I complained about slow speeds to my broadband provider and he asked me to go to http://www.speedtest.net/ to check my internet speed.
He then went on the sum up the upload and download speed and told me that the total speed is the sum of the upload and download.
Is that true?
2007-02-15 19:42:30 · 5 answers · asked by Fernandes 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Some more details I skipped.
I have a connection speed of 512Kbps. So should I expect the download rate to be at 512Kbps?
2007-02-15 22:05:29 · update #1
Download and Upload is different from Bandwidth Speed...
If your Bandwidth speed is 256 KBPS, then your Upload and Download speed must be inbetween 30 - 34KB..
Browsing speed is 256KB...
I hope you got it !
2007-02-15 19:53:34 · answer #1 · answered by Jin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The company may be charging you for the total amount of data you transfer and upload.
But the upload and download speeds are usually independent of eachother. There's no math equation that says, "Upload speed + Download speed = speed of the internet connection".
2007-02-15 19:52:52 · answer #2 · answered by Ultima vyse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. When they say 'z' KB/MB of bandwidth, that's basically the download speed. If you are not getting it, then you should take it up with him.
However, you have to consider the bytes and bits. Bandwidth is given in Bits. Downloads are shown in Bytes. So often, you would think that the download speed has reduced by 8 times because 8 bits is a byte.
2007-02-15 19:52:45 · answer #3 · answered by jaggie_c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK...it's not Aviation...but here goes.
Your downstream (data in) speed is usually measured in Megabits per second. Your upstream (data out) is generally much smaller, which is typically measured in kilobits.
For example, As I recall the 'standard' or 'average' rates / speeds for Charter and Comcast are:
Charter: 3M / 256k
Comcast: 6M / 512k
More or less bandwidth is available.
Most cable companies offer a 10M / 1M service now, which runs close to $80 a month for serious bandwidth hogs!
2007-02-16 12:28:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm positive of the negative but I'm a little negative of the positive got it
2007-02-16 00:50:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋