Does my internet speed sound right?

Prissy · 12-07-2010, 07:49 PM

i suppose to have 7megabyte/second, and i am getting Download of 4360Kbps, does it sound right?

bmwmthree · 12-07-2010, 07:50 PM

wow that's insanely fast!

jk, lol. disconnect the power from your modem for 2 minutes, put it back in, speeds should be good.

Prissy · 12-07-2010, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwmthree

wow that's insanely fast!

jk, lol. disconnect the power from your modem for 2 minutes, put it back in, speeds should be good.

download: 11.48
upload: 0.69

Using your speedtest.net. Does this sound normal now? haha

MrRoboto · 12-07-2010, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Prissy

i suppose to have 7megabyte/second, and i am getting Download of 4360Kbps, does it sound right?

You likely have 'up to' 7MegaBITS/second.

bmwmthree · 12-07-2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Prissy

download: 11.48
upload: 0.69

Using your speedtest.net. Does this sound normal now? haha

yes it sounds normal.

every 2 weeks or so you should disconnect the power from your modem so the connection can refresh and the speeds will be back to normal.

bmwmthree · 12-07-2010, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MrRoboto

You likely have 'up to' 7MegaBITS/second.

it just depends on the time of day/night. when there is higher use (during business hours) it's lower but in the middle of the night (for example; 2AM) it's at what you pay for or possibly better.

MrRoboto · 12-07-2010, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwmthree

it just depends on the time of day/night. when there is higher use (during business hours) it's lower but in the middle of the night (for example; 2AM) it's at what you pay for or possibly better.

My point was the speed is measured in MegaBits not MegaBytes, but I agree you will likely get better performance when there is less usage on the local node, etc.

bmwmthree · 12-07-2010, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MrRoboto

My point was the speed is measured in MegaBits not MegaBytes, but I agree you will likely get better performance when there is less usage on the local node, etc.

ahh, i thought you were emphasizing the "up to" part and i didn't think most people would've understood the difference between byte and bit so i didn't bother mentioning that.

JayKay335i · 12-07-2010, 08:53 PM

DL: 6.82 Mb/s
UL: 27.83 Mb/s

JayKay335i · 12-07-2010, 08:53 PM

DL: 6.82 Mb/s
UL: 27.83 Mb/s

bmwmthree · 12-07-2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JayKay335i

DL: 6.82 Mb/s
UL: 27.83 Mb/s

why are your speeds inverted and why is your UL so high? is that your campus' internet?

JayKay335i · 12-07-2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwmthree

why is your UL so high?

In case I want to take over the world

bmwmthree · 12-07-2010, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JayKay335i

In case I want to take over the world

you're not gonna do much with those speeds, lol.

JayKay335i · 12-07-2010, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwmthree

you're not gonna do much with those speeds, lol.

Busy time on the internet.

Usually see ~ equal UL and DL at night. Cant complain about free internet.

BTM · 12-07-2010, 09:00 PM

Prissy · 12-07-2010, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwmthree

yes it sounds normal.

every 2 weeks or so you should disconnect the power from your modem so the connection can refresh and the speeds will be back to normal.

thanks

ragingclue · 12-08-2010, 09:56 AM

"b" indicates bits

A normal download indicator will tell you how fast you're downloading in terms of bytes ("B"). There are eight bits in a Byte.

Also, you have to account for headers and other nice shit taking up some bits and Bytes, along with any other traffic you'd be having to share the line with.

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