Download Speed Issue???

Sylvester

I've downloaded 3 or 4 things this evening with each one taking 3-5 minutes and my d/l speed has been 315 kb/sec which surprises me as my internet connection is only 2mb and i've never seen it go any higher than about 225 kb/sec consistently

I've done a speed test on the web and the results are:

Download Speed 2770 kb/s

Upload Speed 319 kb/s

Now, i'm no expert at these speeds and what they mean, but why with my 2 mb connection have I suddenly noticed a near 100 kb/sec increase in performance?

Is there anything I need to be worried about and/or any tests I should do?

Thanks

C_Ronaldo

Whos your isp,

MrsTinks

Why would you be worried about an increase in speed?

There are a few possibilities depending on why you were on a 2 Mb line before - was it limited to 2Mb or was 2Mb it's limit if you see what I mean... it all depends on what the line can/could physically carry.

My line performance has just improved because BT replaced a lot of the cabling between the green box and the exchange (sometimes working for a large ISP can be very handy...) as the cable had seriously degraded and we were getting a lot of drops in service.

But if your line was already capable of more than 2Mb and it was just limited to a 2Mb profile then it's possible a mass upgrade has taken place. That doesn't mean you pay more, just that they have upgraded all the line profiles fitting a certain criteria

Sylvester

ISP is AOL.

C_Ronaldo

You could have been given a speed increase, i wouldnt worry about, you've gained something no lost anything

Sylvester

MrsTine wrote: »

Why would you be worried about an increase in speed?

There are a few possibilities depending on why you were on a 2 Mb line before - was it limited to 2Mb or was 2Mb it's limit if you see what I mean... it all depends on what the line can/could physically carry.

My line performance has just improved because BT replaced a lot of the cabling between the green box and the exchange (sometimes working for a large ISP can be very handy...) as the cable had seriously degraded and we were getting a lot of drops in service.

But if your line was already capable of more than 2Mb and it was just limited to a 2Mb profile then it's possible a mass upgrade has taken place. That doesn't mean you pay more, just that they have upgraded all the line profiles fitting a certain criteria

Oh i'm not worried as in complaining, just wondered what the cause was I just don't want to find out AOL have upgraded me and my fees without telling me

I pay for a 2MB connection so was rather shocked when it was going faster for a fair few files. At one stage it was at 567 kb at the beginning of the d/l before dropping rapidly and stabilising around 315 kb when i'm used to not much more than 225kb

Would be nice to have a free upgrade though Although I have heard nothing saying I was getting one

Sylvester

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

You could have been given a speed increase, i wouldnt worry about, you've gained something no lost anything

As long as it doesn't mean it's an accurate reading and I have a virus

I'll d/l another file and see what happens.

C_Ronaldo

Sylvester wrote: »

As long as it doesn't mean it's an accurate reading and I have a virus

I'll d/l another file and see what happens.

run anti virus if you want to be sure, i asked who the isp was as virgin are doing free upgrades but thats irrelevant,

malamute

Use this for checking your line http://speedtester.bt.com/ this will give the line sync and down and up speeds i could not get this to work on Firefox so use on IE Browser


Just carried out the test and I'm on Virgin at 8MB this is a typical result for my location and i live 1/2 mile from the exchange.

Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 8128 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 7150 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 2469 kbps

Sylvester

C_Ronaldo - It's AOL like I say and they have been moving people across to the new network, but as I am capped by AOL at 2mb, I didn't think I would see a higher speed.

malamute - running that test page now - not sure it's working on IE as it's blank at the moment, although PC is doing something, so i'm hoping it's taking it's time only...

Sylvester

Couldn't get that BT speed to work so used mybroadbandspeed.co.uk and got