My DSL connection says 756kb/sec, but i never see greater then 120kb/sec. WHY?

Question

if i buy i plan thats good for 756 why can i never even see half that speed?

oh i get it, didnt even realize the b-bit and B-byte

Answer 1

I think that your connection is 756Kb/sec not 756KB/sec, note the difference of the capital B - b=bit B=Byte. That would mean that your max download speed would be 120KB/sec. I have a 1Mb connection but I download about the same ~125KB/sec. I would love a 1MB connection which would mean that I would download a full MB a second! :D
I think DSL providers display their plans like that to make them look bigger. Hope this helps

Answer 2

when you sing up for 756kb service that mean that this is the max speed you CAN POSSIBLY get. I know that Qwest will only see a problem if you are getting below 80% of what you are paying for. As for why there are a number of reasons you are pulling that or appear to be pulling that. One thing is the farther you are from the Central Office (this is were all your equip is stored) the slower the speeds you are going to get. Another thing is the speed test site you are using. the more people that are running the test on the same surver as you the slower you are going to get. One more thing in your house on the phone line that goes to the DSL modem make sure it is no longer then 15 ft and that there is no splitters, Filters, or line extentions on that phone line only. this can all cause interferance with the DSL signal. there should be a spot on the back of the modem to hook up another phone if needed. If your phone cable is longer then 15ft but are sceptical about that being the problem and not wanting to rearange just to find out it is not the problem then unplug it for 30+ min then try again if you get faster speeds that is it. Also on every other phone line that is not hooked into the modem in any way you must have a DSL filter on the line this could cause it also. I hope this helps good luch and remember most companys only garentee 80% of the speed you are paying for.

Answer 3

If you have a 1mb connection then your max upload will be around 120kb/sec as theres a max upload speed due to some bandwith needed to send etc.
If you want to test your connection, download from a large company on the internet that have high bandwith and see how high the transfer goes.
If you want download speeds of 700kb/sec or more, your looking for an 8mb connection or more.
DSL is governed by the cables, distance and physical issues from the local switching board. Try changing the cables to optical, this will increase speed, but naturally costs quite a lot.

Answer 4

A lot of folks gave you very viable answers, but what wasn't mentioned is the speed reduction during the download of a program. You can do speed tests with your provider and other speed tests and get a real number. However when you download a file, like a game, your download speeds depend on the server you are getting the download from.

Well just use Yahoo games for instance, when you download a free trail you are attempting to download the file along with thousands of other people so the total available bandwidth is divided up between all people downloading that file and other files off that server.

In all reality the download of a file at 120Kbs is pretty decent.

Answer 5

Most of the time people make this mistake:
kbps = KBps I don't know if You are making it like this, but, first:
1 KBps = 8 kbps
if You have an DSL connection, and it is of 756 kbps this is the maximum "speed" You will get, there is a std minimum of 64 kbps, it depends on your ISP (Internet service provider)
If You have Windows(R) and it says you are downloading at 120 KBps, in fact, You are downloading at 960 kbps.
ISP's always says speeds in kbps and Operating systems says KBps.

Answer 6

Because that is everytime in every dsl providers. But mostly depends on the location. If you live near their main office you will get tons!! of speed. When I bought mine it said 10mb download speed but I only get speed ranging from 25-400kb per sec, Hope that helps.

Answer 7

The problem lies in the fact that internet connection speed is measured in kilo-bits per second, and when you download a file, you are seeing the speed in kilo-bytes per second.

There are 8 bits in a byte, so your 756kbps connection should get you download speeds up to 94.5 kilo-bytes per second.

Answer 8

prolly why a car speedometer says 120 too

Answer 9

my DSL only gets 1.2 also...