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.

  • forkbomb9
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    1 year ago

    ISPs never measure speed in megabytes, always in megabits (8 bits in 1 byte).

    This is due to how networking works, but ofc also marketing…

    50 Mb (megabit) is 6.25 MB (megabyte), so the speed is correct imo.