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Svante. May 24, 2020 @ 8:00am
I have 90 Mbps but only getting around 8MB/s on steam?
Is there an explenation to this? Because I've had around 400 600 showing on my steam before, nowadays its around 7MB/s? I've been thinking if there's a difference between Mbps and MB/s would appreciate any help.
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Originally posted by Joke:
1 B (Byte) = 8 b (bit)

When doing file transfers, there is also overhead bits used for parity checks (=error handling) so your transfer speed of 8 MB/s is actually around 80 Mbps.
So nothing to worry about
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Joke May 24, 2020 @ 8:15am 
1 B (Byte) = 8 b (bit)

When doing file transfers, there is also overhead bits used for parity checks (=error handling) so your transfer speed of 8 MB/s is actually around 80 Mbps.
So nothing to worry about
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Svante. May 24, 2020 @ 8:18am 
Originally posted by Joke:
1 B (Byte) = 8 b (bit)

When doing file transfers, there is also overhead bits used for parity checks (=error handling) so your transfer speed of 8 MB/s is actually around 80 Mbps.
So nothing to worry about
Thanks!
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Iceira May 24, 2020 @ 8:45am 
Use steam menu download to change and see it in bits instead of bytes as you do now.
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