is 512 Kbps download and 512 Kbps upload speed okay for a relatively light user and what is the pros and cons. Im looking to connect with irish broadband and have no idea and im trying to select from an isp from this link below.
http://www.switch4.ie/broadband_results.php?county=Dublin+South&area=Dundrum
2006-08-13 14:10:26 · 9 answers · asked by Gar 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
512 k? that's a great connection. Upload is how fast your computer submits things to the internet and download i how fast you take things from the internet and put it on your computer
2006-08-13 14:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by Silent Doh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes that's a decent connection.... The upload speed is quite good too....
It's more than likely you would never reach the maximum speed on the internet anway. A lot of people are being sucked into buying expensive several mb speeds becasue they don't understand how the Internet and TCP/IP works. Your download will only ever be as fast as the connection of the computer at the other end.
The average Internet radio station needs a speed of 128kbps and the verage video site uses a speed of around 300kbps. Both of those will work in your ownload speed.
2006-08-13 14:16:12 · answer #2 · answered by private 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
generally speaking, u usually don't need that much upload because u're not sending much data out unless u share things on a p2p network. If possible, try to find a package that would have more download speed and less upload speed for the same price. That will be more likely be what u need.
For a light user, that much speed is probably not required. A higher download speed means the pages u visit will load faster, which translates into a better online experience. As other people mentioned, streaming video and audio will require that speed, but for light surfing such as checking email, using Yahoo answers :P, or just text based websites, then that's more than enough.
cheers
2006-08-13 17:25:38 · answer #3 · answered by rice kid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would consider it generally slow however this is dependent on what you use the Internet for. If you are simply browsing and sending emails (without large attachments all the time), it should suffice. However if you generally download stuff from the Internet, I would go with something like 1Mbps download and 512 Kbps upload.
2006-08-13 14:15:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download is how many megabits a second you download. Unless you have a bad connection, this could become kilobytes, or kilobits. ( 1 byte = 8 bits ) Upload is the same as download, but you don't download, you upload. Ping is how long it takes dats to travel to the selected destination, and a response to be given, usually in ms
2016-03-27 00:38:34 · answer #5 · answered by Deborah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
512 kilobits per second is equivalent to 64 kilobytes per second.. This is fine for web surfing, low quality streaming media (forget about it with dialup), and downloading of mp3s (a fast broadband connection will only allow you to download multiple mp3s, you dont need it if youre only downloading a couple at a time).
However you will need a faster connection if you plan on streaming video or downloading a hell of a lot of music/software, or if you plan on streaming high quality music.
There are no cons to higher bandwidth except for higher price.
2006-08-13 14:19:23 · answer #6 · answered by Fruityloop 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
High speed if you are using a lot then 512 but 56 if low usage
2006-08-16 01:59:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're an extremely light user, then a 56k dialup connection will be fast enough for you. If you're looking for something faster, then a 512k down, and 128k up will be all you would need, unless you're planning on running a server. Then get 2 mbit up, and 2mbit down.
2006-08-13 14:13:47 · answer #8 · answered by alchemist_n_tx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
upload how fast your computer puts info out. download is how fast your computer takes info in.
2006-08-13 14:16:54 · answer #9 · answered by bobbalou27 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋