Why Downloading Speed Is Less ?
Telecom companies says that you will get internet speed of 16Mbps. But when you download a file, you get speed only of 2MBps. Have you ever wondered what is the reason behind this ? Bits & Bytes Internet speed is measured in 2 units that most people don't know - MBps or mbps. See the capital and small "B". The value of 1b (bit) & 1B (byte) is given below. This means that 16Mbps is equals to 2MBps. 8 bits = 1 byte 16Mbps = 2MBps Reason Telecom companies use smaller unit Mbps for advertising & attracting users. and when you use internet the speed gets divided by 8.