What is the difference between bandwidth and download speed?
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Bandwidth is like a water pipe that you can receive and push water through at the same time. Download speed is the amount of water you are receiving through the pipe. You can not get more water through the pipe than the diameter of the pipe. (can’t have higher download speed than your bandwidth). If you uploading and downloading, it going to have to share the ‘space in the pipe’.
You are connected to other people’s pipes, if you trying to water from Bob but he has a small pipe, you will only get at maximum the amount of water he pipe can provide no matter how much space your pipe has.
If you want more bandwidth you’ll have to pay for a bigger pipe. But it will not improve download speed if it being limited by ‘Bob’s’ pipe.
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