17Mb/s slower than 12Mb/s ?

[AndyCapets]

Hey guys.

So today I just got internet after a month of waiting in our new appartement, and SFR (the internet provider here in France) sent me their new router that they give to everyone in their shops, and I suspect there is a problem, a big one.

You see, SFR has been sold to an other company a couple of months back and since then everything has changed, I know because at my parents house I still have their old router from 2007, and my father said that on the contract it's written that our internet speed is of 12Mb/s but when I download a torrent the download speed is of 2.1MB/s, and here with a speed of 17Mb/s my download speed is of 1.3MB/s.

Is it maybe the routers fault ? Do I need to buy a better one ? Because if it's the case I wouldn't even think, I'd just get an Asus one or whatever.

Thanks in advance guys.

[jezza39]

Torrents aren't a great way to show off your download speeds, the speed of a torrent depends on a number of things. Use speedtest to check the up and down speeds of each router.

[Geekazoid]

Just wondering, are you a Trekky mate?

@AndyCapets

[AndyCapets]

Torrents aren't a great way to show off your download speeds, the speed of a torrent depends on a number of things. Use speedtest to check the up and down speeds of each router.

I did, even before trying on torrents, but I didn't tought it would be of any interest. Still, here I have 11.10 down and 0.9 up, at home I have 13.5 down and 1.1 up. Remember, 17Mb/s here and 12Mb/s at home.

[AndyCapets]

Just wondering, are you a Trekky mate?

@AndyCapets

Yes I am.

[SpaghettiCarbonara]

I've been promised 11Mb/s by my ISP but I peak at 16-21Mb/s pretty regularly. I'd take anything your ISP says with a grain of salt.

[Murdoch]

2.1MB/s x 8 = 16.9mb/s

 

1.3MB/s x 8 = 10.4mb/s

[Geekazoid]

Yes I am.

Me too. I just like the shows. No dressing up at all.

[alw1098]

Are you sure that it is Megabytes (MB) and not Megabits (Mb)?
A Megabit is 0.125 of a Megabyte.