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Why does my network card (local Area Connection) shows 100.0 Mb/s or 1000.0 Mb/s as its speed?

April 26, 2017area card connection local MB Network shows

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Why does my network card (local Area Connection) shows 100.0 Mb/s or 1000.0 Mb/s as its speed?

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This is the speed your Network card (NIC) is talking to your modem/router. This is not the speed your modem talks to the Internet at. Your modem speed to the Internet will still be 2Mb/s,10Mb/s,20Mb/s depending on the service you subscribe to.