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[Spyxos]

I have a 100 MB/s connection. My pc is connected to the router through a 100Gb switch via ethernet(cat7). My download speed is on almost all devices greatly reduced 9-11 MB/s. I am on win 10. For whatever reason the Xbox loads at 100MB/s and that with Wlan.

Maybe someone here has an idea?

 

[jshackles]

Your ISP sells your connection metered (most likely) at 100 Mbps (small "b", meaning "bits"). Steam measures your bandwidth as MB/s (big "B", meaning "bytes"). One byte is 8 bits, so your 11.7 MB/s in your screenshot is actually 93.6 Mbps (11.7x8), or 93% of your available bandwidth from your service provider.

Xbox got so many complaints about this, that they changed their bandwidth reporting to Mb/s (little "b") to match people's speeds they're expecting to see from their ISP.

Bottom line - pay close attention to the size of the b.

 

[Spyxos]

Your ISP sells your connection metered (most likely) at 100 Mbps (small "b", meaning "bits"). Steam measures your bandwidth as MB/s (big "B", meaning "bytes"). One byte is 8 bits, so your 11.7 MB/s in your screenshot is actually 93.6 Mbps (11.7x8), or 93% of your available bandwidth from your service provider.

Xbox got so many complaints about this, that they changed their bandwidth reporting to Mb/s (little "b") to match people's speeds they're expecting to see from their ISP.

Bottom line - pay close attention to the size of the b.

Thank you and I thought I was going crazy. On Xbox they must have changed it recently or I didn't notice.

 

[HoodWinked]

100/8 = 12.5 pretty much getting most of the speed

 

[Golgo 13]

Excellent answer from jshackles , and just to add:

Almost all residential service from ISP's deliver on what's called a "best effort" level of service, which means "We'll try to get you to your 100MB/s speed, but we can't guarantee it." So you might get 110mb one day, 70 the next, etc." depending on how many people in your area are using service, and a few other factors.

Actual GUARANTEED throughput is mostly reserved for business contracts and has SLA's involved, that's when you get the speeds that you pay for - in other words, more consistency.

 

[The Cockatrice]

why do you have 1576 notifications tho.

 

[Spyxos]

why do you have 1576 notifications tho.

Steam Forum.

 

[Mithos]

If you want you can switch from MB/s to Mbit/s in settings-> downloads.

 

[GMCamaro]

Internet rates are pathetic for the cost.