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.

  • empireOfLove@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Internet service is almost ALWAYS exclusively sold on megabit speed.

    There are 8 bits in a byte. So a 50mbps connection /8 = 6.25MBps.

    You are getting roughly (within the margin of error) the speed you pay for. No issue.