Why does my pc show a higher download speed

Ranveer Ranveer 1 1 gold badge 2 2 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. Wouldn't this depend on where you're downloading from anyway? Have you done tests to various download servers? Doubtful that anything running in the background is affecting your download speed any significant amount.

What is the difference in speeds between your speedtest result and your actual download speed? Are you doing both at the same time of day? What is it you're trying to download? I am downloading from a local ftp server, I don't think the speed should vary much.

Sorry, you are comparing speedtest. Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. My guess is mixed terminology if you say the speed is 5 times higher on speedtest. Improve this answer. Would you want to test the network only, or the complete setup?

As in disks ect.? Add a comment. Community Bot 1. This seems like spam for the website. The speed historically advertised by your ISP is in theory the highest speed, its not even the average speed, its a burst speed. This is the case at least in the US. I know dozens of free alternatives to that piece of software. We don't even know what the actual problem is. I can justify an upvote on this answer because of the bad advice. The Overflow Blog. Who owns this outage?

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The speed tests are showing download speeds around Mbps and uploads in the Mbps range. This problem seems to have started a couple of days ago after installing the most recent Windows OS update. Any other suggestions?

We have NorthState for Internet service and the guy came out this morning to make sure there was no problem on their end. He connected his laptop to my equipment and got upload and download speeds in the s, so it's clear the problem is somewhere in my PC Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. Help pls. I have the same question Report abuse.

Details required :. Cancel Submit. Joseph Y. Independent Advisor. Hi Comdervids and thanks for reaching out. How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. A phone connection is at 56Mbps,not very fast.. Also,open windows firewall,allow IE access,then in internet options,set all to default. In reply to Joseph Y. Hello, Thank you for helping me with my problem. In reply to A. User's post on February 17, Hi, Could you be a little more specific; I cannot find the list of settings in firewall. Hi Comdervids, I would suggest you refer to the below steps and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

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