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    Very important question regarding internet vs. download speed

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by hzahreb05, Jun 3, 2008.

  1. hzahreb05

    hzahreb05 Notebook Guru

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    Dear friends,
    Can anyone help me with this question: If I have internet connection of 512 kb/sec, what should the download speed be???

    My assumption ~ around 200-250 kb/sec

    Any thoughts.....????
     
    hzahreb05, Jun 3, 2008
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  2. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    Assuming that you mean kilobyte per second, that means your download speed is 512 kilobyte per second. You upload speed is usually a little bit less than that, and for marketing purposes ISPs usually only advertise the download speed, not the upload speed.
     
    f4ding, Jun 3, 2008
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  3. Wirelessman

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    If the ISP provider guarantees 512kbps, then that's what you should get.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 3, 2008
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    DL or UP throughputs are stated in bits per second, not bytes per second.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 3, 2008
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    Spyda Kat Notebook Consultant

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    200 t0 250? Ha. I have a 2mbit connection and I usually top out at 210kbps for downloads. I used to use 512 and it's around 50 or 60 kbps for download.
     
    Spyda Kat, Jun 3, 2008
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    jonhapimp Notebook Virtuoso

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    the download speed matters who you download from but you maximum download speed should be 512
     
    jonhapimp, Jun 3, 2008
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    That's well said, if you are connecting with a very old computer using XP, then you might get very slow downloads.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 3, 2008
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    I don't think it works that way, but in any case go here http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/. How I see it is this, if the connection is rated at 512kbps, that should equate to a download speed of around 60KB/sec, if you have a 15mbit connection that doesn't mean you're going to get download speeds of 15MB/sec.
     
    Spyda Kat, Jun 3, 2008
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    speedtest you can find online is a good place to figure out your connection just get your units right.also from what i know the places you download from(anywhere) they limit how fast you can download because they want to save on there bandwidth so there site doesn't crash but i could be wrong
     
    jonhapimp, Jun 3, 2008
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