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I have an internet connection that provides a bandwidth of 256 kbps. However, when I download a file, the downloading software displays numbers like 30 kbps, 40 kbp etc. and keeps changing. I have never seen it showing 256 kbps. What I want to know is that even though I have a connection which has 256 kbps bandwidth, when somthing is being download it doesn't use the full 256 kbps bandwidth. I want to know what do the numbers 30 kbps, 40 kbps indicate ? Do they indicate speed. Please help me to understand this.
1also, if the site you are downloading from is throttling the download speed, then you may get a lower download speed that your bandwidth can handle – cometbill – 2010-03-03T15:20:56.897
Thanks Phil. Is there any way to find out what is consuming how much bandwidth? This will help me to know why my bandwidth is low for downloads. – None – 2009-12-31T11:51:58.237
1A 30KBps download if you have 256Kbps of bandwidth isn't low, it's normal. If you've got multiple machines accessing the internet then you need something on your router / gateway to calculate bandwidth. If you've only got the one machine accessing the internet, you may get away with something installed on your local machine. It depends on your network setup really. – Phil – 2009-12-31T12:05:33.437
A rough rule is that your max download speed is your bandwidth divided by 10, which takes into account the overhead from the TCP/IP headers. Not exact, but works for a quick estimate. – Dentrasi – 2009-12-31T16:30:58.217