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internet speed test says 24mbps but download speeds never exceed 3mbps. Why?
05-01-2014, 09:34 PM
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it's because the internet connection is stated in MegaBITS and the download speeds are in MegaBYTES.
There are 8 bits in a byte.

One is Mb, the other is MB, that capital B is actually signifying something.

- and 24 divided by 8 is 3, 24Mbps = 3MBps
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