What is the difference between bandwidth and download speed
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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 …
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The distinction here is bits per second and bytes per second. Your internet connection speed is 256 kbps (note the small 'b'), which is 256 kilo bits per second. There are 8 bits in a byte, which is how most applications will report how they're down…
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