Internet speeds

[irishgrizzly]

Could think where else to post this

Can anyone explain how internet speeds work? I have a 2mb package form my telecom supplier. This gives me a download speed of approx 215kb/s. When I was on there 1mb package it was about half this.

Should I be seeing higher rates? i.e. should 2mb not be >2000kb/s.

Thanks,

 

[yg17]

ISPs report speed in bits per second. Browsers report download speeds in bytes per second. There are 8 bits in a byte so you need to divide what your ISP gives you by 8

 

[irishgrizzly]

Ah so 2mb or 2048kb is 256 when divided by 8. So my speed is almost as good as advertised.

Thanks

 

[edesignuk]

^ Yup, that's about right.