Am I getting slow speeds for a 2mbs connection?

Question

My current connection is given at at 2.1mbs but my connection speed never goes above 250kbps wherever I am downloading from, whether it be torrents, rapidshare, Itunes, or anywhere, it will never go above 250kbs.

Is this the normal speed to expect from such a connection?

Answer 1

It is something to do with the difference between bit (b) and Byte (B)

If the speed its showing is 250 KB/s then multiply it by 8, so its 250x8= 2000 kbps = 2 mbps

Rest assured, you are getting nearly the speed you deserve.

Answer 2

Download speeds are affected by many things, including how busy the source server is.

Answer 3

If this is your download speed then no, but if that is your connection speed then yes.

Answer 4

For a 2 mbps connection this is the maximum download speed you can get. You can test your broadband connections upload and download speeds in the following link,

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?loc=...

Answer 5

That is a very good rate for your connection.

ISPs (and generally speed tests) shows speeds in bits (b) P2P clients, borwsers, etc., shows speeds in bytes (B).

8b = 1B

So your 2Mb conneciton = 250kBs

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