Windows 10: My said download speeds don't match up with my actual download speeds

A little bit ago, I got a new tower computer that replaced my laptop. The laptop was pretty good download speeds related but just inconsistent. It would go from 200-300 MBPS to 5 in just 10 minutes. With my new computer, I would download video games on Steam. It always says I have 150-350 MBPS consistently. Though in reality, it goes around 10-20 MBPS consistently. I have done many tests and it would take about a minute per gigabyte which is a far cry from what I am being shown. Its not just Steam either, every other game service gives me much less while saying I have 90 MBPS downloads. Even b

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Slow Download Speed

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft forums.

• I would suggest you to test the speed using any of the speed test website or app to confirm the upload and download speed.
• I also suggest you to reset the wireless router to check if that helps.
  
• You may plug in the Ethernet cable if available and check the speed.
  

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Browsing speed is fast, but download speed is 0

I'm currently using Windows 10 and netcomm nb604n router.

Problem:
Web browsing on chrome/edge/firefox works fast, but my download speed from majority of websites start around 10kb/s and eventually (in a few minutes) decrease to 0kb/s.

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Git for Windows (there is a download button)

When I am downloading from utorrent, or when I installed the Unity engine through Unity's installer, my download speed was fine.

Things that I have tried:

1. Running the test on speedtest.net. It says that my download speed is 18MB/s and upload speed is 1Mb/s. Of course this doesn't demonstrate the actual speed that I'll get when downloading/uploading from a server, but my ISP is using this to say that there is no problem on their side.
   
2. Taking my router, filter, and all cables to another house and downloading the same files that I couldn't download. This worked perfectly fine, so I'm guessing that my equipment is not the issue.
   
3. Using both wireless and LAN on a brand new computer and an old laptop. The problem exists in all cases.
   
4. Resetting and restarting the router. Did not do anything.
   
5. Changing the mtu settings as suggested on Windows 7, download speeds drop to 0 kb/s and the download has to be restarted
   Unfortunately this didn't solve my issue.
   
6. Calling my ISP to make sure that they weren't throttling my network. They are denying any fault on their end, and are claiming that there is something wrong with my computer or my router but refusing to provide a solution.
   

If anyone has any suggestions or ideas on what I could try to resolve this issue, please let me know!

 

Why is my actual download speed so slow when I'm supposed to be getting gigabit speed internet.

Whenever I test my download speed online it says it can download up to 600ish mbps, but when I actually download something the download speed gets capped at around 80 mbps. I have a gigabit internet service so I should be getting download speeds to match. What do I need to do to get better download speeds?