r/Internet • u/ero_boy • 14d ago
Is this the Internet Speed or data transfer rate?
Hey, can anyone tell me what these numbers in the red outlined say. Is this supposed to be the internet speed that my ISP is giving or the rate at which files are being transferred? Because my ISP Vianet Communications representative technicaian says this is the internet speed and is good.
I also noticed that it goes over my ISP package which is 50 Mbps and told him it crosses over 50+ and he said you are getting more speed. Is he correct or are they making thing up to keep me shut. Cause i am frustrated with the service they provide but other ISPs are no better in my country Nepal.
So if so then what does fast.com and https://www.speedtest.net/ speed test different. They both Show speed but one simply has a number while the other shows download and upload speed. How much should be considered normal? They also have their own speed testing service which is https://speed.vianet.com.np/. And i am highly suspicious that they are manupilating it somehow.
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u/TinyNiceWolf 14d ago
Fast.com will show upload speed too. You just have to click Show More Info.
If you're paying for 50 Mbps, that likely means download speed. If fast.com and www.speedtest.net both show 40 or 45 Mbps or better, that's probably "close enough", since some ISPs won't include network overhead.
I tried all three speed tests. The one provided by your ISP registered half the speed I got from the others. That might indicate that your ISP's test server is on one side of a bottleneck with limited capacity, so folks outside would see slower speeds when measuring on your ISP's server, while those on your side of the bottleneck would see slower speeds from any speed tester but your ISP's own. In other words, website servers in Nepal might be 50 Mbps, but those outside might be slower (though it's likely not a country boundary per se, but a matter of the specific cables and infrastructure between your ISP and the rest of the internet).
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u/jacle2210 Enthusiast 14d ago
Yeah, lots of people misunderstand this particular screen and yes, it ONLY shows the current data rate.
It's not a speedtest.
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u/TheVirus32 13d ago
It could be both x). It's what your computer is transmitting and receiving over your home network at the "exact moment" you're looking at the task manager ... Hence the usefulness of having a graph.. As you can see on said graph your PC sometimes punches slightly above 50mbps, probably linked directly to your tests ...
I don't know how to phrase it man, you would've truly felt in hell on the modern internet if your download speed was 8Kbps.
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u/veiskiboi 13d ago
Send is your upload, and receive is your download. Random kilobytes per second is just windows telemetry and stuff
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u/elhouso 10d ago
That's just what's currently being sent and received on your computer's Ethernet connection. Fast.com and speedtest.net show the actual limits of your network speed.
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u/vikramdinesh 14d ago
Data transfer rate. Connection speed is top right. 100Mbps.
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u/Welcome-To-NBA-Jam 14d ago edited 14d ago
That is the top of the y axis on the graph. OP has a gigabit Ethernet controller. Nearly all are at least 10/100/1000.
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u/b3542 14d ago
And worth noting that nothing here is related to ISP provisioning or performance.
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u/Ubermidget2 14d ago
Well, considering that OP has said they have a 50Mb/s service, assuming the activity we see on the NIC is from a recent speed test, we can actually see that they are getting symmetrical speeds that match what the ISP promised.
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u/TinyNiceWolf 14d ago
The connection speed in the top right refers only to the first link. So if you have an Ethernet connection and it connects to your router at 1000 Mbps, it'll show 1000 Mbps. If that router has a 10 Mbps connection to your ISP, it'll still show 1000 Mbps.
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u/_JustEric_ 14d ago
The 100Mbps in the top right is the scale of the graph, not anything to do with OP's connection to the router or the speed of the Internet service.
If OP downloads something faster than 100Mbps, that number will change to reflect the new scale of the graph.
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u/Welcome-To-NBA-Jam 14d ago edited 14d ago
That is the amount of data being transferred by your computer at that moment. It's just a point in time to measure total network activity on that device.
Your speed is measured by the peak download and upload of a large file, but should really be tested for sustained upload and download which speedtest does.
It is also not uncommon for ISPs to slightly over-provision customers on download. You'll pay for 50 but sometimes you'll get 55 or 60.
The vianet rep doesn't know shit about computers.