What should the download speed be of a 10Mbps line?

[mikebennett98]

I'm wanting to know what the download speed of a 10 Mbps fibre line should be. This fibre line was installed 2 days ago so i doubt i'm being throttled.

One would think a download speed close to 10 Mbps but my results on a speedtest.net (included screenshot) are far from that.

[JPotze]

a 10Mbps line needs to be around 10Mbps. 10Mbps devided by 8 is 1,25 MB per second.

[samcool55]

8Mbps = 1MBps

b = bit

B = byte

1 byte = 8 bits.

 

So 4mbps = 0.5MB/s and 10mbps = 1.25MB/s

[79 Potatoes]

If that's fiber my liver can fly, unless you mean HFC, then get out of that place

[mikebennett98]

So i'm clearly getting half the download speed of what i'm paying for. 

[manikyath]

10 minutes ago, mikebennett98 said:

10 Mbps fibre line

hang on while me and my rusty 200Mbps coax go laugh at your ISP

 

but yeah, your ISP isnt giving you anywhere near what you pay for.

[Corrupt_Liberty]

My god, I thought I had it bad with 70Mbps.  Maybe they mixed up glass fiber with fiberglass?  Someone should let them know they aren't the same thing.

[done12many2]

12 minutes ago, mikebennett98 said:

So i'm clearly getting half the download speed of what i'm paying for. 

 

Is the PC your testing with connected via ethernet or wireless?

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, Corrupt_Liberty said:

 Maybe they mixed up glass fiber with fiberglass?

sounds like the average salesderp

[Corrupt_Liberty]

1 minute ago, done12many2 said:

 

Is the PC your testing with connected via ethernet or wireless?

That really shouldn't matter.  Wireless is WAY faster than 10Mbps and should not be the bottleneck here.

[Just.Oblivious]

It should be close to 10 Mbps.

 

Are there any internet-consuming background services active? Things like Windows update, Steam/Origin downloads or an Antivirus updater could have a significant impact on a low speed connection like this.

 

The same goes for other devices on the network: make sure that everything is idle when doing a test.

 

And make sure to test over a wired connection, poor WiFi could also be a bottleneck.

[done12many2]

Just now, Corrupt_Liberty said:

That really shouldn't matter.  Wireless is WAY faster than 10Mbps and should not be the bottleneck here.

 

Sure it is.  We can theorize if he's getting a strong enough signal to exceed 10Mbps or we can ask and rule it out before telling him to contact his ISP.  Most calls that ISPs deal with are user error.

[JPotze]

i thought fibre was quick. why bother dealing with glass and selling 10Mbps deals. i have 300Mbps download but i would love to get to glass. but i dont have it in my town

[done12many2]

Just now, JPotze said:

i thought fibre was quick. why bother dealing with glass and selling 10Mbps deals. i have 300Mbps download but i would love to get to glass. but i dont have it in my town

 

It usually is.  The thing I like about my fiber is that d/l and u/l are the same speed and latency is extremely low.

[Corrupt_Liberty]

6 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

 

Sure it is.  We can theorize if he's getting a strong enough signal to exceed 10Mbps or we can ask and rule it out before telling him to contact his ISP.  Most calls that ISPs deal with are user error.

I have no doubt, and you'd think I would be jaded enough by now.  I just don't like screaming PEBCAK as the first causation. 

[Donut417]

10 hours ago, mikebennett98 said:

I'm wanting to know what the download speed of a 10 Mbps fibre line should be. This fibre line was installed 2 days ago so i doubt i'm being throttled.

One would think a download speed close to 10 Mbps but my results on a speedtest.net (included screenshot) are far from that.

Shit. Even Comcast can beat that. LOL. Hell I think AT&T can beat that too. Maybe not on the upload side. 

[htorres]

I have 10 Mbps of download via ADSL and, using IDM (Internet Download Manager), I can get up to 1,2 Mb/s in most servers.

 

1,2 Mb/s x 8 = 9,6 Mbps. I think that's quite good. 

 

It really depends on your ISP. For this speeds, doesn't matter if it's pure fiber (FTTH), coax (HFC/DOCSIS), xDSL (VDSL + FTTx or legacy ADSL) or even wireless.

 

The quality of your ISP makes all the difference.

[paddy-stone]

I think the OP may be confused over fibre/VDSL and regular ADSL. If it is indeed fibre/VDSL, then the OP must be quite a way from the cabinet to be getting those speeds. I used to get 16Mbps from ADSL/LLU before switching to VDSL/fibre.

 

OP, are you testing using wifi or connected to ethernet?  it can make a big difference.

[dalekphalm]

19 hours ago, htorres said:

I have 10 Mbps of download via ADSL and, using IDM (Internet Download Manager), I can get up to 1,2 Mb/s in most servers.

 

1,2 Mb/s x 8 = 9,6 Mbps. I think that's quite good. 

 

It really depends on your ISP. For this speeds, doesn't matter if it's pure fiber (FTTH), coax (HFC/DOCSIS), xDSL (VDSL + FTTx or legacy ADSL) or even wireless.

 

The quality of your ISP makes all the difference.

Just an FYI, when you put Mb/s, you really mean to say MB/s.

 

Mb/s and Mbps are the same thing, just different ways to saying it (Though when dealing with bits, Mbps is considered the "more correct" way to say it).

 

B vs b matters

[paddy-stone]

Another OP that disappears without even getting to the actual problem. We still don't know if he/she was using wifi when trying the speedtest or whatever... sigh*

[done12many2]

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

Another OP that disappears without even getting to the actual problem. We still don't know if he/she was using wifi when trying the speedtest or whatever... sigh*

 

It's the LTT way.

 

My favorite ones are the "need help immediately" threads where they post absolutely no information of value and then dissappear.

 

I stopped replying to low post count threads just because of it.  

[Lurick]

8 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

 

It's the LTT way.

 

My favorite ones are the "need help immediately" threads where they post absolutely no information of value and then dissappear.

 

I stopped replying to low post count threads just because of it.  

But please immediately do the needful