going from 32.3kbps to downloading at 2 to 3kbps is really aggrivating, not only to mention it makes it hard to download patches for many of my favorite games. i just recently bought WoW. and i havent even been able to play it becouse i have to download close to 450MB for a patch. is there any settings that i can use to bump up my download speed? anyone with a suggestion would be greatly appreaciated, thank you. oh yeah im on netscape if thats of any relevance.
2006-08-28 07:07:58 · 10 answers · asked by jaguarjake2000 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It's Got To Do With You ISP (Internet Service Provider)
Firstly, No Form Of Connection Is Constant, It All Depends On what Is Happening At Your Local Server, Your Main Server Of Your ISP And The Site You've Contacted.
I have the Exact Same Problem And I'm On Broardband. No matter what Site I'm At When I Download Something It Starts Very Fast And Then Drops Quickly Down To from 2.8-15KBps.
(And That's Broardband)
You'll Notice (might Have Already) That When Your Just Navigating To A Page Or Just Streaming radio Or Video Of A Website That It Will Never Go That Slow, You'll Probably Get Your Max of 4 kBps.
My Best Guess Is That The ISP Does This To Curb Grattuitous Downloading On No MB Limit Accounts Or Illegal Downloading Of Movies Etc.
Say Someone was Sending You A Movie Bootleg, It Might Take You 3-5 Days To Get It And Unless You have A Good Program That Picks It Up Again Everytime your Service Drops Momentarily, It'll Be Lost, Also If The Cops or Relevent Task Force Want To Track you Down, They have A Much Better Chance Of Doing It Over 3-6 Days Then in Aporox. 2 (if You Were Constantly Downloading At 32.2 kbps = 4kBps)
All Types Of internet Connections Are Basically False Advertising. Your's Says 32.2 kbps (= 4kBps) That's The Maximum That Can "Technically" Come Into Your Computer In One Second Through Your Modem. You'll Never Get The Max.
BUT THE FACT THAT YOUR GETTING 2-3kBps IS NORMAL EVEN GOOD.
Aswell, Don't think If You Switch To Broadband/DSL Your Going To Get More Than An Average of 8-15 Kbps for Downloading.
My Status Window after I Logon On With My ISP say's I'm connected At 100 Mbps (100,000,000 bits per second - Divide that by 8 for the Bytes per second and you get 12,500kBps
(12.5 MB Per second) I Don't Think So. That's Just The Most That Can Come Trough My LAN cable Into My LAN Port in One Second (My Bloody Modem (DSL) Isn't Even Capable Of Putting That Into The Cable) (And My Service Contract Is For 512 kBps)
This Backs up What I Was Saying Before it's The Tecnical & Legal Setup Of The Area Your In (I'm In A Muslim Country And It's abysmal With Every ISP)
Don't know About The Performance On Cable /Pay T.V. ISP's
Hope This helps
2006-08-28 07:09:36 · answer #1 · answered by skettopolis 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anindya Baruah has it right. Because of the use of stop/start bits you will need to divide bits per second by 10 for bytes per second. If you are stuck with dial up you need to address why you only connect at 32.3 as this is pretty slow. If you are a long way from the central office (rural area) perhaps that is the best you can do, but you might want to run a dedicated telephone line to your modem from the telco point of entry, and ensure the other extensions are not introducing any noise on the line (or just disconnect or switch the extensions at p.o.e.) while using internet. If it is possible with netscape, try to use just DUN to connect and dump the netscape software entirely.
Another option is to download (not run) your files elsewhere using a broadband connection and save them to a flash drive or CD to take home and move onto your system.
2006-08-28 14:32:49 · answer #2 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean that you are using a 32.2 kbps connection and you are getting a download speed of 2kb/s? kbps means kilo bits per second. And kb/s means kilo bytes per second. Usually you get 2-3kb/s download speed when you use a 32kbps connection. Sometimes you can get 4-5. So if you want to download at 32 kilo bytes per second, then you should get a broadband connection of 256kbps.
2006-08-28 14:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anindya 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that a lot of other people are downloading the file/have it downloaded also. Go for files that don't have a lot of downloaders.
2006-08-28 14:09:52 · answer #4 · answered by jjc92787 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your windin me up,you would be quicker getting on a bus and drivin to china to pick up the download.You need broadband dial up is history.
2006-08-28 14:11:21 · answer #5 · answered by Harry J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hi,
first u should clean ur system of virus and spyware...
then change ur port if u use a p2p torrent client.
try internet download manager...if u use a IDM and it is not working, dont use it.
click on tools, connection, lan and click on auto connect and see if it s better.
make 192.168.1.1 and enter admin admin , or admin 1234, and check ur router configuration, test,...
2006-08-28 14:14:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you need to download a download accellerator there are lots of them on freewarefiles.com
2006-08-28 14:10:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
(if you have slow broadband)
you can try to forward you port.
http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm
-select your router, then select world of warcraft, follow instructions
2006-08-28 14:12:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
wow u need broadband really really bad
2006-08-28 14:11:01 · answer #9 · answered by Lynden 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
download something that will accelerate your speed at http://www.download.com
2006-08-28 14:16:45 · answer #10 · answered by lomatar1186 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋