bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here | reply to factchecker
Re: Cool!
So in theory 1200kb/s is no more than 800kb/s. So why bother ever increasing speed?
Wanna rethink that? |
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veloslave
Geek For God
Premium
join:2003-07-11
Pleasant Hill, CA | reply to factchecker
Based on you have 25 to start with... and then big brother tells you how much of and when/where you can use it.........
Same old pachell
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Mom was right.... I NEED fiber! |
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factchecker
@cox.net
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said by MyDogHsFleas  :Not that big of a difference? Seems big to me. Objectively speaking, based entirely on the numbers, not all that big.
Subjectively speaking, based on user perceptions, it might be big. |
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factchecker
@cox.net | reply to bogey780
In theory, yes, those numbers work out. However, once one works out the effects of overhead, the change in effective throughput is hardly significant. |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here
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So if speed is 1Mb/s and the increase in speed is to 1.5Mb/s then the ratio of 50% increase will filter on through to the new speed.
Or in other words the increase speed suffers the same overhead increase and the changes in actual speed change directly proportional. They boost the set speed by 50% and the actual speed will be boosted by 50%. |
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MyDogHsFleas
Premium
join:2007-08-15
Austin, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Southwest
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said by factchecker :
After all the overhead, you go from being able to upload at around 880-900kbps to around 1200-1250kbps... Not that big of a difference.
Not that big of a difference? Seems big to me. For example, I have AT&T DSL Elite at 768k rated, and I peak at about 560Kbits actual data speed. That's 70Kbytes/sec. So a 20 megabyte upload takes 285 seconds or 4 3/4 minutes. If I could double my upload speed to 1.5M rated, presumably I'd halve my upload time to about 2 1/2 minutes. |
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factchecker
@cox.net | reply to bogey
After all the overhead, you go from being able to upload at around 880-900kbps to around 1200-1250kbps... Not that big of a difference. |
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bogey
@mycingular.net | reply to ztmike
Pretty much the same? You mean they increased it by 50% (or 150% of previous max..pota-to/potah-to) and that's still not good enough? |
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