why does having 1000mb/s of download speeds doesn’t translate to actually downloading things at 1gb a second

Question

It’s still super fast, but a 60gb download should be in the ball park of 1min but it frequently would take 10-15min

Edit: I have symmetrical 1GB fiber connection with a router specced for WiFi 7. I did mess up the abbreviation for megabytes, my bad y’all.

Edit 2: I may have messed it up again. IM 5 YALL

Edit 3: bit vs byte 🥵🌶️

In: Technology

Answer 1

One *byte* is made up of 8 *bits.* So, your 1000 mega *bit* internet speed equates to a download speed of 125 mega *bytes* per second.

Moreover, this is simply your connection speed to your ISP. Whatever server you’re connecting to may not be able to upload 1000mbits to you, so your maximum download speed will be whatever they can handle.

Not to mention the quality of the connection at any point between you and the server.