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dranzer01

Im on 100MB virgin yet when i download or download torrents its never around the 10mb mark (highest ive seen is around 4.2mb download)

is there any reason for this? what can i do to change it to optimum download speed?

Tropez

dranzer01 wrote: »

Im on 100MB virgin yet when i download or download torrents its never around the 10mb mark (highest ive seen is around 4.2mb download)

is there any reason for this? what can i do to change it to optimum download speed?

Are you downloading wirelessly or wired?

LazyTyper

Did you read http://my.virginmedia.com/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy-thresholds.html ?

JJ_Egan

Usual reason is you cannot download faster than the speed the source pushes stuff out at .

corf999

4.2MB/s as measure by windows is approx 40mb/s

Many websites wouldnt be able to provide the data as fast as you can download it - try downloading multiple things to prove you can get upto 12MB/s

All this has to be performed over wired - As your WIFI connection may not be fast/stable enough to reach those speeds.

What results does speedtest.net produce? Torrents are not a good test as it relies on other people uploading at a certain speed.

MataNui

torrents are typically subject to traffic management. Some ISPs are more aggressive than others with torrents. I used to use it a lot but when i migrated to BT a couple of years ago it became completely pointless even trying.

dranzer01

corf999 wrote: »

4.2MB/s as measure by windows is approx 40mb/s

Many websites wouldnt be able to provide the data as fast as you can download it - try downloading multiple things to prove you can get upto 12MB/s

All this has to be performed over wired - As your WIFI connection may not be fast/stable enough to reach those speeds.

What results does speedtest.net produce? Torrents are not a good test as it relies on other people uploading at a certain speed.

MyThoughtsExactly

I use a private torrenting site. Much better reliable speeds and i get speeds of around 8MB/S and Up's of around 1MB/S.

I'm on the same as yourself.

onomatopoeia99

corf999 wrote: »

Torrents are not a good test as it relies on other people uploading at a certain speed.

If a torrent has a lot of seeds it should still be able to max out the connection, assuming the ISP doesn't impose limits. I agree it's not the best test of download throughput, but I have a feeling that some ISPs prioritise traffic to test sites so I'm not convinced about those either.

boliston

Any ISP that "managed" my downloads would soon be shown the door! If I paid for a 100mb connection then that is what I would expect to get.