download speeds

2008-10-16 08:36:39

#1

SamTheMan:D: Banned; +856|6240|England

So i started to download a file, around ~700kbs

then it went to 699kbs, then 698, then 697, 696, 695 etc etc

now its on 550kbs, still going down by 1kbs every few seconds or so

wtf?

help

2008-10-16 08:38:33

#2

Noobeater: Northern numpty; +194|6713|Boulder, CO

Try other downloads first before coming here, it could well be that the server your downloading off is very busy or that the host of that website paid for a particulary crappy server.

2008-10-16 09:53:43

#3

ilinear: Bigger. Better. ilinear.; +27|6711|Lisburn, NI

stufoo, i get 150kb/s at absolute most =[

2008-10-16 10:10:13

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

That often happens. What kind of download is it? (One server, torrent, download accelerator...)?

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-16 10:17:36

#5

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6756|Gogledd Cymru

How are the campaign pics coming samsonz?

2008-10-16 10:50:03

#6

Shadow893: lel; +75|6959|England

lol i downloaded a file from school today P slowest it went is 1.6megabits lol. what the fuck. seriously lol at home i get like 300kb max.

2008-10-16 11:23:16

#7

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

Shadow893 wrote:
lol i downloaded a file from school today P slowest it went is 1.6megabits lol. what the fuck. seriously lol at home i get like 300kb max.

I'm network admin in school (they always assign one or two students in computer 1 that title, unless there are only total retards), which means I have full access to the school's 100/100 line whenever I want Direct line to sweden = 6-7ms ping on swedish servers.

And I think you're missing with B and b a bit.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-16 11:48:55

#8

SamTheMan:D: Banned; +856|6240|England

was dling euro force off ea download manager

inb4easux

2008-10-16 12:17:51

#9

prototype: Member; +52|6577

fiber line was just put in at my house

10MB down and 1MB up

2008-10-16 13:00:47

#10

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6818|Scotland

2meg line here

Woot woot for 100 kb/s

2008-10-16 14:01:42

#11

MECtallica: Member; +73|6771|jalalabad

White-Fusion wrote:
2meg line here

Woot woot for 100 kb/s

lol 100kb/s, you should be getting 200~ something

lawl

2008-10-16 14:10:22

#12

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

MECtallica wrote:
White-Fusion wrote:
2meg line here

Woot woot for 100 kb/s
lol 100kb/s, you should be getting 200~ something

lawl

28Mbit here, I get 1.6MB/s down if I'm lucky. Yay for cheap modems. The FUCKING FLASH ROM containing the setup utility broke, so I can't turn on ADSL2+.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-16 14:21:08

#13

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6983|Riva, MD

prototype wrote:
fiber line was just put in at my house

10MB down and 1MB up

Lucky you getting all of it.

We got the 15/2 package for FiOS and the downloads are at the very most 1.9MB, the uploads are like 500KB.

2008-10-16 15:06:30

#14

Defiance: Member; +438|6937

Yeah, that happens. I doubt anything's wrong unless it plummets to... 10 KB/s or so.

Edit: Whoa. 999 days. On the brink...

Last edited by Defiance (2008-10-16 15:07:04)

2008-10-16 15:33:24

#15

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5983|Vancouver, BC, Canada

_j5689_ wrote:
prototype wrote:
fiber line was just put in at my house

10MB down and 1MB up
Lucky you getting all of it.

We got the 15/2 package for FiOS and the downloads are at the very most 1.9MB, the uploads are like 500KB.

You're reading wrong.

ISP's list their speeds in megaBITS per second, Firefox and 90% of apps show their speeds in megaBYTES.

So you getting 1.9mBytes down is actually MORE than you should be getting.
The up is 2x what you should have.

TBH, I'm quite happy with my 15/1 From Shaw cable in Canada.

2008-10-16 15:34:40

#16

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6818|Scotland

MECtallica wrote:
White-Fusion wrote:
2meg line here

Woot woot for 100 kb/s
lol 100kb/s, you should be getting 200~ something

lawl

Scotland scotland scotland.

15 kb/s on torrents.

2008-10-16 15:35:13

#17

Microwave: _; +515|6921|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I just got 9mb/s downloading ubuntu a few minutes ago!

<3 uni internet!

edit: consistent speed!

Last edited by james@alienware (2008-10-16 15:36:14)

2008-10-16 23:49:04

#18

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6647|Bromley, London

https://www.speedtest.net/result/340281542.png

2008-10-17 00:43:32

#19

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6756|Gogledd Cymru

https://www.speedtest.net/result/340296399.png

2008-10-17 04:00:02

#20

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6818|Scotland

https://www.speedtest.net/result/340355558.png

Check mate.

Last edited by White-Fusion (2008-10-17 04:00:15)

2008-10-17 04:00:48

#21

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

james@alienware wrote:
I just got 9mb/s downloading ubuntu a few minutes ago!

<3 uni internet!

edit: consistent speed!

That's about one megabyte per second.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-17 08:22:19

#22

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5983|Vancouver, BC, Canada

SamTheMan:D wrote:
So i started to download a file, around ~700kbs

then it went to 699kbs, then 698, then 697, 696, 695 etc etc

now its on 550kbs, still going down by 1kbs every few seconds or so

wtf?

help

I don't think anyone's answered the OP yet, but it could drop of many reasons, first one I could think of is your ISP's speed throttling technology, what tends to happen with me is that downloads start at 750kB/s, then quickly fall down to 500(My set speed) and bounce around there.

P.S. This was a couple years ago, before I got Extreme with "Speedboost" it gives me an extra 5mb/s for the first 5 seconds of any connection, which fools speedtest.net and makes pages load faster.

2008-10-17 14:22:29