Who Can Explain the Differences I see in Reported Download Speeds?

Bytes per sec or bits per sec? That could account for the difference.

 

There is almost 0 discrepency.

You get 0.66Mbps which is NOT 660KB/s, it is 660Kb/s. Notice the small 'b' versus big 'B'

86KB/s * 8bits/1byte = 688kbps
86 KiloBYTES per second = 688 KiloBITS per second

And when you pay your ISP for 3Mbps or 6Mbps, it is in bits too. That way they can make the number sound bigger.

 

And you need to upgrade.

:heh:

Tom

 

+1. Seriously...

My phone achieves 1600Kbps no sweat, when I am in a good tower spot I get 6Mbps. ON A CELL PHONE! If you have a wired connection, there is no excuse for that lack of speed.

My area is stuck in the stone age, so I have the fastest available from any ISP here, which is a paultry 100Mbps down / 35Mbps up. And it is fully utilized too.

 

Ding Ding Ding we have a wiener! Also you need an upgrade Tony and I'm being charitable. My second generation iPhone got twice that speed off of regular 3G! Quit whining about the money and start stimulating the economy by spending more! :thumb:

 

Remember the 56k modem? Those were in kbps also so your current connection speed is about 12x faster.

 

I remember 0.3k modems and they were fast compared to TTY.

 

There is no excuse for anyone not to be on at least a 1Mbps connection... If your computer use is really that minimal then do the world a favour and install some @home projects. Einstein@home, SETI@home, whatever you choose. Then your computer can crunch some numbers for the greater good while you do other things. When you need the PC it detects that it is nolonger idle and minimizes CPU use.

Find ET, a cure for cancer, a new metamaterial for electrical engineering, mapping genomes, the list is almost endless. Surely there is a cause you support and can "donate" your not-so-used computer for.

 

Stop downloading torrents!!.
What service provider is it and how much are you paying for your internet? The fastest in my area is the Roadrunner Lightning and even that I'm getting jacked. Everyone else is getting 40mbps down/ 5mpbs up while I'm only getting 40mbps down/ 4mpbs up. Not sure how much it is b/c it's bundled with my cable. But I think I'm paying $70 or $75.

 

Well I can't say I don't download torrents, but it is not the majority of my traffic. My server is a busy bee.



Note, those numbers are in MegaBYTES. Can you spot the period where I had to cut power to my house to redo some mains panel wiring?

So 3.7 TERABYTES uploaded, 90GB downloaded. And most of those downloads are HD streams of video through Hulu+ and Netflix.

Now, that is to preface the "why" of my internet. I have Comcast Business Class Cable. And I pay $194USD per month for just internet, no bundling.

If you have Comcast Personal Cable internet, then you get a 250GB transfer cap. Download + upload must be less than 250GB every billing cycle. If you go over, they shut off your internet. Do it 2 times in 6 months, and they blacklist you and terminate your service. You can then no longer sign up for any Comcast service. Obviously my usage is higher than that, so I have no choice but to go business class. And Comcast has a monopoly in this region (and many others) so they are the only ones offering service in excess of 8Mbps without a dedicated fiber channel. And where I live it is impossible to run a dedicated fiber because it is on a mountain and they can't bury it. Not to mention the cost that I would have to front of about $25,000.... Not going to happen.

Here's March. Not sure what I was doing on the first...



430GB downloaded. 4150GB uploaded.

 

So 35W of parasitic draw isn't worth donating your CPU time? For accessing your files anytime anywhere in the world?

 

10 here, 10 there ..

It adds up.

Trivia detail: 8 bits of data has around 2 bits of overhead, so a 1 Mbps data stream is 800,000/(1024*8) = 97.6 KB/sec of actual data.

 

I remember the debate about choosing a 9600k modem rather than the 4800k modem.

I'm glad I held out for the 9600k! :thumb:

 

Then there's the upload speed: now that keyboards are digital and the little metal arms don't jam when striking the paper, could we evolve beyond qwerty?

 

If you have Windows XP or later you already have the option of using Dvorak. It's an included Windows keyboard layout.

 

Use Dvorak then. All it takes is a driver update and a couple minutes popping the keys off the keyboard plungers and rearranging them.