Posted August 11, 2007 Hey All, Just wondered how fast you all download. I finally got my connection sorted and wanted to see how it compares to everyone else? I know it's not incredible compared to connections most people will have. But anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 my record is 12MB/s (LAN) and 2MB/s - international. BTW i think that if you start downloading from yourself you could get even greater speeds than 12MB/s :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 I have a friend who has a 100Mb/s connection. Best he got was 12Mb/s too, but he said that was a HDD restriction rather than his connection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 thats bs, he has 100 Megabit connection and that equals 12 megabytes/s. if you look at some benchmarking results you will see at what speeds modern hdds are capable to write. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 BTW i think that if you start downloading from yourself you could get even greater speeds than 12MB/s but only if you will download to different HDD than you are uploading from... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 FIne would probably be about 10KB/s more than Satan. Considering updating to 20mbit with my current provider, probably not worth the extra money though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 thats bs, he has 100 Megabit connection and that equals 12 megabytes/s. if you look at some benchmarking results you will see at what speeds modern hdds are capable to write. I forgot to mention that this was like 10 years ago he had this connection. It's probably well over that now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 Seeker I seem to share a connection speed similar to yours. So it's nice to know what I should expect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 Seeker I seem to share a connection speed similar to yours. So it's nice to know what I should expect. On a 4mbit connection you won't get that. 480KB/s is the max, so a little below that. If you're on 5mbit then 600KB/s is max, which makes me wonder what Seeker's connection speed is sold as. If it's 6mbit @ 530KB/s it's not bad but a little lower than I'd expect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 According to speedtest. I get this: However, my router reads 5.5Mb/s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 According to speedtest. I get this: However, my router reads 5.5Mb/s Which ISP do you have? I assume you're still in the UK... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 I'm with Pipex, temporarily, until I switch to plusnet next week. /edit: yes, still in UK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 i download with 150 kB/s internet and 10MB/s LAN ^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 I'm with Pipex, temporarily, until I switch to plusnet next week. /edit: yes, still in UK Oh right, all that up to 8mbit stuff, I guess it depends how far from the exchange you are as to what speeds you get? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 i download with 150 kB/s internet and 10MB/s LAN ^^ LAN Speeds don't really matter. They're based purely on hardware. I got a 270Mb/s LAN connection meaning I DL at 15Mb/s min. But it don't really matter. Oh right, all that up to 8mbit stuff, I guess it depends how far from the exchange you are as to what speeds you get? Yeh, i'm pretty close, the BT guy says I couldn't expect much better. But TBH, avertising 8Mbit when you get 4 is false avertising if you ask me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 Yeh, i'm pretty close, the BT guy says I couldn't expect much better. But TBH, avertising 8Mbit when you get 4 is false avertising if you ask me. Heh, considering people with Be broadband at upto 24mbit have been getting similar speeds to you, you're not doing too badly. I've been on the same ISP since I first got broadband and that was 150kbit/s (yes, 0.15 mbit), calling that broadband was the real false advertising. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 Well at least they advertised it that it was that speed. Pipex say 8Mbit broadband, without the 'up to'. Hell, they don't even state on their website (like most isp's do) that u can expect a minimum of 2Mbs with 78% of the country getting 4Mb+. It seems Pipex ain't as bad as I thought. I'm clocking this on steam: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 Well, my home connection sucks, I can push it to its end anytime with 1 user on DC who has some awesome connection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 11, 2007 Technically, almost anyone can tho Noctis, I remember one user who could of gave me an upstream of 12Mb/s, but my connection didn't allow it. There's always someone faster :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 12, 2007 My fastest DL with my 24/1 line is 1.6Mb/s downstream and about 400 upstream on DC... But this is not regular speeds, mostly I get 100kb/s, guess I find all the low speed sources Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 12, 2007 Heh, considering people with Be broadband at upto 24mbit have been getting similar speeds to you, you're not doing too badly. I've been on the same ISP since I first got broadband and that was 150kbit/s (yes, 0.15 mbit), calling that broadband was the real false advertising. :pinch: i had the same connection for a very long period the only good thing in that was that connection wasn't an "up to xy kbps" connection, but a "you always get this" now if i'm lucky ... i can get the download speed of 400-440 kb/s ... but during daytime .... back to the oldschool 150 kb/s :crying: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 13, 2007 It depends on what i'm downloading through. HTTP I can download at 5-600 all day. But P2P is throttled to 20Kb/s for a large portion of day (hence why i'm moving provider). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 14, 2007 On a 4mbit connection you won't get that. 480KB/s is the max, so a little below that. If you're on 5mbit then 600KB/s is max, which makes me wonder what Seeker's connection speed is sold as. If it's 6mbit @ 530KB/s it's not bad but a little lower than I'd expect. Im on 5mbit (5megabits = 640kilobytes) i get only 530kbytes, so i guess thats bad. 4mbit = 512kbytes 5mbit = 640kbytes 6mbit = 768kbytes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 14, 2007 Im on 5mbit (5megabits = 640kilobytes) i get only 530kbytes, so i guess thats bad. 4mbit = 512kbytes 5mbit = 640kbytes 6mbit = 768kbytes Number of megabits times 120 is about the largest number of kilobytes I've seen out of (cable) connections. On 4mbit 480 is about the max I reach, 530kB/s on a 5mbit connection isn't too bad, but if it's cable then I would expect it a little higher. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites