Steam not using all of my speed

[jdmilion]

I have 24mbps download speed, and when i download a game on steam it never goes above 2mbps. Why is this? It isnt capped and i usually have nothing using internet running in the background.

[theereal]

Are you sure your download speed is not Mbps? Im pretty sure your download speed is 24Mbps and steam is downloading at 2MBps.

[Atmos]

The isp might be knee capping you by bundling your data with everyone else in the regions data for steam. Or the steam server in your area is over burdened.

[dom1310df]

Steam measures download speeds in megaBYTES(MB), while your ISP will advertise your speed in megaBITS(Mb). 24Mb/s is equal to 3MB/s, so your speeds in steam seem pretty reasonable. 

[Evolved_Evil]

Your ISP most likely is using megabits per second and steam is using megabytes per second

 

Edit: ^ Yea what he said

[Guest]

Fucking ISPs and their misleading advertising...

[Evolved_Evil]

Fucking ISPs and their misleading advertising...

they are simply playing the game of advertising

[Guest Kloaked]

There is a limitation in Steam that can be toggled on, just like in Origin; you can cap the amount of bandwidth it uses.

 

Go to Settings < Downloads < Download Restrictions

 

If that's not your issue, it's your ISP.

[Blueprint]

Are you at University or using an internet service not at home? I had a similar experience where my Uni throttled my Steam downloads to 250KB/s, I then asked them to increase it and they increased it to 500KB/s. Needless to say I was pretty livid.

[dom1310df]

I have 24mbps download speed, and when i download a game on steam it never goes above 2mbps. Why is this? It isnt capped and i usually have nothing using internet running in the background.

Can you post:

1. A screenshot of your speed from speedtest.net
2. A screenshot of your speed in steam

[jdmilion]

Can you post:

• A screenshot of your speed from speedtest.net
• A screenshot of your speed in steam

Yes once i get home

[SPAS-ID]

8 Bits = 1 Byte

[Sir Asvald]

I have 24mbps download speed, and when i download a game on steam it never goes above 2mbps. Why is this? It isnt capped and i usually have nothing using internet running in the background.

24/8 = 3mb. 

[El_indian]

Those speeds are reasonable..

[Blebekblebek]

that just so sad that people these days still don't know the differences with bit and byte

 

even on speedtest you can change the setting from bit to byte

misleading advertised?

 

how about you learn "how to measure"

 

1km doesn't equal 1mile.

[El_indian]

that just so sad that people these days still don't know the differences with bit and byte

 

even on speedtest you can change the setting from bit to byte

misleading advertised?

 

how about you learn "how to measure"

 

1km doesn't equal 1mile.

 

I think you're being unfair...

 

I'm sure a lot of people don't understand this, and i can see how somebody would be confused between Mbps & MBps.

 

It's definitely something i had to search up. Asking in a forum is a good way to learn..He won't be forgetting this.