Perhaps you are confusing mega bytes per second with mega bits per second? Internet speeds are usually sold in bits per second, while file transfer speeds are u

Perhaps you are confusing mega bytes per second with mega bits per second? Internet speeds are usually sold in bits per second, while file transfer speeds are usually reported in bytes per second. Let's do the math. 50/8 = 6.25 Subtract a little for overhead and 6 megabytes per second sounds reasonable.