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  • 26-07-2007 8:55pm
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    rasoul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭


    hi,

    i just did a broadband speed test,

    the results are d/load 2151 kb/s

    what is this gig wise can anyone tell me, just over two gigs i would guess ?

    upload 274 kb/s

    and am i right saying it is a two gig speed, is this good ?

    Rasoul


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    Cal
    Registered Users Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Cal


    Yes you are getting 2.1 Meg which is too good for a 2 Meg service (Max it could be would be 2048Kb). So you must have a 3 Meg service but only getting 2.1, you should be getting more in the region of 2.6 to 2.9. So you have a poor 3 Meg service.

    Cal.


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    BSC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭BSC


    Make sure that there is nothing else connected in parallel to your telephone network. TRy to connect your modem direct bypassing any ****ting low quality filters. If its an Eircom DSL you have a right to make a complaint and they will investigate the reason.
    Also i would advise you to ring your ISP and request to run a test on your line to see if there is any fault with Resistance on your line, if you have a phone connected check if you have noise on the line or crackling. Poor / loose in connection line may cause you loosing your KBs. ;-) Cheerio!!!


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    rasoul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭rasoul


    thanks for that lads,

    I am with digiweb metro, not sure what the agreed meg is, I was downloading about 20 albums, at the time i ran that, would slow down the speed test results ?


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    Cal
    Registered Users Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Cal


    Digiweb Metro is a 3 Meg service. Yes other downloads would effect your results.

    Cal


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    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    Also you are not guaranteed a particular speed by any isp, remember that. No matter whether you are on dsl or cable or wireless you have a contended product so the speed you are getting at the time of night you posted and given that you are simultaneously downloading more 'linux distros' your speed is pretty good!


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    rasoul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭rasoul


    Great , I am happy enough so, thanks for the help lads :)


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    rc28
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    Cal wrote:
    Yes you are getting 2.1 Meg which is too good for a 2 Meg service (Max it could be would be 2048Kb). So you must have a 3 Meg service but only getting 2.1, you should be getting more in the region of 2.6 to 2.9. So you have a poor 3 Meg service.

    Cal.
    Actually in some cases it doesn't prove a person is on a certain package because it depends on what browser he used to take the speed test. I'm on a 2meg package and with firefox I get 2350kb/s usually but with the other browsers (ie7, opera etc) they all return normal 2 meg speeds (for eircom) at around 1700/1800kbs


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    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    BSC wrote:
    Make sure that there is nothing else connected in parallel to your telephone network. TRy to connect your modem direct bypassing any ****ting low quality filters. If its an Eircom DSL you have a right to make a complaint and they will investigate the reason.
    Also i would advise you to ring your ISP and request to run a test on your line to see if there is any fault with Resistance on your line, if you have a phone connected check if you have noise on the line or crackling. Poor / loose in connection line may cause you loosing your KBs. ;-) Cheerio!!!

    Just in case anyone reading your post would be tempted to take it seriously I should point out that your post is nonsense. If the poster was in fact on an Eircom 3Mb connection (or a resold one) they would have been getting a pretty reasonable speed for a very busy time in the evening when contention is most likely to kick in.


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    BSC wrote:
    Make sure that there is nothing else connected in parallel to your telephone network. TRy to connect your modem direct bypassing any ****ting low quality filters. If its an Eircom DSL you have a right to make a complaint and they will investigate the reason.
    Also i would advise you to ring your ISP and request to run a test on your line to see if there is any fault with Resistance on your line, if you have a phone connected check if you have noise on the line or crackling. Poor / loose in connection line may cause you loosing your KBs. ;-) Cheerio!!!
    I hope to god that "BSC" doesn't stand for Bachelor of Science.


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Also websites and browsers do "on the fly" compression / decompression. With content that is not pre-compressed (any archive format such as zip, video, jpeg, tif, audio is usually already compressed) you can get up to 3x the network speed.

    Since most connections are 20:1 to 48:1 contention (depending on package and provider) and servers themselves often throttle the per user speed, getting 2Mbps on 3Mbps package in the real world during a busy period is fine. Some ISP will give you 100kbps on your 2Mbps package and then say "well you are not even at your full 48:1 contention".


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