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Eircom Downloads speed

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  • 15-09-2007 2:46pm
    #1
    El_mariachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭


    i just got Eircom hime plus . 2 mb download/ 128 up or something (yeah not mad into computers)

    but anyway, when i download a file it come at 211kb/s and the max i saw was 220kb/s

    is that slow for 2mb dsl or is it the correct speed it downloads at,


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    #2
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Contention!

    Over 200kb/s for a file to download sounds about right. You will NEVER get 2mb/s! Your connection, should be connected in or around 2mb/s however.


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    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    You are getting 220KB/s on a download not 220Kb/s


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    El_mariachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭El_mariachi


    Pacifico wrote:
    You are getting 220KB/s on a download not 220Kb/s

    whats the differance?

    Neon circle, i did a speed test on speedtest.net

    download was 1.75 mb


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,299 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    El_mariachi wrote:
    whats the differance?
    The small b stands for bits, and the big B, for bytes. There are 8 bits in a byte, so 50KB/sec = 400Kb/sec


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    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    On a 2Meg line you should be connected at 2048Kb/s, divide that by 8 to get the equivalent in Bytes, 2048/8 = 256KB/s. Thats what you should get on a download but you lose a bit due to overheads, contention and noise.

    El_mariachi wrote:
    whats the differance?

    Neon circle, i did a speed test on speedtest.net

    download was 1.75 mb

    Thats 1750Kb/s which means your max download should be 218KB/s


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    El_mariachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭El_mariachi


    thanks you all very much! my question is 100% answered now!


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    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    the_syco wrote:
    The small b stands for bits, and the big B, for bytes. There are 8 bits in a byte, so 50KB/sec = 400Kb/sec

    Thanks for explaining that. Was something that had puzzled me personally


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    altered121
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭altered121


    up to 48:1 contention on eircom 1 and 2mb connections goes down on their 3mb connections


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