Am I missing something?

yomamasflavour

Hi

Signed up for Eircom 7Mb last Monday (upgraded from 3Mb).
Since then it's been constantly 4 - 5Mb all day long.
(measured via sustained file downloading all day/night at 500-600 KB/s)

I know - contention etc. but if that's the case then why doesn't it change at night (3-4 in the moring) or during the day?

I'm starting to wonder whether it's set at 5Mb max or something like that.

Bty Line stats

Is there something funny going on, or am I expecting too much? Thanks:o

dunworth1

according to your stats you syncing a 7mb
for every 1mb you are really only getting about 100kb/s download speed


1 Megabits (Mb) = 1024 kilobits (kb), To convert to kilobytes (kB), you simply divide by 8, since there are 8 bits in a byte.

you should have around 7168 / 8 = 896 kilobytes (kB) download speed.

but then contention and your distance from the exchange and the quality of your line can affect your speed.

yomamasflavour

Just so I can be clear,

Is the 7Mb download speed that Eircom quotes merely the max sync speed?

i.e
Line Sync speed | IP profile / BRAS Data Rate
----7168Kbps---|

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6.3Mbps

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Sorry if I'm asking daft questions,:o

dunworth1

yomamasflavour wrote: »

Just so I can be clear,

Is the 7Mb download speed that Eircom quotes merely the max sync speed?

i.e
Line Sync speed | IP profile / BRAS Data Rate
----7168Kbps---|

---

6.3Mbps

---

Sorry if I'm asking daft questions,:o

yes