19MB/s Net Speed but Only 2MB/s Usable

Hi so i just got internet a about a month ago and my net speed is 19MB/s, I have tested it on loads of sites they all say the same thing(19MB/s), but it wont use more than around 2MB/s i have tried downloading different ways, and with more than 1 download at a time and I still get capped at about 2MB/s. It affects everything like loading websites and playing games as well. So if I'm downloading (max 2MB/s) and I load up a web page, every thing slows down, the download speed slows and web sites take for ever to load up, what can it be that makes it thus, and speed test say's 19MB/s

Solution 1:

Google "19 megabits in megabytes"

19 megabits = 2.37500 megabytes

Megabit (Mb) ≠ Megabyte (MB)

8 bits = 1 Byte

You have a 19Megabits/second internet connection and that gives you a max supposed speed of 2.375 MegaBytes/second = 2.375MegaOctets/sec

Solution 2:

As the other answers said:

Check you are comparing like-for-like (MB vs Mb).

Real-world downloads rarely run as fast as the theoretical maximum for various reasons.

Also, ISPs will cheat on speed tests. When they are throttling your connection, they will whitelist speed test sites.

To get a real measurement, try a test download of a fixed size from a known high performance server.

CacheFly has some sample files on their homepage. This will give you a good idea of the maximum real world speed you are getting. I can download the 100mb file in under 2 mins on my 5mb connection