Internet Cable Speed

Internet speed shown in icon not the same as speed test results?

The icon in my taskbar says my speed is 7.2 Mbps (as shown in this pic: http://i26.tinypic.com/3347nk7.jpg ) but when I tested it n Speedtest.net it says my DL speed is 247kb/s and my UL speed is 54kb/s. Why is it slower?

Public Comments

1. This is because your CONNECTION speed is not the same as your TRANSFER speed. The connection speed is nearly always a peak or a maximum. I have a 11mbps connection, and i obtain roughly 600 - 700kb/s. B = byte 8 bits = byte 1 kilobyte (kB) = 1024 bytes (B) 1 kilobit (kb) = 1024 bits (b) 1 megabyte (MB) = 1024 kilobytes (kB) 1 megabit (Mb) = 1024 kilobits (kb) Gotta be careful, because there is only two possible numbers a bit could be, the math is all skewed, and thus the multipliers must be a root of two... So, n Mbps = ( n / 8 ) * 1024 kBps In your i.e. 10Mbps = 1280kBps