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Master Zone Jan 24, 2020 @ 7:23pm
Why is my download speed so low? 11mbs when it should be 93mbs.
Whenever I download a game, it downloads the game at a max speed of 11mbs, but my internet speed is 93mbs. What's going on and how do I fix this? Does it have something to do with the Steam servers, is that why it is not fully utilising my full download speed?

I have the correct region set and I have bandwidth set to "no limit"
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Originally posted by Glimmer:
Are you sure on the capitalization of those speeds? By default, Steam reports in MB while ISPs report in mb. That's significant since those are megabytes and megabits respectively. 1 byte = 8 bits, so a 11MBs would be 88mbs which is pretty much what you're supposed to be getting.
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Muppet among Puppets Jan 24, 2020 @ 7:39pm 
93mbit is around 11,5mbyte
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Glimmer Jan 24, 2020 @ 7:40pm 
Are you sure on the capitalization of those speeds? By default, Steam reports in MB while ISPs report in mb. That's significant since those are megabytes and megabits respectively. 1 byte = 8 bits, so a 11MBs would be 88mbs which is pretty much what you're supposed to be getting.
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Master Zone Jan 24, 2020 @ 7:46pm 
Originally posted by Glimmer:
Are you sure on the capitalization of those speeds? By default, Steam reports in MB while ISPs report in mb. That's significant since those are megabytes and megabits respectively. 1 byte = 8 bits, so a 11MBs would be 88mbs which is pretty much what you're supposed to be getting.

So Mbs is bits and not bytes. Yikes, that's deceptive marketing. Well, thanks for the correction, guess i was wrong.

The internet provider I have used to show your download speed in Mbytes, it used to show 11MBs, but since the NBN update it showed as 90mbs, they must've switched to Mbits. I guess it was marketing.
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Muppet among Puppets Jan 24, 2020 @ 8:10pm 
mbit or mByte.
Its usual to name speed in mbit.
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