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| 248472 | 2004-06-30 03:04:00 | Just had Jetstream 256 connected. Using this site www.shell.net.nz I get my download speed - 32.6kb/s or 265.7kbps. Should it be faster and if so how do I go about improving it, please? |
Fishb8 (484) | ||
| 248473 | 2004-06-30 03:23:00 | Lets do the math here: You're on a connection that's limited to 256kbps, correct? The Speed Test shows you downloading at 265kbps, or 32.6KB/s. This is pretty much correct, as there's 8bit in a byte, so you get 33.1KB/s Now, being on 256kbps you should be limited to 32KB/s, so you're marginally faster than your limit. Should it be faster? Do you think it needs improving? I'll leave you to do the math :-) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 248474 | 2004-06-30 03:23:00 | This should be the right speed you are getting. | bk T (215) | ||
| 248475 | 2004-06-30 04:18:00 | > Just had Jetstream 256 connected. Using this site > www.shell.net.nz > I get my download speed - 32.6kb/s or 265.7kbps. I also have jet surf 256K with Xtra & did the same speed test as you: Your Internet Connection Speed is: 32.9 kb/s or 268.5 kbps At the bottom of that test page it says: Factors Affecting Bandwidth are: Internet traffic Load on this server traffic on your ISP Raw Data: Size of file tested: 58 kb Time took to load: 1.763 seconds |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 248476 | 2004-06-30 05:09:00 | Hi People Thanks for that. That's what I expected but when I did a run on PC Pitstop, it came up with a longer than expected ping speed (180). How do you do a ping speed check? |
Fishb8 (484) | ||
| 248477 | 2004-06-30 07:32:00 | For a Ping test If you have XP, click Start, Run, type cmd, then press enter. Type ping www.pcworld.co.nz Press enter Should get something like this: Sending ping request to www.pcworld.co.nz [210.48.100.12] with 32 bytes Answer from 210.48.100.12 : bytes = 32 time = 51 ms TTL=55 Answer from 210.48.100.12 : bytes = 32 time = 49 ms TTL=55 Answer from 210.48.100.12 : bytes = 32 time = 48 ms TTL=55 Answer from 210.48.100.12 : bytes = 32 time = 52 ms TTL=55 Statistics for 210.48.100.12 Packets : sent = 4, received = 4, lost = 0 (loss 0%) Approximative elapsed time in milliseconds Minimum = 48 ms, Maximum = 52 ms, Average = 50 ms 50ms is the 'ping'. The PC Pitstop test seems to go through a few servers till it gets there - my ping on that also says it is too low. You can try the McAfee one too,: us.mcafee.com Result: File Size: 150.005 KB Time Elapsed: 4.657 seconds 257.68 Kbps (32.21 KBps) That seems to read quite fast - whether it's right or not is anyone's guess. J :D |
Jester (13) | ||
| 248478 | 2004-06-30 08:33:00 | >>>I also have jet surf 256K with Xtra & did the same speed test as you:> Just tried the test as well and got ----- 288.6 Kbps 35.4 Kb/s Comforting ;) Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 248479 | 2004-06-30 10:45:00 | My pings were:- minimum=130ms, maximum=135ms, average=135ms. OK, so I'm slow. How do I improve? |
Fishb8 (484) | ||
| 248480 | 2004-06-30 10:57:00 | You could try using the cmd box again and typing tracert www.pcworld.co.nz It will show the route from your PC to PCWorld, and may help identify where the connection is stalling. J :D |
Jester (13) | ||
| 248481 | 2004-06-30 20:34:00 | Thanks Jester Tried pinging again this am, and got pings of 45, which is ok. Did the tracert thing but got timed out on all 30 connections - whatever that means. |
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