Why do you need higher mbps

[xDylanio]

So I just upgraded from twc 15/1 mbps speed to 60/5, we had this whole issue where I kept getting the same 15/1 but that got resolved. Anyways, I didn't feel that much of a difference in ping/ms or in loading websites any faster. My question is, what is the reason for it?

[Enderman]

Increasing mbps does not reduce ping.

[ARikozuM]

If you need 1Mbps for a game and you have 10Mbps, you're going to get 1Mbps in that game. If you get 50Mbps, you're still going to use 1Mbps in that game. The system won't use more than what it needs.

[Orangeator]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

If you need 1Mbps for a game and you have 10Mbps, you're going to get 1Mbps in that game. If you get 50Mbps, you're still going to use 1Mbps in that game. The system won't use more than what it needs.

It also helps with bandwidth right? If a game needs 30Mbps and you have a 60Mbps line... You can play that on two different computers without a hiccup right?

[themctipers]

If you're asking why I need more mbps

 

all those windows isos

 

i mean Linux distros

and Spotify downloads

while watching YouTube 

 

with 5 other people

who all use YouTube at once

[ARikozuM]

Just now, Orangeator said:

It also helps with bandwidth right? If a game needs 30Mbps and you have a 60Mbps line... You can play that on two different computers without a hiccup right?

Yes, but that's not what the OP is asking. And most games don't need that much for accessibility reasons. Otherwise, Minecraft players would have to wait minutes to see where others are going.

[Orangeator]

2 minutes ago, themctipers said:

If you're asking why I need more mbps

 

all those windows isos

 

i mean Linux distros

and Spotify downloads

while watching YouTube 

 

with 5 other people

who all use YouTube at once

The struggle is real on a 30Mpbs line...

[themctipers]

Just now, Orangeator said:

The struggle is real on a 30Mpbs line...

streaming raw 4K on 25MB ^/s

used to have 30mbps, one day we were offered 200mb for +$10 and ayy why not

 

no we don't have fibre yet. Go coaxial!

[Orangeator]

5 minutes ago, themctipers said:

streaming raw 4K on 25MB ^/s

used to have 30mbps, one day we were offered 200mb for +$10 and ayy why not

 

no we don't have fibre yet. Go coaxial!

Then there is me, $60 for 30Mbps is the cheapest we can get... And $80 for 60Mbps... Only good thing is there is no throttling, guaranteed speed, and no bandwidth cap.

[themctipers]

Just now, Orangeator said:

Then there is me, $60 for 30Mbps is the cheapest we can get... And $80 for 60Mbps...

we were paying $90 for 30mbps  

(orange a tor)

[Orangeator]

3 minutes ago, themctipers said:

we were paying $90 for 30mbps  

(orange a tor)

Damn... Where do you live? This is USD right?

[themctipers]

Just now, Orangeator said:

Damn... Where do you live? This is USD right?

CAD

 

so we're paying about 65 cents for 25MB

[Orangeator]

2 minutes ago, themctipers said:

CAD

 

so we're paying about 65 cents for 25MB

Lol, that's about 67 USD. Still really expensive.

[themctipers]

Just now, Orangeator said:

Lol, that's about 67 USD. Still really expensive.

but we have unlimited data, and privacy  

[IVIazor]

Here in Australia were lucky to even hit 2mbps Down and 0.6 up. RIP

[IVIazor]

Here in Australia were lucky to even hit 2mbps

[xDylanio]

53 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Increasing mbps does not reduce ping.

I know that, that's why i'm asking what does it do

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

I know that, that's why i'm asking what does it do

It increases the download or upload speed....

so you can download or upload things faster....

 

it won't make a different on regular websites because they don't use anywhere near 60mbps.

[Lurick]

8 hours ago, xDylanio said:

I know that, that's why i'm asking what does it do

Productivity, entertainment, etc.

Before you might have been limited to doing Y number of things at once but now you've increased your speed by 4x so now you can do 4(Y) things at once. For gaming it won't make much of a difference but if you wanted to stream while gaming and someone else watches TV over the internet and a third person listens to music, etc. then you'll need more bandwidth the more stuff you do and the higher quality you want to do it at.

[paddy-stone]

The way I like to look at is that you haven't moved closer to your point of contact by upping your speed.. you're still connected to the same place and the same website is transmitting at 2Mbps, you could get ^2Mbps before, so there's no noticeable change. It's like having fatter pipes, you can fit more down it at once but the distance is the same, so if you only want a litre, it will get there the same as it did before, and if you want 20 litres it still only takes the time that 1 litre did.So if you download files from somewhere, you will notice it is much improved if the server that is providing the files can serve it fast enough. You can also do more with that bandwidth now as others have mentioned, before the upgrade if you had say 10 people trying to play youtube vids or whatever at the same time, chances are you would all be annoyed at buffering problems etc... now you should be able to do that with ease and not have to worry about interruptions.

I apologise for the analogies in advance, my mind is jumbled today ;p

 

[Donut417]

12 hours ago, xDylanio said:

So I just upgraded from twc 15/1 mbps speed to 60/5, we had this whole issue where I kept getting the same 15/1 but that got resolved. Anyways, I didn't feel that much of a difference in ping/ms or in loading websites any faster. My question is, what is the reason for it?

Faster speeds only really help if you have multiple users on the same line. Think of the Mbps like a pipe. The faster speeds being a larger pipe. So more people can be downloading data at the same time. Keep in mind, that many website might have a cap on how much data it can send to each person connecting to it. So faster speeds wont make these sites faster.