Just got 78mb/s broadband - Steam is downloading at 2mb/s?

[Phoenix]

Anyone know why it could be downloading so slowly? I've checked speednet and I have 78mb/s speed.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Your ISP list speeds in Mb/s. Steam lists downloads in MB/s.

Yes, the big and little Bs make a diffrence.

Mb = Mega Bits
MB = Mega Bytes

1 Mb = 0.125 MB

A 25 Mb/s ISP connection will show around 3.125 MB.

http://www.unitconversion.org/data-storage/megabits-to-megabytes-conversion.html
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There is also a lot more to it then your connection. For example, how many are downloading the same program at the same time, network trafic, distance between you and the content servers, how many jumps it needs to make, ect.

[Kenny32673]

A 78Mbit connection would be around 8-9 Megabytes per second (give or take), I also have a 78Mbit connection (BT Infinity) and regularly get 8-9 Megabytes per second on Steam.

The issue could just as easily be Steam's content servers, sometimes switching to a different region (though still as nearby as possible) can get better speeds when your usual content server is slow for whatever reason.

For example I usually have it set to London but when it's slow I'll switch to Paris, Marseille or Netherlands and will get near to max speeds again.

[Rodney1234567890]

Publicado originalmente por Phoenix:

Anyone know why it could be downloading so slowly? I've checked speednet and I have 78mb/s speed.

to view your download speed as per ISP display goto: Settings, Downloads then check the box next to [Display download rates in bits per second], hope this helps everyone.

[Zairker]

The download server's connection matters, too. If you have a 78 Mbps connection and the server has, e.g., 40 Mbps the download speed will result slower since the download server has a slower connection than yours.

[Rodney1234567890]

Publicado originalmente por Zairlupo:

The download server's connection matters, too. If you have a 78 Mbps connection and the server has, e.g., 40 Mbps the download speed will result slower since the download server has a slower connection than yours.

very true

[AmsterdamHeavy]

You 2 jokers dug up a 6 yr old thread? To add nothing? Really?

[Zairker]

Publicado originalmente por AmsterdamHeavy:

You 2 jokers dug up a 6 yr old thread? To add nothing? Really?

Actually, this thread can help other users with the same issue, since usually you do research before starting a forum thread. So I can say that it could be worth it.