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| Thread ID: 57462 | 2005-05-03 06:44:00 | best broadband | Hilton (293) | PC World Chat |
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| 351703 | 2005-05-03 06:44:00 | I have just signed up with Xtra broadband Discover Plan which is supposed to be 24x dial-up speed. It says speed of 54.0Mbps & signal strength excellent. I rang Xtra help & the guy said that wasn`t even dial-up speed & said to do a line speed test. My first result was 1001Kbps and I did a second one 2 hours later & it was 136000Kbps. What gives? Also does anyone have any experience with Slingshot broadband. Its cheaper but is it the old story, you get what you pay for. |
Hilton (293) | ||
| 351704 | 2005-05-03 07:07:00 | "54.0Mbps & signal strength excellent." sounds more like wireless? | plod (107) | ||
| 351705 | 2005-05-03 07:50:00 | Yes I thought it was OK as well, plod. The experts frighten me. |
Hilton (293) | ||
| 351706 | 2005-05-03 08:21:00 | My first result was 1001Kbps and I did a second one 2 hours later & it was 136000Kbps. What gives? 1001 kbps is a good result for the Xtra Discover Plan (jetstream.xtra.co.nz). The second result would have been returned due to a cached page (ie, the file that is tested against wasn't downloaded again). The first test is a good enough measure of your download speed unless your speed drops noticeably. To do a fresh test, from the same online speed test (I assume it was the jetstreamgames one (www.jetstreamgames.co.nz)) just go the 500 KB test page and if results are waaay over the top, try a force refresh (Shift + Reload in Firefox/Netscape or Ctrl + Refresh in Internet Explorer). |
sal (67) | ||
| 351707 | 2005-05-03 23:04:00 | Thanks Sal. I did what you suggested. Got a big one then refreshed and got the right one. I did one on another site Wise.Net and got 1016.60 which they said means I can download at 127.08Kbps. Isn`t that a bit low I am supposed to get 24x dialup speed on Discover. That just over 3 isn`t it? |
Hilton (293) | ||
| 351708 | 2005-05-04 00:39:00 | Ah, I see. In simple terms 56 kbps (kilobits per second) = 7 K bytes/sec (kilobytes per second) So 24 x 7 = 168 K bytes/sec. Your pretty close with 127.08 K bytes/sec and very lucky if you could get speeds test result of 168 kBps. Still, your results are fine. Remember their sales pitch though "Download Speed: Up to 24x faster than dial-up." |
sal (67) | ||
| 351709 | 2005-05-04 02:42:00 | Hi Sal where did you get the 56 kbps to start the equasion? | Hilton (293) | ||
| 351710 | 2005-05-04 06:38:00 | 56kbs=Dial-up speed. However, you're more likely to get 5kB/s on dial-up. So, if it's 24x faster, that's 120kB/s, so you're about right :) | Edward (31) | ||
| 351711 | 2005-05-04 06:51:00 | I have just signed up with Xtra broadband Discover Plan which is supposed to be 24x dial-up speed. It says speed of 54.0Mbps & signal strength excellent. I rang Xtra help & the guy said that wasn`t even dial-up speed & said to do a line speed test. My first result was 1001Kbps and I did a second one 2 hours later & it was 136000Kbps. What gives? Also does anyone have any experience with Slingshot broadband. Its cheaper but is it the old story, you get what you pay for. Woah! Where does it say 54mbps!?!?!? |
techie (7177) | ||
| 351712 | 2005-05-05 03:05:00 | Hi Techie On My taskbar there is an icon for my Wireless Network Connection which says:Speed: 54.0 Mbps, Signal Strength: Excellent, Status: Connected. What does yours say. |
Hilton (293) | ||
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