I’m doing a game download at the moment and my speed says 50mbps, however the actual download is going up by roughly 1mbps, just wondered how it actually works.
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Internet speed is measured in bites per second. So, since 1byte is 8 bits. You get around 6.25MBps. that’s again divided into upload and download speeds. Then further divided by the number of devices connected to your network. You do the math
The speed of the server isn’t always as fast as your own speed. You can download at 50mbps, but the game server can only upload at 1mbps. You can use your extra internet speed to do other things like stream video, and it shouldn’t affect your download speed.
Think of a diner when there’s a rush. You can increase the client speed by adding more waiters, but you’ll still be limited by server speed, the cooks in the kitchen. So you can bother the waiter for more coffee or for a piece of pie, but anything that requires cooking, you’ll need to add more chefs.
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