Internet speeds

R-evans · 27 Jan 2013 at 17:59

What's the reson for speedtest saying I have 30mbps but then downloads only maxing 3mbps??

Not a massive problem (a film in less than 10 mins) but was just wondering the reasoning behind it.

yhack · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:01

Do you mean 3 megabyte or 3 megabit per second?

G-MAN2004 · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:01

Never mind.

Hamster · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:01

You're probably downloading at 3MB/s (Megabytes per second). Your sync speed is in megabits.

Pawnless Endgame · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:02

3 megabytes per second is approx. 24 Mbit. Factor of 8.

R-evans · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:03

I don't know the difference

yhack · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:04

R-evans said:
I don't know the difference

The reasoning behind it is because you don't know the difference.

Pawnless Endgame · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:04

R-evans said:
I don't know the difference

1 byte is 8 bits, from 00000000 to 11111111 (0 to 255). Surely you did logic gates and truth tables back in GCSE Science?

R-evans · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:05

Monserrat said:
1 byte is 8 bits, from 00000000 to 11111111 (0 to 255). Surely you did logic gates and truth tables back in GCSE Science?

Nope

oli356 · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:07

Basically internet providers sell your broadband as x megabits per second (Mb)

When you download the speed will be in megabytes per second (MB)

There are 8 bits in a byte. So you get your internet speed of 30 Mb divide it by 8 and get your max download speed in bytes (3.75)

At 3MBs when downloading files you getting around 24Mbs so if you ISP is advertising 30 its not too bad.

Pawnless Endgame · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:10

R-evans said:
Nope

Sheeesh, no wonder they talk about grade inflation in the news. I was only in middle set and we did truth tables. (1994-5).

oli356 · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:11

Monserrat said:
Sheeesh, no wonder they talk about grade inflation in the news. I was only in middle set and we did truth tables. (1994-5).

I never did this in GCSE, to be fair I wouldn't want to. Only care because I work in networking

R-evans · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:12

Monserrat said:
Sheeesh, no wonder they talk about grade inflation in the news. I was only in middle set and we did truth tables. (1994-5).

I was in top set for everything and didn't do that in 2003-04.

oli356 said:
Basically internet providers sell your broadband as x megabits per second (Mb)

When you download the speed will be in megabytes per second (MB)

There are 8 bits in a byte. So you get your internet speed of 30 Mb divide it by 8 and get your max download speed in bytes (3.75)

At 3MBs when downloading files you getting around 24Mbs so if you ISP is advertising 30 its not too bad.

Makes sense now, cheers. Good to know.