What is the difference between connection speed and download speed?
Connection speed (most often noted in kilobits per second) is the speed at which you connect to your ISP. This is the maximum amount of information that can be transmitted over your line at any given time. Download speed (most often noted in kilobytes per second) is the speed at which information is actually transferring to your computer from another computer. Download speed is very unpredictable – it can be affected by things like lots of traffic on the remote computer, network congestion on a remote network, or downloading multiple files on your own computer, to name a few.
