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 🥵🌶️
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There’s several reasons for this, and some were already answered.
Your internet provider offers you a certain amount of speed, in this case, it’s measured in bits per second. 1 byte = 8 bits, so 1 gigabit per second = 1/8 gigabytes per second (approximately 125 megabytes per second).
Second, If we already consider this, and your maximum possible speed is 125MB/sec, this would be the maximum attainable speed, not the minimum. There are many factors which can determine the speed of data transfer, such as the speed the source of the data is (e.g. a server hosting a file that you are download). Also, matter cannot travel faster than the speed of light. Even backbone-grade fiber connections only have a theoretical maximum of about 2/3 the speed of light.
If we consider this as well, there’s also the distance between the source and the destination. Through the Internet, the data doesn’t go straight from the source to you (in 99.99999999% of cases), but it travels through many hubs and switches navigating its way to you. Each of these points could potentially result in a slowdown.
Also there’s your home internet connection itself. If you’re on Ethernet, odds are you should be able to pull the limit of bandwidth provided your router supports it (e.g. gigabit ports), and your computer can write data that fast (SSD vs mechanical platter-based hard drive). If you’re on wi-fi, it depends on your current link speed (Which can vary based on signal strength and other nearby networks on same/similar channels).
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