Food For Thoughtīefore you jump on the bandwidth bandwagon, there are a few things to consider.įirstly, the 20% reserved bandwidth is for QoS traffic. This guide shows you how to remove this limitation and force Windows to use 100% of your network bandwidth.
Once such factor is Windows reserving 20% of your network bandwidth for special QoS ( Quality of Service), essentially capping you at using 80% of your total available bandwidth. However, sometimes there are software elements that influence your connection speed. The speed of your Internet connection largely depends on external factors you cannot control.