i recently received an email from my broadband provide telling me that my broadband had been upgraded from 1mb to 2mb 100% free. wat is bandwidth? and y has the small logo in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen not incresed to 200.0mbps?
2007-01-09 03:43:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
200mbps broadband is very fast indeed. I have 10mbps, and that is mega fast. I think you mean 2.0mbps?
It may take time for your internet provider to actually change your line over, it isnt just an instant thing.
Think of bandwidth like a road - the wider, or bigger, it is, the more traffic can pass through it. The higher the number of mbps your broadband bandwidth is, the more data can be transferred in a second. A 2mb file therefore, on your 2mb line, would theortically* transfer in 1 second. On the 1mb line, it would theoretically* take 2 seconds.
*You are very unlikely to ever get this speed, this is a maximum bandwidth of your line, and depends on many factors. You will see a performance increase if you use the internet a lot for downloading or viewing images.
2007-01-09 03:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by Enigma1983 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Broadband is your connection to the internet, usually a cable connection and bandwidth is the speed in which your computer communicates with internet servers.
The best way to tell the speed of your connection is to do a online speed test. You will find they vary greatly, and when doing a speed test pick a server close to your location. Speakeasy, has a reasonable speedtest with a wide range of sever locations.
2007-01-09 03:55:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bandwidth refers to the speed of your connection, so an increase from 1Mbps to 2Mbps is twice as fast. The network connection icon in Windows hasn't changed because that relates to your connection from your PC to your modem/router (which will always be 100Mbps), not your internet connection.
2007-01-09 03:51:33 · answer #3 · answered by Captain Flaps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your speed has been increased (connection speed)
depending on your line you may not see the full 2mb speed.
you should however see a increase in speed compared to what you previously had
2007-01-09 04:04:45 · answer #4 · answered by great one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your internet connection speed has been increased. However, your network card in your computer has not been changed -- you won't see any changes there.
2007-01-09 03:58:08 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋