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...the average download speed for a 1MB connection and a 512k connection?

Ta.

Well a very hyped piece of compression software .net mag recommended is OnSpeed [URL]http://www.onspeed.com/[/URL], its got a lot of good reviews about it but I have never got round to trying it out.
(just a quick warning you have to pay for OnSpeed)

But most things are compressed when sent so you get faster.

Apart from 56k, the max speed you should get is 6kb/s but I've only ever got over 5kb for a few seconds...

Please remember the following:
1 byte = 8 bits
512k maximum downloading speed including overhead is 64kb

Surely 512kilobits/s would translate to 51.2kb/s?
likewise, 1MB will translate to 100kb/s.

That is, if both connections are run on a 'perfect' pipe.

All these results will differ and many factors will affect them:
Contention Ratio
Equipment (including the modem and the actual machine using it)
Quality of the Line
Quality of the Service Provider
Number of people connected to an exchange (including Cable if lots of people are connected speeds do slow down)
The kind of test (some tests may not be accurate)
If any type of Compression comes into play (especially if you were able to get up to 480k)

On NTL 1Mb I've had anything between 50k - 480k down stream.

My mistake, I did say 72k/sec and meant that, but forgot that NTL's 512k service has actually always been 600k (theoretical max of 75k/sec). This is going up to 750k soonish anyway.

Still, those rates are what I've always had here, bearing in mind I'm in a retirement town in rural Essex..

fiƒi[oV] wrote:
> Well, I've had experience of both too, on NTL cable from a decent
> server I very, very rarely get less than 115k/sec, sustained, on a
> 1mbit line. When I had 512k, 72k/sec was about normal - anything
> below these was almost always the fault of the server, or me
> forgetting about a P2P client.
>
> Damn crappy adsl contention :p

ADSL atm is not over crowded so contention isnt really coming into it. 512K connection should do 60K/s as the therotical maximum is 64K/s(512/8). 1Mb is double that rate. Cable is contended at street level and at times you can get faster than your rated speed as 512K is limited to 64K/s maximum and you said you could get 72K/s. My friend who has cable has said sometimes its abit faster than rated but then at times its slower due to other people in the street. With ADSL I always get maximum speed no matter time of day etc.

Well, I've had experience of both too, on NTL cable from a decent server I very, very rarely get less than 115k/sec, sustained, on a 1mbit line. When I had 512k, 72k/sec was about normal - anything below these was almost always the fault of the server, or me forgetting about a P2P client.

Damn crappy adsl contention :p

Chad Niga wrote:
> Mr. Miserableman person, you may say all this mumbo jumbo about bits
> and bytes.
> But having once had both connections, i know what speed they go at,
> and you have to take into consideration the server speed, the ammount
> of people online on it, etc.
>
> So you were no help at all.


Of course he was helpful... he was stating the max/usual rates.

If you start talking about contention ratio's etc then of course the speed is going to dip...