Why is Steam so slow?

[Spartin503]

I have about a 23.5 MB/sec download speed but when I download a game from Steam, max I can get for download is 2.5 MB/sec. Why is it slow?

 

[bystander]

Most likely, you have a 23.5 megabit/sec download speed, and 2.5 megabyte download speed with steam. 2.5 * 8-bits = 20 megabit/sec.

 

[Spartin503]

Best answer selected by spartin503.

 

[Spartin503]

Thank you for the clarification.