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BT Upgrade - my download speed

  • 23-01-2006 10:21am
    #1
    sl05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    Hi,

    Ive been upgraded (I think) from 1mb to 2 mb, and the fastest Ive seen it download is 120K per second. Is this what is expected? (should it be faster?)

    What are the typical download speeds (assuming the server your downloading from has a great connection) for a 1Mb, 2Mb and 3Mb lines?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Check your speeds on www.irishisptest.com/myspeed as this will give you a very good indication. Anything above 1.8Mbps would be good. You might not get that though due to line quality or distance from the exchange. Close any other apps that might be using the internet connection at the same time, such as file sharing apps. At 2Mb down, you should be getting about 210k-220kBps downloads.

    I'm now on 3Mbps download and I'm getting about 2.5Mbps from that test. I'm only getting about 150kbps upload though of the 384kbps that I should have :(


  • #3
    alastair_doom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭alastair_doom


    also if you have a ZyXEL modem, go to maintenance -> system status, then slick on show statistics...

    (way to check you're connected to a 2mb line)... and if you are.. sorry, but that looks like all you'll ever get...

    if you were getting close to that before the upgrade, you might want to consider a downgrade


  • #4
    rogue-entity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,664 ✭✭✭rogue-entity


    I have BT's former 1Meg service, now 2Meg. I dont know if their modem shows your actualy sync speed or just the maximum allowed, but I have been trying to workout the maximum usable speeds that I can get based on what my average speeds are and the figures that I get from IrishISPTest.

    IrishISPTest shows your speeds in Kbits/sec where as your browser will show it in Kbytes/sec (the latter being a smaller value). To get my "average" speed I just got my speeds from IIT and divided by 8 to convert into KBytes/sec which is what would be shown by my browser when downloading. And these speeds apply to download only.

    Here are my "findings":
    While on my 1Meg line I got had the following:
    Maximum speeds: 1024kbps|128KBytes/sec
    Average speeds: 879kbps | 110KBytes/sec

    Now on my 2Meg line I get the following:
    Maximum speeds: 2048kbps | 256KBytes/sec
    Average speeds: 1.71mbps | 219KBytes/sec

    Can anyone tell me if I should have been getting higher average speeds should I have been using a different provider?


  • #5
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    rogue-entity wrote:
    I have BT's former 1Meg service, now 2Meg. I dont know if their modem shows your actualy sync speed or just the maximum allowed, but I have been trying to workout the maximum usable speeds that I can get based on what my average speeds are and the figures that I get from IrishISPTest.

    IrishISPTest shows your speeds in Kbits/sec where as your browser will show it in Kbytes/sec (the latter being a smaller value). To get my "average" speed I just got my speeds from IIT and divided by 8 to convert into KBytes/sec which is what would be shown by my browser when downloading. And these speeds apply to download only.

    Here are my "findings":
    While on my 1Meg line I got had the following:
    Maximum speeds: 1024kbps|128KBytes/sec
    Average speeds: 879kbps | 110KBytes/sec

    Now on my 2Meg line I get the following:
    Maximum speeds: 2048kbps | 256KBytes/sec
    Average speeds: 1.71mbps | 219KBytes/sec

    Can anyone tell me if I should have been getting higher average speeds should I have been using a different provider?

    They look ok - dont forget that there are always overheads to be taken into account which decrease the speeds you will get. Also the higher the speeds provided the more stress is going to be put on lines and people are going to find to their disappointment (see other posts on various threads since the upgrades) that their line may not be capable of much higher speeds.


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