Cheap UK Broadband For SysXtreme Members
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Phnom_Penh
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Ramedge said:IDnet are going to try and get me up to a 2mb connection now
as i appear to only be able to get 1mb - however alot of my downloads start at 300-400kbps then slowly go down to 120kpbs, This gave me the impression my connection was being throttled some what and that i could possibly go faster! So got on to IDnet and they have told BT to updgrade, Hopfully it will work!
Ok, the fact you can't get 2mb is probably down to your line, it may be length, or it may be quality. Quality can be sorted, length cannot. As for getting 400kbs, thats impossible, you would need a 3mb line for that, so its probably spooling on you side, you not using firefox are you?
You get 1024 kbitsps, which is 128kbytesps, so getting 120kbps is not bad.
Trippledence
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Should be active from tonight if what ramedge says is true. Will have to see.
mr_fishbulb
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name='mrbeef' said:
I think all ISPs will have an acceptable use policy on their ADSL. They might not specify a limit but will have something in their T&Cs along the lines of "if we decide you are downloading too much, we'll tell you about it and might boot you off".
mr_fishbulb
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name='XMS' said:
That's good to know. I've started thinking of experimenting with some unix platforms and some of them are big downloads.
Ramedge,
i gave a reply to your idea of throttling (check the previous page), im almost sure that the throttling you describe doesnt exist.
The reason the download speed shows 400kbps at first and then changes relatively quickly down to speeds which make sense for a 1mbit conection (i.e 125kbps and below), is that it is incorrect reporting by windows, try netmeter like i mentioned and you should see this to be the case.
i gave a reply to your idea of throttling (check the previous page), im almost sure that the throttling you describe doesnt exist.
The reason the download speed shows 400kbps at first and then changes relatively quickly down to speeds which make sense for a 1mbit conection (i.e 125kbps and below), is that it is incorrect reporting by windows, try netmeter like i mentioned and you should see this to be the case.
Korma2 said:
I will try net meter and will report what happens - These "speeds" have only registered since my migration,
any way - should know by tomorrow if my forced upgrade to 2mb has worked
EDIT: I was watching netmeter while doing a bandwidth test on the adslguide.org
Netmeter reported a download speed of 129kbps - iam pretty sure part of that is going to be network traffic.
ADSL guide report gave this
Direction --- True Speed (estimated) --- Actual Speed
Downstream --- 937 Kbps (117.1 KB/sec) --- 1011 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream --- 245 Kbps (30.6 KB/sec) --- 264 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Thats shared between 4pc's however the other 3 are all idle at the moment.
Looks half decent for a 1mb connection
Phnom_Penh
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Ramedge said:I will try net meter and will report what happens - These "speeds" have only registered since my migration,
any way - should know by tomorrow if my forced upgrade to 2mb has worked
EDIT: I was watching netmeter while doing a bandwidth test on the adslguide.org
Netmeter reported a download speed of 129kbps - iam pretty sure part of that is going to be network traffic.
ADSL guide report gave this
Direction --- True Speed (estimated) --- Actual Speed
Downstream --- 937 Kbps (117.1 KB/sec) --- 1011 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream --- 245 Kbps (30.6 KB/sec) --- 264 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Thats shared between 4pc's however the other 3 are all idle at the moment.
Looks half decent for a 1mb connection
Looks alright from here, seeing as you can get 1024 max, 1011 isn't bad. As I said before, 400kb/s is impossible, so its probably down to spooling or buffering etc. Will be interesting to see if IDNet are able to get you up to 2mb or not.
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