At the moment I have a 50 megs symmetrical unlimited internet plan, but no matter the device or connection method (5G, LAN) my download/upload speed never exceeds 5 megabytes even though the speed tests always show 50/50.
Is it possible that my ISP is limiting this speed per device so that a single device does not hold all the bandwidth?
And what does this have to do with piracy? Well, between downloading files at 5mbs vs 50mbs there is a lot of difference, especially a lot of torrents.
Where you sold 50 megabit instead of 50 megabyte? That used to be a common bullshit sales tactic. Your terms probably don’t set a minimum speed, but will say UP TO <your limit>. I’d contact the ISP, ask them what the hell is going on?
In theory it’s 50 megabytes, if I perform a speedtest it usually shows 50/50 but if I download something the speed simply gets stuck at 5 megabytes, and that’s if it’s a single download, if I download something else in the same PC the speed is divided into 2.5 megabytes per file and so on constantly the more files I download and the maximum speed that the site allows me.
And yes, the most possible thing is that I’ll contact my ISP but I wanted to know if this is something common or if they are limiting my speed.
If it’s advertised as 50 megabits per second then that’s 6.25 megabytes per second. Most speedtests show results in megabits, not megabytes. Most downloads will show in megabytes, not megabits.
I know some ISPs have been accused of speeding up speed test sites. Maybe try a couple different testing sites and see if they all report 50/50. If you have a friend who has that speed, at the least, maybe you could try to transfer between your two computers and see. Also, if you’re running through a VPN, which I hope you are, sometimes they’ll have a speed limit. I’m just spit balling here. Other than that, I’m out of ideas. Hopefully someone else will have better trouble shooting abilities than I do.