to 2 mbps more speed.

thank you in advance
 
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Your system is working exactly as expected.

Speedtest.net and your ISP report in megabits/sec
Steam reports in megabytes/sec.

Approx 8:1 ratio.

15 megabits/sec from speedtest.net = ~1.5 megabytes/sec from Steam.
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13thmonkey

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You need to understand that the people providing the files to be downloaded pay for a bandwidth and they try and fit everyone into that bandwidth so they will often throttle you.
 
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Doctor Rob

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Just an guess on your numbers but it looks to me that you are getting 12-15mbps down and when you download like for example threw steam etc.. it is actually in Mbps? not mbps.. I would double check that you are not seeing a big M instead of an little m... Also yea check your settings in steam as it does have a bandwidth limiter. and like others said it could just be the service you are connecting to..
 
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USAFRet

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Your system is working exactly as expected.

Speedtest.net and your ISP report in megabits/sec
Steam reports in megabytes/sec.

Approx 8:1 ratio.

15 megabits/sec from speedtest.net = ~1.5 megabytes/sec from Steam.
 
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13thmonkey

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Its big B vs little b that's important, bytes vs bits, little m is milli, big M is mega.
 
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well you learn something new every day !!! i certainly thought i was getting x amount of megabytes download when i paid the ISP just thought that steam etc must have busy servers as to why i only get 3 or 4 megabytes....
 
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