Why is my Steam downloads game slow?

[iHammmy]

Hello,

 

My internet download speed is 15mbps put I can only download games at 1.9mbps tops. I have use an ethernet cable if that helps. I also have my download region as close to me as possible, it's only 1 hour away!

 

Thanks in advance,

 

~ Harry

[XTankSlayerX]

Hello,

My internet download speed is 15mbps put I can only download games at 1.9mbps tops. I have use an ethernet cable if that helps. I also have my download region as close to me as possible, it's only 1 hour away!

Thanks in advance,

~ Harry

15 MegaBITS is 1.875 MegaBYTES which is what Steam is showing you.

Its simply your Internet speed

[Ceatra]

Mine is 100x better. 13kb/s

[Mao_Zedong]

15 MegaBITS is 1.875 MegaBYTES which is what Steam is showing you.

Its simply your Internet speed

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Also some games can be up to 50gb, so it is huge files you're getting.

[Jaredcb03]

You are paying for 15 mpbs and steam is downloading at 1.9 MB. A little "b" is a bit, an uppercase "B" is a byte. There are 8 bits to a byte.

 

15 divided by 8 is 1.875. You're getting what you're paying for. 

[Briggsy]

1 Megabit: 1024 / 8 = 128 KiloBytes

15 Megabits: 1024 * 15 / 8 = 1920 KiloBytes (or 1.875 MegaBytes)

[Ceatra]

You are paying for 15 mpbs and steam is downloading at 1.9 MB. A little "b" is a bit, an uppercase "B" is a byte. There are 8 bits to a byte.

 

15 divided by 8 is 1.875. You're getting what you're paying for. 

That is very interesting, and also confusing  

[Jaredcb03]

That is very interesting, and also confusing  

 

I started to compose a very long reply explaining it in more depth... I then found this link that explains it pretty well.

 

http://opensignal.com/knowledgebase/the-difference-between-megabyte-and-megabit.php

[iHammmy]

I started to compose a very long reply explaining it in more depth... I then found this link that explains it pretty well.

 

http://opensignal.com/knowledgebase/the-difference-between-megabyte-and-megabit.php

Thank you! You have been a great help!