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Message posted on ‎17 Aug 2021 07:52 PM

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Message posted on ‎17 Aug 2021 07:53 PM

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thing is I only got the broadband with no telephone landline 😁

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Witg g.fast your phone plugs into the router and you probably default to pay as you talk but the call is free

 

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Message posted on ‎17 Aug 2021 08:01 PM - last edited: ‎17 Aug 2021 08:06 PM

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The speed on Steam is measured in megabytes not megabits, so the result is multiplied by 8 to arrive at the speed for the broadband line that is in megabits per second (Mbps). So 18MBytes second is actually 144Mbps downstream speed. Everything looks good to me. 😀

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There you go from the master @mae-3 himself 😁

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Message posted on ‎17 Aug 2021 08:05 PM

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Thats 144Mbps

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Message posted on ‎17 Aug 2021 08:08 PM - last edited: ‎17 Aug 2021 08:12 PM

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@Vld187 There is your answer from @mae-3  if you are measuring your download speed using steam. By default it shows Megabytes (MB), not Megabits (Mb)...yes there is a different with capital letters....

 

There's nothing wrong with your connection it is working as it should be🤓

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Message posted on ‎17 Aug 2021 08:11 PM

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thank you all for clarification ! that makes sense now 😂 appreciate 

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Message posted on ‎17 Aug 2021 08:12 PM

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The Steam client stats:-

 

Screenshot 2021-08-17 at 20.10.47.png

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Message posted on ‎17 Aug 2021 08:13 PM

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I get it now ! thank you sir for clarification 😄

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Message posted on ‎17 Aug 2021 08:16 PM

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Had me confused.com for a while 👍

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