This is correct. Your down speed is specified in Mbps (Megabits per sec). Steam shows it in MBps (Megabytes per sec). There are 8 bits in a byte so 12.5/8 = 1.5. All is well.
You can change speedtest to show your actual MB. I recommend using the xfinity speedtest. Speedtest does its test in IPv4 which you can see a decrease in your actual top speed.
Speedtest never gives a very accurate test i find. Its such a short quick test, so it inflates the speed which you probably get. ISPs are very sneaky and give people burst speeds to trick us into thinking we are getting the speeds we are paying for, which can inflate the speedtest readings.
My internets slow... but as an example I pay for 5 mbit/sec internet, and in speed test sometimes it gets near this number... but in an actual download after about 10-15 seconds the speeds will go down from 5 to 3 and will stay even at about 3 mbit/sec. Basically what they have done is let your internet burst speeds to a certain amount but any sustained speeds will go down to a certain level after a brief amount of time. A sneaky move to save themselves bandwidth and screw customers out of what they should be getting. This also tricks us, because they'll run speedtest infront of you and say, "see your getting the speeds we promised". Ya for 10 seconds then it drops in half of that speeds... thanks for nothing, 90 bucks a month for this?
I'm not sure if this is what your isp does, but mine does. Your speeds are really good compared to mine, i wish i had another isp i could switch to.
Speedtest never gives a very accurate test i find. Its such a short quick test, so it inflates the speed which you probably get. ISPs are very sneaky and give people burst speeds to trick us into thinking we are getting the speeds we are paying for, which can inflate the speedtest readings.
With speedtest, only trust the 2nd or 3rd test. Never the first one.
@jun_aka_pekto : I can see deleted posts. :P That's actually not that bad. We pay $75 and we picked the highest package available at the time, it was 60 Mbps. But what you see on the picture I posted before is what we've always gotten and we've had this for well over a year now.
I recommend using the xfinity speedtest. Speedtest does its test in IPv4 which you can see a decrease in your actual top speed.
ipv4 is not any slower than v6. It's just that server may be busier on v4.
Here you go
IPV4 is like that on all servers. This even happens on speedtest.net as it uses IPv4 and I see my speed constantly going down. IPv6 is the only one that keeps my speed. I can post any amount of tests from speedtest and none will show 121mbps
I'm always amazed at how much internet and phone contracts are in the US. I get 152 down and 12 up alongside hundreds of TV channels and a landline phone for ~£50 a month. My mobile contract gives unlimited texts, 500 minutes and 3GB internet for £12 a month.
@kraken2109: Yeah in the US internet access is highly inflated in price. ISPs heavily throttle speed usage, and throw on ridiculous data caps.
Plus the greedy-ass providers want to destroy net neutrality, thus being able to charge their customers exponentially more. All hail the "Dollar-God." :(
hard drive was the case. jeez it was slowing things down big time. popped in a ssd and things changed. the results don't go down on xfinity on the v4 and are a little off from the v6
also internet speed actually improved, dunno how, but there is a 5 - 7 MB difference (increase) when it comes to downloads on steam
Speedtest never gives a very accurate test i find. Its such a short quick test, so it inflates the speed which you probably get. ISPs are very sneaky and give people burst speeds to trick us into thinking we are getting the speeds we are paying for, which can inflate the speedtest readings.
My internets slow... but as an example I pay for 5 mbit/sec internet, and in speed test sometimes it gets near this number... but in an actual download after about 10-15 seconds the speeds will go down from 5 to 3 and will stay even at about 3 mbit/sec. Basically what they have done is let your internet burst speeds to a certain amount but any sustained speeds will go down to a certain level after a brief amount of time. A sneaky move to save themselves bandwidth and screw customers out of what they should be getting. This also tricks us, because they'll run speedtest infront of you and say, "see your getting the speeds we promised". Ya for 10 seconds then it drops in half of that speeds... thanks for nothing, 90 bucks a month for this?
I'm not sure if this is what your isp does, but mine does. Your speeds are really good compared to mine, i wish i had another isp i could switch to.
I've always suspected this but thought I was being paranoid, glad to see other people experience this as well.
Speedtest never gives a very accurate test i find. Its such a short quick test, so it inflates the speed which you probably get. ISPs are very sneaky and give people burst speeds to trick us into thinking we are getting the speeds we are paying for, which can inflate the speedtest readings.
My internets slow... but as an example I pay for 5 mbit/sec internet, and in speed test sometimes it gets near this number... but in an actual download after about 10-15 seconds the speeds will go down from 5 to 3 and will stay even at about 3 mbit/sec. Basically what they have done is let your internet burst speeds to a certain amount but any sustained speeds will go down to a certain level after a brief amount of time. A sneaky move to save themselves bandwidth and screw customers out of what they should be getting. This also tricks us, because they'll run speedtest infront of you and say, "see your getting the speeds we promised". Ya for 10 seconds then it drops in half of that speeds... thanks for nothing, 90 bucks a month for this?
I'm not sure if this is what your isp does, but mine does. Your speeds are really good compared to mine, i wish i had another isp i could switch to.
I've always suspected this but thought I was being paranoid, glad to see other people experience this as well.
Some ISPs have been known to give maximum bandwidth possible to speedtest tests, while throttling other usage.
I wouldn't trust speedtest in any case, unless you take about 20 tests and average them out (at all times of day).
The most "accurate" I've seen is testmy.net. It was recommended by an engineer friend who said it's what they use at work. Comcast recommended speedtest to me, so my trust in that is inherently out the window.
I wouldn't trust speedtest in any case, unless you take about 20 tests and average them out (at all times of day).
The most "accurate" I've seen is testmy.net. It was recommended by an engineer friend who said it's what they use at work. Comcast recommended speedtest to me, so my trust in that is inherently out the window.
the site you listed isn't accurate at all for me.
It showed this. Download :: 65.6 Mbps 8.2 MB/s
speedtest shows what I actually get, which is almost double
@kitty: And now you know the truth of your speed. You never get what you pay for, especially with Comcast. I'm paying for 25mbps with Comshit and speedtest always gives me that, but when I use testmy I get drastically different results, but results that are consistent to themselves (eg across time sampling periods).
@kitty: And now you know the truth of your speed. You never get what you pay for, especially with Comcast. I'm paying for 25mbps with Comshit and speedtest always gives me that, but when I use testmy I get drastically different results, but results that are consistent to themselves (eg across time sampling periods).
Well depends. If I use the same server I use for speedtest, then I do get those speeds, at least on steam since I can choose which server to use. Now for all the other sites, then yeah, I can agree 100% because I have no control over that.
@kitty: And now you know the truth of your speed. You never get what you pay for, especially with Comcast. I'm paying for 25mbps with Comshit and speedtest always gives me that, but when I use testmy I get drastically different results, but results that are consistent to themselves (eg across time sampling periods).
That site doesn't seem accurate for me either, it gives significantly slower speeds than what I get in actual practice. Testmy.net claims I have 70mbit down, Speedtest.net claims I have 125mbit down. Actually downloading things on Steam consistently stays between 14-15MB/s over long periods of time. Speedtest provided a much more accurate result than testmy.net did for my connection.
@kitty: And now you know the truth of your speed. You never get what you pay for, especially with Comcast. I'm paying for 25mbps with Comshit and speedtest always gives me that, but when I use testmy I get drastically different results, but results that are consistent to themselves (eg across time sampling periods).
That site doesn't seem accurate for me either, it gives significantly slower speeds than what I get in actual practice. Testmy.net claims I have 70mbit down, Speedtest.net claims I have 125mbit down. Actually downloading things on Steam consistently stays between 14-15MB/s over long periods of time. Speedtest provided a much more accurate result than testmy.net did for my connection.
Could it be country specific?
I just built a new house and am on fibre (Australia NBN), Woop Woop.
I get the same speeds on Speedtest as I do on TestMy.
@pyro1245: and this speed? the speed test is correct. thats the speed i pay for. i know the dl speed i get. every game i download has the speed that is shown in the speedtest.
My download speeds are up to specs. I'm getting what is advertised (50/50 Mbps) by my ISP here in Arizona. It was back in New York where my download speeds were a third of what was advertised (9.5/26 Mbps). Granted, I pay $10 more per month here in Arizona. But, I don't feel like I'm being ripped off.
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