WHY is it when you pay for 20Mpbs through road runner you don't never get that speed?

Question

When I use limewire for instance, I will be lucky to get up to 1,000 kbps with multiple downloads going at once.

Any help on this would help!

Answer 1

I'm sure you will never get the exact 20mbps you have paid. You can only get a speed of 16-19mbps. It doesn't mean that you will really get a download speed in limewire with 20mbps.

To check your speed, you can go to http://www.speedtest.net

good luck!

Answer 2

Because the 20Mbps speed is the maximum that the line can provide. The average speed will be a lot lower.

The speed depends on a lot of things, including what other people are doing. If everyone else using Road Runner is currently downloading lots, your internet will go slower too.

Answer 3

sarah is right  to many users shared line bogs it all down