Internet Connection Speeds...

[phillx800]

One of the guys on here had a download of 1700k/sec!!!! What sort of connection would that be? A nicer one??

RE: Dopefiend- Yeah £30 is a bit steep for me also, but mainly Id prefer a faster upload to download. Downloading is fine as the amount of large files (100Mb +) are rare that I would download. Its mainly for my FTP server more than anything...

 

[Amused]

4mb down, 356kb up

InsightBB cable.

DSL Reports speeds:

3718kb down 351kb up

 

[jjones]

Well, I'm supposed to be about 320k down and 128k up but I seem to be capped at the download speed by whatever the server can do. I've reached download speeds of well over 3mbps (close to 470 kilobytes per second). I hope the cable company never fixes that.

 

[ski2slow]

My connection is 3.5mbps/384kbps.

 

[phillx800]

Originally posted by: Amused
4mb down, 356kb up

InsightBB cable.

DSL Reports speeds:

3718kb down 351kb up

Words cant express what Im thinking right about now...

Does it ever max out for downloading? Is it a very expensive connection?

Heres my test... (I used Mega Path if that makes any difference...) slower than normal..

 

[otispunkmeyer]

quote:
Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
i live in the uk also and we have NTL's 750K down possibly 300K up (probably 150K up tho) currently NTL max out at 1.5M i think, but next year or at least some time soon ntl will offer 3 new speeds, lowest to highest will be 1Meg the 2 Meg then 3meg connections all for the same price as what we pay now for 300k, 750k and 1.5M
so ill be on 2mb when this goes thru

BUT DAMN THE REST OF U !!!



Dont NTL cap the downloading you can do? I know I cant get it down this way. My friend up near Cardiff Uni has the 750k service which has a 128k upload.. I think hes fairly happy with it..



i heard that they do and i heard it was a 1Gb limit but i downloaded the planet side free trial all 1.7Gb of it and i could still down load for the rest of the day so i think its been removed.

there was abit of uproar about it, coz basically if u could only DL 1gig then all u needed was 128k connection

having 1.5mb connection made no sense cozud reach ur download limit before dinner time and be paying for something that never worked half the time quote:

 

[Adul]

5 Mbps down / 768Kbps up


i am jealous of people who are on fiberwith verizon.

 

[phillx800]

this is about normal for me..

 

[phillx800]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
having 1.5mb connection made no sense cozud reach ur download limit before dinner time and be paying for something that never worked half the time

I guess it is pretty stupid but this is what people over here are like isnt it!! :disgust:

 

[otispunkmeyer]

mine

this is mine and its bout right for a 750 down and 128 up

 

[phillx800]

Originally posted by: Adul
5 Mbps down / 768Kbps up


i am jealous of people who are on fiberwith verizon.

What speeds are they or am I just asking for trouble with that one?

 

[phillx800]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
mine

this is mine and its bout right for a 750 down and 128 up

Its not bad is it? Shame about the 128 up tho... I would have thought 256 was minimum throughout...

 

[Gurck]

1.5mbit down / 384kbit up (ADSL) for $30 a month. I could get 10mbit down / 1mbit up (cable) for $50, but don't see the need. Especially now with the recent demise of a few beloved websites...

 

[phillx800]

Originally posted by: Gurck
1.5mbit down / 384kbit up (ADSL) for $30 a month. I could get 10mbit down / 1mbit up (cable) for $50, but don't see the need. Especially now with the recent demise of a few beloved websites...

what sort of sites?? What sort of speeds would 10mbits be?!!? :Q The 1mbit up sounds great to me!! That would be ok for an FTP site wouldnt it?

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: Eli
I get my full rated 3.0mbps/256kbps with Comcast.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: phillx800
this is about normal for me..

No Offense but it would be worth your while to move to the states and get a REAL connection

Ausm

 

[phillx800]

Originally posted by: Ausm

Originally posted by: phillx800
this is about normal for me..

No Offense but it would be worth your while to move to the states and get a REAL connection

Ausm

You dont need to tell me!! If only I could.. Wouldnt mind seeing what the States is like..

I mean what do you or can you use your connection for? I mean, theres only so much you can download isnt there?? unless you have 5000000000gigs of storage I think the fastest I can get for where I live is a 2mb connection which I think would download at about 200k/sec.. its the same upload tho so i havent bothered upgrading to it.. plus Im not going to pay £40 a month ($80 for a real rough guess) for internet.. £23 is bad enough!

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: phillx800
I live in the UK and Im completely shocked at how fast you guys and gals connection speeds are!! Just reading the Top Gear Thread a little while ago I couldnt believe that a gent was downloading at 1700kb/sec!! I mean how in the heck do you get that fast!!!

Whats the fastest connection there over in the States? At the moment I have to suffer with a 256k up and a 512k download... Not pretty!! I also have a FTP server my self so upload is well, important!!

I think people in japan have 100 mbit/s connections

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: phillx800
One of the guys on here had a download of 1700k/sec!!!! What sort of connection would that be? A nicer one??

RE: Dopefiend- Yeah £30 is a bit steep for me also, but mainly Id prefer a faster upload to download. Downloading is fine as the amount of large files (100Mb +) are rare that I would download. Its mainly for my FTP server more than anything...

1700kbps is only ~212KBps ... a lot of us at home can get that easily - depends on the server.

test against server 3000 miles away
test against busy server 100 miles away

 

[CraigRT]

apparently we're having a bad day for connect speed here @ work...

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[phillx800]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: phillx800
One of the guys on here had a download of 1700k/sec!!!! What sort of connection would that be? A nicer one??

RE: Dopefiend- Yeah £30 is a bit steep for me also, but mainly Id prefer a faster upload to download. Downloading is fine as the amount of large files (100Mb +) are rare that I would download. Its mainly for my FTP server more than anything...

1700kbps is only ~212KBps ... a lot of us can get that easily - depends on the server.

test i just did now (against server 3000 miles away)

Sorry but i think he meant it was 1.7mb/sec rather than what I put!! My bad! Oh well, internet is ok, but not ideal for me here.. but I feel sorry for people that have to upload from me!!

 

[lobadobadingdong]

just had to lower mine from 3.0Mb up 384kb down to the 1.5 package. (I wasn't even getting 1.5down when I upgraded), so $10 more a month for me I guess.

 

[jEnus]

1.544 mbit down/1.0 mbit up

Yes - I do run an ftp site off it. My max download is around 180k/s

What is nice is that I have been able to upload at a constant 150k/s

 

[phillx800]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
apparently we're having a bad day for connect speed here @ work...

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I dont know how you people survive!!! should come over to england and see what its like!!

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: phillx800

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: phillx800
One of the guys on here had a download of 1700k/sec!!!! What sort of connection would that be? A nicer one??

RE: Dopefiend- Yeah £30 is a bit steep for me also, but mainly Id prefer a faster upload to download. Downloading is fine as the amount of large files (100Mb +) are rare that I would download. Its mainly for my FTP server more than anything...

1700kbps is only ~212KBps ... a lot of us can get that easily - depends on the server.

test i just did now (against server 3000 miles away)

Sorry but i think he meant it was 1.7mb/sec rather than what I put!! My bad! Oh well, internet is ok, but not ideal for me here.. but I feel sorry for people that have to upload from me!!

1.7Mbps = 1700 kbps = ~212KBps

If you meant 1.7MBps, that would mean 1740KBps which is unheard of... at least for home users. Imagine downloading almost 2MB every second. You'd be able to download a divx movie in 5.8 minutes.