Downloading Speed

[talkntribe]

Hey Guys,

I am in the process of downloading my steam games back onto my pc. Got sick of the console gaming lol. Anyways, is it just me or does the downloading speed seem off. I'm in Cleveland Ohio and Steam chose Detroit as the closest point. My internet speed download is around 35 mbps. However I haven't seen more than 4mbps download here. Is this normal? I have no restrictions within the steam settings. A friend of mine noticed it first and said thats off. So now it has me curious.

Appreciate the responses,
Tribe

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

35mbps = 4.375MBps actual download

is your connection really 35mbps or 35MBps?

[talkntribe]

Speedtest : 34.25 Mbps. Download and 5.80 Mbps Upload

[_I_]

then steam will show a max of around 3.5MB/s
its approx 10:1 for Mb/s vs MB/s
8 bits per Byte, when transfered start/stop bists are added

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

1mbps (megabits per second) = 1/8MBps (megabytes per second)
8bits = 1 byte

usually, internet service providers usually sell internet speed in megabits per second (Mb/s)
divide this by 8 to get actual download speed in megabytes per second (MB/s).

afaik, steam game client reports download speed in KB/s (kilobytes per second) or MB/s (megabytes per second)

[Flowernose]

Originally posted by _I_:

then steam will show a max of around 3.5MB/s
its approx 10:1 for Mb/s vs MB/s
8 bits per Byte, when transfered start/stop bists are added

Hey Upside down T! You might remember me as alex mercer from portal 2.After you messed with your profile steam ALLWAYS says your offline for over half a year so i removed you
Anyways fix your profile and re add me!

This comment does not help with the OP but hopefully this one will be allowed to remain for the reason above and i do not plan on making any other posts in this thread

[Gana]

You might want to try changing your download region to somewhere that is likely to be quiet right now. Like somewhere in Europe...Luxembourg for instance. The closest server isn't always the best choice if a lot of other people are using it at the same time.

[WE ganna FIGHT!]

I think you're right.

[talkntribe]

Originally posted by Flower nose:

Originally posted by _I_:

then steam will show a max of around 3.5MB/s
its approx 10:1 for Mb/s vs MB/s
8 bits per Byte, when transfered start/stop bists are added

Hey Upside down T! You might remember me as alex mercer from portal 2.After you messed with your profile steam ALLWAYS says your offline for over half a year so i removed you
Anyways fix your profile and re add me!

This comment does not help with the OP but hopefully this one will be allowed to remain for the reason above and i do not plan on making any other posts in this thread

I'm not like that. You're okay lol Its not serious. I do Thank everyone for commenting.

[Shizuku]

good luck