from the last few TT threads ive made im obviously a n00b, but im trying to learn this shit as well as i can

im wondering why my max download speed is usually about 150kb/s and how i can increase that

is it a router thing?

is it the network card(?) in my pc?

is it just my service?

i have bellsouth dsl in my house, and im just trying to up that cap if i can

let me know peoples

9/19/2006 9:43:19 PM

it's your service/network connection.
probably not much you can do with your current setup. Get roadrunner.

9/19/2006 9:46:28 PM

Quote :

"my max download speed is usually about 150kb/s"

how did you get that max? bandwidth testes, straight file downloads, torrents...?

9/19/2006 9:48:17 PM

torrents and downloads i guess

with bittorrent, all my combined downloads (or just one fast one) never add up to much more than 150 kb/s

and i just remember 150kb/s being the fastest ive seen for whatever reason

for example thats how fast i was downloading a new OS trial from microsoft.com

whereas at school i was getting like 2.5MB/s




what can i expect from roadrunner?

[Edited on September 19, 2006 at 9:51 PM. Reason : .]

9/19/2006 9:51:00 PM

well, torrents and downloads is not a valid method for determining actual bandwidth. You're only going to download as fast as the slowest link between you and the host you're downloading from. Even if you have a 100Mb pipe, if the guy you're downloading from only has 128k up, then that's as fast as you can download it.

try checking your speed at http://www.dslreports.com

9/19/2006 9:55:43 PM

Quote :

"well, torrents and downloads is not a valid method for determining actual bandwidth. You're only going to download as fast as the slowest link between you and the host you're downloading from. Even if you have a 100Mb pipe, if the guy you're downloading from only has 128k up, then that's as fast as you can download it."

i mean i know all that...i just figured it was more than a coincidence that its been happening like that for months

that and d/ls from major sites like microsoft

but ima check that link now



edit: oh i thought that was a link to test my bandwidth nevermind i found it

i checked two reviews and i can expect around 2-3 MB/s with RR?

does that seem right?

[Edited on September 19, 2006 at 10:08 PM. Reason : .]

9/19/2006 10:03:19 PM

it said 1146 down and 192 up

does that make sense?

9/19/2006 10:11:58 PM

yep, that's about right for DSL.

with RR 2-3Mbps is about right.. upload is like 720 or so.

9/19/2006 10:14:55 PM

damn

does bellsouth have anything i can upgrade to?

9/19/2006 10:17:48 PM

at wolf village on campus i get

1364 / 5222

that's insane upload

9/19/2006 10:19:00 PM

can't wait till next early year when comcast upgrades to 16Mbps in my county.

Has anyone tried Cablenut?

9/19/2006 11:07:19 PM

I've got some tips. First you can go to http://www.testmy.net/tools/test/d_load.php and click on smarTest. This will test your download speed and will give you a detailed report. After that, you can use tcp optimzer found here: http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php All you have to do is click optimal settings on the lower right hand corner and save it, then you'll probably have to restart you comp. Then go back and test your connection again at the above link and see the difference.

9/20/2006 12:49:09 AM

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"damn does bellsouth have anything i can upgrade to? "

Bellsouth has 3 mbit DSL for 37.95 (regular price, not a 6 month promotional price) and 6 mbit dsl for 46.95.

Those are cheaper than Road Runner's "regular" prices, but more expensive than their promotional prices. Standard road runner will be 44.95 after the promotional period (between 2-3 mbits) while turbo road runner (above 6 mbits) will be 54.90.

9/20/2006 1:11:35 AM

Keep in mind they're saying 3 megabit (not 3 megabytes/sec) which is ~400 kBps. As mentioned, there are faster bellsouth options and RR is faster as well. I actually get closer to 5 Mb with standard RR.

[Edited on September 20, 2006 at 1:19 AM. Reason : .]

9/20/2006 1:16:16 AM

Yeah, I have standard RR and I get closer to 1.3

Road runner CAN be faster, but is generally more variable than DSL. The bandwidth you get for various DSL packages is usually much closer to what is advertised (for good or for bad.)

9/20/2006 1:30:35 AM

I am on the Dorm connection and I tweaked my registry settings and increased the amount of available bandwidth. My downloads are insanely fast. Here are the results.

Download Speed Test Results
"I'm not worthy! Your connection scored 5/5 stars!!" (test again)
28331 Kbps or 28.33 Mbps (3458 kB/s)

0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 Kbps
::You::
avg ncsu.edu (10688 Kbps)
Typical Cable (256 - 4000)
Typical DSL (256 - 1500)
Satellite (50 - 1500)
ISDN (64 - 128)
Dial Up (28.8 - 56)
Test Result Details
Your connection is: 28331 Kbps or 28.33 Mbps
You Downloaded at: 3458 kB/s
You are running: 494 times faster than 56K and can Download 1 megabyte in 0.3 second(s)
Member Ident: CompID:14005640699
Test Time:: 2006/09/19 - 10:49pm
Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7
Test ID: 9N04ZRMCQ (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake)
Diagnosis ^info^: Awesome! 20% + : 165.07 % faster than the average for host (ncsu.edu)
This was tested from a 12160 kB file and took 3.516 seconds to complete

9/20/2006 1:58:15 AM

college inn

9/20/2006 3:17:42 AM

Quote :

"Keep in mind they're saying 3 megabit (not 3 megabytes/sec) which is ~400 kBps. As mentioned, there are faster bellsouth options and RR is faster as well. I actually get closer to 5 Mb with standard RR."

word up

Quote :

"After that, you can use tcp optimzer found here: http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php All you have to do is click optimal settings on the lower right hand corner and save it, then you'll probably have to restart you comp. Then go back and test your connection again at the above link and see the difference."

anybody else done this?

will affect the ports in my router?

9/20/2006 12:29:40 PM