| Doubting My Speeds Hello,
Just a quick opinion on my internet connection.
I currently have the $30.00 At&T DSL package which states it has...
3.0Mb/s Download
512Kb/s Upload
I've checked my speed from Speedtest.net and It give me the following results.
2.35 MB/s Download
0.38 MB/s Upload
Now when I try and download anything (from a torrent to an itunes store file) I only get around 300 Kb/s MAX but usually it's around 150 Kb/s.
Is this normal? I know there is supposed to be some degree of lost speed but form 2.35MB to 300/kb?
This directly from the modem as well, if it's running through the router speeds drop about 20kb or so.
Thanks for all your help,
-austin
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 nwrickertsand groperPremium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
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 ·AT&T U-Verse
| It would have been better to post this in one of the other AT&T forums (the one for your region), since the DSL users are mostly there.
You would normally expect around 2.5 Mb/s in a speed test. There's approx 15% overhead in dsl. So the speedtest.net result was a bit low, but not bad.
For the others, there might be some confusion between bits per second, and bytes per second. A rate of 300 kbytes per second is about right. Additionally, your speed is also affected by the capacity of the site you are visiting.
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
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| reply to austin herma
Your speed test numbers look good (down) and so-so (up).
Your torrent download at 300 KB/s (most BT clients measure in KiloBytes, or KB) is very close to the theoretical maximum of 319 KB/s. I've seen 315 Kb/s on occasion; but the "occasion" requires the congruence of a number of favorable factors. I usually see between 150 KB/s and 250 KB/s on torrents.
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Norman
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