does anyone actualy get those speeds

[Vreki]

Then I should start sueing, I only get 100KBPS downloads...

A provider will usually tell you the most impressive number, so they use Megabits.

100 kilobytes/s is what you will get with a 1 Megabit line for download.

[caseman]

megabytes definitely. dont think anyone other than geeky programmers use megabits there... lol :p

Actually almost all data connection speeds are referred to in megabits.... from ethernet LAN (10/100/1000) to WAN links (T1/T3 at 1.5 and 45Mb for example).

[Namakan]

A provider will usually tell you the most impressive number, so they use Megabits.

100 kilobytes/s is what you will get with a 1 Megabit line for download.

so at speed test when i got 25000 megabits i max out at 3.125 megabytes? thats the most i've ever seen to

[Vreki]

so at speed test when i got 25000 megabits i max out at 3.125 megabytes? thats the most i've ever seen to

I would expect less, since the info Windows shows you is how fast you are downloading data, while the ISP and speedtest measures total traffic which includes headers and other overhead.

My own experience says 1Mbit line = 100 kB / s data and 2Mbit = 200 kB / s data.
So I would expect you to see 2,5 MB / s data with a 25Mbit line.

[Filippo]

lol



4mb connection...

[cliffro]

using a wireless connection, thats about 30ft from the router.

[TheLeper]

line speeds are always quoted in megabits at a direct connection to the exchange to get the max line speed.

i get
9000/1000 (work)
4700/800 (home)

the speed difference is only down to distance from the exchange, works pretty much up the road a bit from the isp

[(2-325)A|Pvt.CrazyCanuck]

i just ran the test to the recommended server and i got



not too bad..

[Aedus]

Mine sux

[RichardDawkins]

2mb connection = roughly 250 k/sec download

[Sir. MatDef]

God bless work. :p

[AllFoamNoBeer]

Sorry to post again, but does this seem right for a 3 MBPS connection?



I do pay $120 a month for this.

[TheLeper]

Sorry to post again, but does this seem right for a 3 MBPS connection?



I do pay $120 a month for this.

yeah as the speed will decay the further away from the test server you are, at your machine your connected at 3mb/s

[St.Sasquatch]

yeah. bites and bytes or whatever, ain't the same.

i get like 4 - 5 mb/s. funny thing to think about, is that i asked if we could order that 100mb line (fiber, you get that in oslo nowdays), unfortanly its only in oslo, i live just outside. anyway, i said "100 mb! thats damn much!", little did i know he is an electrishwhatever-its-called, he puts up cables here and there, he has laid i think it was 10gb, aka. 10 000mb! :O for a company or a whole, i dont i know really. just wanted to share that with you. a damn 10 gb line! think about that!! call me a bloody bragger and a f'ing idiot, thats what he said, i dont give a s what you might think. :P

[sogek1ng]

BAM! Only if it would run like this at night I hate my company for sucking at night.