did steam change their download speed measurement or did my internet get faster

[Trogtor]

okay so when i download games on steam i never exceed 380kb/s (kilobytes)

and im looking at steam and i see this



i got extremely excited until i realized this was probably megabits and not megabytes

has it always been like this or did steam just change their measurements?

[Ad Bot]

[Donnies Catch]

yeah that's megabits ):

mbps = megabits
mb/s = megabytes

[Trogtor]

why would they trick me like this im pissed now. i want to switch it back to bytes instead of bits

[Waru]

honk

[Donnies Catch]

please lock before its another internet speed comparing epeen thread

[Ninja Decoy]

mine is still showing bytes and not bits.

[Trogtor]

honk

dont start this

please lock before its another internet speed comparing epeen thread

i wanna know if anybody knows why steam did this or has an explanation.

[espio100]

Didnt it used to be bytes?

[Aide33]

probably uses bytes only if your connection is above 2 mb/s or something idk

[Trogtor]

Didnt it used to be bytes?

yeah thats why im wondering

probably uses bytes only if your connection is above 2 mb/s or something idk

my connection is 370 kilobytes per second i doubt it

[Ninja Decoy]

yeah thats why im wondering
my connection is 370 kilobytes per second i doubt it

Thats what he said. You have less than 2 MB/s.

[Trogtor]

thats kind of handicapped especially if you're speed varies from 2mb/s through 3mb/s

i highly doubt thats the case

[espio100]

For me its MB/s
Its probably your steam skin? I think

[Trogtor]

lol im not using a skin plus a skin can't change the download measurement

[Donnies Catch]

lol im not using a skin plus a skin can't change the download measurement

r u opted in on the steam beta