doofus Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 (edited) Im on a broadband connection (only 512kb) and i know theres a lot to take into account, but does anyone have a ballpark kinda figure as to what kind of DL speeds i should be getting?. Most ive seen it peak at is 101kb/s tho it have seen it spike up around 150 occasionally, and id say from using it for the month or so i have done im getting around 60-70kb/s on average. As with all the net, some dl sites are quicker and some are slower, but my average id say is 60-70. Does that sound about right? Edit: i should say that i mean actual dl speeds when downloading drivers and stuff and not what its been tested at. According to the online tests its rated as a 610kb/s connection......lol. Keith Edited March 6, 2003 by doofus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroman10 Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 What is the maximum download speed that your ISP provide you with. Also, if youre on Cable it depends on how many other people in your area are on the same line and if youre on DSL it matters how far away you are from the phone company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doofus Posted March 6, 2003 Author Share Posted March 6, 2003 as far as i know shouldnt my dl speeds be anything up to my connection of 512kb/s ?? Ive always been confused at how all the net speeds are worked out. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franglais Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hiya Keith, just done a Broadband Speed Test (the one I sent you) and mine is running at 58KB/s which is 464Kb/s and that is according to the test, full speed for my 512MB connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doofus Posted March 6, 2003 Author Share Posted March 6, 2003 Your download speed : 493136 bps, or 493 kbps. A 60.1 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 50238 bps, or 50 kbps. Your upstream result was very slow! .. not good Just did a quick test to see..and thats what it gave me.......upload sucks for some reason Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franglais Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Unless it is local test, its a bad time to do a speed test, wait till the winks have gone to bed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akokes Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Most ive seen it peak at is 101kb/s tho it have seen it spike up around 150 occasionally Are you talking about the speed quoted by internet explorer? If so it reports in kB/sec and you rated speed is in kb/sec (bits versus bytes) There are 8 bits in a byte so to go from the IE number to your ISP's number multiply by 8. in your example that would mean your seeing 808 kb/sec on a line rated for 512. Sounds pretty good to me. Even your lowest example still gives 480 kb/sec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkwarrior Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 keith, your connection is dependant on where you are from the main trunkline, and your isp, and if your isp has caps on there packages. which i bet they do you would have to do some investigating, call you isp and see what package, your on and see what they give you on the d/l and uploads. if it aint too much see if you can upgrade your package your on to something faster. in the mean time you can d/l from speedguide the tcp/ip optimizer. when you install that, open it up put a check where your nic card is and up on the right hit extreme. and down at the bottom it will say optimal settings, hit that and hit apply your settings, and a window will popup saying to reboot hit that and try another test. see what your get for d/l's at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doofus Posted March 7, 2003 Author Share Posted March 7, 2003 2003-03-06 19:38:01 EST: 493 / 49 Your download speed : 493383 bps, or 493 kbps. A 60.2 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 49248 bps, or 49 kbps. Your upstream result was very slow! .. not good Just tried another quick test tho im not sure how accurate they can be. Upload still seems really slow Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkwarrior Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 when i test at dslreports, im beyond the 2 magabit for d/l's but my isp capped my uploads. unless i get a bigger package which im happy with what i have now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doofus Posted March 7, 2003 Author Share Posted March 7, 2003 Thanks mohawk Maybe i will give them a bell sometime today and ask them for some specific details about the speeds i should (or is that what im allowed by them??) to be getting. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doofus Posted March 7, 2003 Author Share Posted March 7, 2003 (edited) Well i just got off phone to my isp and apparently my connection is fine and infact going by the info i gave them its one of the better ones they have had queried They said the ping should be 55ms on average (or however they work) and i just tried that out on here and sure enough it was. Infact the ping i just did was rated 13ms, so thats supposed to be fine. Keith Edited March 7, 2003 by doofus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x5dr Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 what service do you have? and is it cable or dsl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doofus Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 what service do you have? and is it cable or dsl? broadband, and its cable x5dr Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest britinwinnipeg Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 GO TO www.dslreports.com do a soeed test /tweak test /line test etc all free have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongPig Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 Keith, This will check and help you tweak your connection. http://www.broadbandreports.com/tweaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doofus Posted March 9, 2003 Author Share Posted March 9, 2003 (edited) Thanks Bongpig. Thats the same tests i been doing, and going by the latest test below all seems fine i think. Your Tweakable Settings: Receive Window (RWIN): 13140 Window Scaling: off Path MTU Discovery: ON RFC1323 Window Scaling: OFF RFC1323 Time Stamping: OFF Selective Acks: ON MSS requested: 1460 TTL: unknown TTL remaining: 115 Notes and recommendations: RWIN is in range Looking good Example 146000 byte download Actual data bytes sent: 146000 Actual data packets: 100 Max packet sent (MTU): 1500 Max packet recd (MTU): 1500 Retransmitted data packets: 0 sacks you sent: 0 pushed data pkts: 20 data transmit time: 1.363 secs our max idletime: 161.5 ms transfer rate: 69584 bytes/sec transfer rate: 556 kbits/sec This is not a speed test! transfer efficiency: 100% Keith Edited March 9, 2003 by doofus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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