Your upload and download speeds will almost never match the maximum advertised speed of your connection. For instance, a 384/128 DSL connection is rated for 384 kilobits per second download, and 128 kilobits per second upload - which is equivalent to 48 kilobytes per second download and 16 kilobytes per second upload. You must multiply the number you see in Fetch by 8 for an accurate comparison. 8 bits equal 1 byte, so the numbers you see in Fetch will appear to be smaller than the numbers advertised for your connection. So if your upload speed appears to be slower than your download speed, this is probably expected.Īnother factor to be aware of is that providers advertise their speeds in kilo bits, whereas Fetch reports speeds in kilo bytes. Since most users spend much more time downloading (which includes viewing web pages or multimedia files) than they do uploading, high speed Internet providers have designed their systems to give priority to downloading.
This is usually normal, because most high-speed Internet connections, including cable modems and DSL, are asymmetric - they are designed to provide much better speed for downloading than uploading.
Fetch Help > Using Fetch > Why is uploading slower than downloading?įor many users, uploading files is quite a bit slower than downloading files.
