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Hello, i will be getting 1mb broadband soon and im wondering if there is anyone out there who has it already that can tell me what sort of download speeds i can expect?
Obviously it varies from provider to provider, but im looking for a ball park figure.
:)
Obviously it varies from provider to provider, but im looking for a ball park figure.
:)
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adrian wrote:
> 72K/s
> is amazing if you can do that for long periods of time. A super
> amazing 512K would be 64K/s(512K divide by 8 = 64), so either your
> measuring it wrong or your connected higher than you should be.
I was going to say that. I get 62K/s on average having moderfied my connection with Dr TCP, which I thought was a great speed on 512k line.
> 72K/s
> is amazing if you can do that for long periods of time. A super
> amazing 512K would be 64K/s(512K divide by 8 = 64), so either your
> measuring it wrong or your connected higher than you should be.
I was going to say that. I get 62K/s on average having moderfied my connection with Dr TCP, which I thought was a great speed on 512k line.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> BT Broadband (just the no frills one) is 576 Kbps. Which tops out at
> 72 kB per second. Though for some reason I occasionally get higher
> speeds, the checker thing on adslguide.org has had me running at over
> 600kbps on a few occasions.
>
> Not too shady, and uncapped. Which is good.
BT is 512K like everything else. You connect at 576 Kbps because you lose speed between you and the exchange, every 512K service connects at 576, and people think this is the speed of there connection. 72K/s is amazing if you can do that for long periods of time. A super amazing 512K would be 64K/s(512K divide by 8 = 64), so either your measuring it wrong or your connected higher than you should be.
> BT Broadband (just the no frills one) is 576 Kbps. Which tops out at
> 72 kB per second. Though for some reason I occasionally get higher
> speeds, the checker thing on adslguide.org has had me running at over
> 600kbps on a few occasions.
>
> Not too shady, and uncapped. Which is good.
BT is 512K like everything else. You connect at 576 Kbps because you lose speed between you and the exchange, every 512K service connects at 576, and people think this is the speed of there connection. 72K/s is amazing if you can do that for long periods of time. A super amazing 512K would be 64K/s(512K divide by 8 = 64), so either your measuring it wrong or your connected higher than you should be.
NTL haven't yet done their upgrades, they were scheduled for late summer, last I heard. They were announced as a hurried response to Telewest's idea, so I'd image the NTL techs are now trying to work out how on earth to make the network capable of sustaining the load :)
Usual download here is somewhere around 119k/sec...ntl 1mbit
Usual download here is somewhere around 119k/sec...ntl 1mbit
adrian wrote:
> Aoe wrote:
> Cable i have got.
>
> And soon as just about every program (other than one which says i
> get
> 300+) says i get 70kbps, i believe them.
>
>
> 70kbps is pretty much cable speed. Cable is weird cause if you have
> too many users in your street you could see quite a bit of slowdown.
> You should also see you speed increase more as havent all 3 cable
> companies upgraded the speed to 750k? Also did you have 512k? as NTL
> did 600k if I am not mistaken.
NTL did 'upgrade' but i noticed no difference.
> Aoe wrote:
> Cable i have got.
>
> And soon as just about every program (other than one which says i
> get
> 300+) says i get 70kbps, i believe them.
>
>
> 70kbps is pretty much cable speed. Cable is weird cause if you have
> too many users in your street you could see quite a bit of slowdown.
> You should also see you speed increase more as havent all 3 cable
> companies upgraded the speed to 750k? Also did you have 512k? as NTL
> did 600k if I am not mistaken.
NTL did 'upgrade' but i noticed no difference.
BT Broadband (just the no frills one) is 576 Kbps. Which tops out at 72 kB per second. Though for some reason I occasionally get higher speeds, the checker thing on adslguide.org has had me running at over 600kbps on a few occasions.
Not too shady, and uncapped. Which is good.
Not too shady, and uncapped. Which is good.
Aoe wrote:
> Cable i have got.
>
> And soon as just about every program (other than one which says i get
> 300+) says i get 70kbps, i believe them.
70kbps is pretty much cable speed. Cable is weird cause if you have too many users in your street you could see quite a bit of slowdown. You should also see you speed increase more as havent all 3 cable companies upgraded the speed to 750k? Also did you have 512k? as NTL did 600k if I am not mistaken.
> Cable i have got.
>
> And soon as just about every program (other than one which says i get
> 300+) says i get 70kbps, i believe them.
70kbps is pretty much cable speed. Cable is weird cause if you have too many users in your street you could see quite a bit of slowdown. You should also see you speed increase more as havent all 3 cable companies upgraded the speed to 750k? Also did you have 512k? as NTL did 600k if I am not mistaken.
adrian wrote:
> Aoe wrote:
> I get about 70kbps on my 512k... I feel proud.
>
> Whats that on? ADSL? Cable? Cable is faster and my friend on Telewest
> 512K has got 70kbps. If its on ADSL then its pretty much impossible
> to get 70kbps so the program isnt telling you the correct speed as
> the maximum limit on ADSL 512K is 64kbps, as there are 8bits to a
> byte and 512 divided by 8 is 64.
Cable i have got.
And soon as just about every program (other than one which says i get 300+) says i get 70kbps, i believe them.
> Aoe wrote:
> I get about 70kbps on my 512k... I feel proud.
>
> Whats that on? ADSL? Cable? Cable is faster and my friend on Telewest
> 512K has got 70kbps. If its on ADSL then its pretty much impossible
> to get 70kbps so the program isnt telling you the correct speed as
> the maximum limit on ADSL 512K is 64kbps, as there are 8bits to a
> byte and 512 divided by 8 is 64.
Cable i have got.
And soon as just about every program (other than one which says i get 300+) says i get 70kbps, i believe them.
phi11ip wrote:
> rizla115 wrote:
> it depends how far away your computer is from your ISP. the futher
> you
> get the more the download speed goes down.
>
> Just so you don't get confused, that should have read:
>
> "It depends on how far away from the exchange you are. The
> further away you are the higher your ping will be."
Well ping wouldnt change much if you lived 1m away from the exchange or 6,000m away. Considering a ping that goes from London to NYC could be under 100ms then I doubt a few metres is going to have an impact.
Also the download speed shouldnt get worst with distance, it does depend on line quality and also the hardware on the PC and its settings.
> rizla115 wrote:
> it depends how far away your computer is from your ISP. the futher
> you
> get the more the download speed goes down.
>
> Just so you don't get confused, that should have read:
>
> "It depends on how far away from the exchange you are. The
> further away you are the higher your ping will be."
Well ping wouldnt change much if you lived 1m away from the exchange or 6,000m away. Considering a ping that goes from London to NYC could be under 100ms then I doubt a few metres is going to have an impact.
Also the download speed shouldnt get worst with distance, it does depend on line quality and also the hardware on the PC and its settings.
Aoe wrote:
> adrian wrote:
> ßulle†† wrote:
> Hang on a minute, does that mean that 55-58Kbps on a 512K line is
> good?
>
> I've recently seen this increase as I could usually only download at
> around 40-45Kbps.
>
> Maybe they've done more upgrades on our exchange...
>
> *ponders possibility of 1Mb*
>
> Well I 512K I use to be able to get 60kb/s all the time, so
> 55-58kb/s
> is not too bad.
>
>
> I get about 70kbps on my 512k... I feel proud.
Whats that on? ADSL? Cable? Cable is faster and my friend on Telewest 512K has got 70kbps. If its on ADSL then its pretty much impossible to get 70kbps so the program isnt telling you the correct speed as the maximum limit on ADSL 512K is 64kbps, as there are 8bits to a byte and 512 divided by 8 is 64.
> adrian wrote:
> ßulle†† wrote:
> Hang on a minute, does that mean that 55-58Kbps on a 512K line is
> good?
>
> I've recently seen this increase as I could usually only download at
> around 40-45Kbps.
>
> Maybe they've done more upgrades on our exchange...
>
> *ponders possibility of 1Mb*
>
> Well I 512K I use to be able to get 60kb/s all the time, so
> 55-58kb/s
> is not too bad.
>
>
> I get about 70kbps on my 512k... I feel proud.
Whats that on? ADSL? Cable? Cable is faster and my friend on Telewest 512K has got 70kbps. If its on ADSL then its pretty much impossible to get 70kbps so the program isnt telling you the correct speed as the maximum limit on ADSL 512K is 64kbps, as there are 8bits to a byte and 512 divided by 8 is 64.
adrian wrote:
> ßulle†† wrote:
> Hang on a minute, does that mean that 55-58Kbps on a 512K line is
> good?
>
> I've recently seen this increase as I could usually only download at
> around 40-45Kbps.
>
> Maybe they've done more upgrades on our exchange...
>
> *ponders possibility of 1Mb*
>
> Well I 512K I use to be able to get 60kb/s all the time, so 55-58kb/s
> is not too bad.
I get about 70kbps on my 512k... I feel proud.
> ßulle†† wrote:
> Hang on a minute, does that mean that 55-58Kbps on a 512K line is
> good?
>
> I've recently seen this increase as I could usually only download at
> around 40-45Kbps.
>
> Maybe they've done more upgrades on our exchange...
>
> *ponders possibility of 1Mb*
>
> Well I 512K I use to be able to get 60kb/s all the time, so 55-58kb/s
> is not too bad.
I get about 70kbps on my 512k... I feel proud.
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