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| Thread ID: 80416 | 2007-06-22 03:20:00 | Broadband speeds..... | Hunter (12445) | Press F1 |
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| 561591 | 2007-06-22 03:20:00 | :confused: Hi I was wondering if you could help me. I have just got BB today and I have signed up to a 256k plan but when I went to test it out at Consumer I got this: Download- 2085kbps Upload - 127kbps It seems very fast. Is it just that I have been so used to slow dial up or have I got a problem? Thank you Hunter |
Hunter (12445) | ||
| 561592 | 2007-06-22 03:26:00 | Welcome to PressF1 :) The problem is your getting confused with bits and bytes. There are 8 bits in a byte, your plan is 256 kilo-byte per second. If you divide 2085 (kilobits) by 8, you will see it's around 256 (kilo bytes).:cool: EDIT: No wait, i'm confused too.... 256 is supposed to be 256 kilobits per second, so you should download at around 32kbps....something is wrong, but i wouldnt complain!!!! |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 561593 | 2007-06-22 03:32:00 | OK so if my plan reads 256kbps download and 128kbps upload and the meter reads: Download- 2085kbps Upload - 127kbps The "kbps" units are different? I double checked and both of the "kb" parts on the meter and the test are lower case....? |
Hunter (12445) | ||
| 561594 | 2007-06-22 03:33:00 | Sorry i must have been smoking something:waughh: !!! It sounds like you've been given either a 2mbit or as fast as your line allows connection! |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 561595 | 2007-06-22 03:35:00 | so am I getting it faster than I should? | Hunter (12445) | ||
| 561596 | 2007-06-22 03:36:00 | It sounds like you've been given either a 2mbit or as fast as your line allows connection! :thumbs: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 561597 | 2007-06-22 03:37:00 | ok. so I need to tell my isp then. Cant they tell that it is wrong? |
Hunter (12445) | ||
| 561598 | 2007-06-22 03:42:00 | It would depend on how they look at your usage...if you didn't tell them you might get the faster speed for a while until they notice... unless your really honest and wanna tell them :D | wratterus (105) | ||
| 561599 | 2007-06-22 03:46:00 | oh no a moral dilema. To tell or not to tell, that is the question......... Is there a chance they are playing me? Have they made this "mistake" so that when I get pushed back to 256kbps I will find it so slow I change my plan to the fast one? Has anyone else had this happen? |
Hunter (12445) | ||
| 561600 | 2007-06-22 03:48:00 | oh no a moral dilema. Is there a chance they are playing me? Have they made this "mistake" so that when I get pushed back to 256kbps I will find it so slow I change my plan to the fast one? :D |
wratterus (105) | ||
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