plz help me to understand my internet plan?

[Sandy]

when connect my laptop to net it shows 100.00 Mps speed but when i test my internet speed on net it shows download speed of 1.62 Mps .
what is this. how can these 2 speeds can differ ?
thanks in advance

[Surya]

the 100 Mbps is the speed between the modem and laptop and the 1.62 Mbps is speed between the modem and internet...to understand this read this when you open a webpage first your laptop send question in digital signal with a speed of 100 Mbps..then your modem translates this into analog signals and sends to internet with a speed of 1.62 Mbps....

[karl]

The 100 is the speed of your Lan "local area network"

the 1.62 is what your paying your ISP "internet service provider"

if you where just streaming....likw say a movie on another computer in your home....it would be on the 100mb speed
btw: your 1.62 mg internet plan is around 1700kbps ....so your probably on a 15mg plan or around it.or on a lower one that has speed burst tech,like Comcast does.

Comcast has a 30,50,and a 100mg speed plan....but the 100mb is pretty expensive....the 25-30mg plan is very nice bank for buck.....but if they drop the price on faster then get it

oh yea...and your router is a 100mb.....if you upgrade make sure it is a gigabit Lan (1000)

[ChOcoLaTe HoUse®]

100Mbps is the bandwidth (is like the max speed with which data can transfer through the cables)

whereas 1.62Mbps is the actual Download speed of ur Plan.

[Consider a highway where the max speed-limit is 100kmph...... but do all Cars & vehicles travel with 100kmph on the road ??? No, because some vehicles run faster than others..... & some slower. It's the same with Internet Plans]