2007-03-01 01:37:00 · 13 answers · asked by Starbucks27 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Download speed is what i actually want to know cause i was told by aol that i would be getting speed of up to 8mb.
2007-03-01 01:38:29 · update #1
Just to clarify but do you mean kilobits (kbps) or kilobytes (Kb)?
If you can download 935Kb i.e. just short of a megabyte in a second then you have an extremely fast internet connection operating at about the maximum ADSL speed in the UK (up to 8Mb speed that is, some lucky people get up to 16Mb but that is just showing off).
If you are downloading 935kbps a second then that is around a 1Mb speed which was good a few years ago but is looking a bit dated now. Upgrading via a standard BT line is easy these days and I would look at changing my package/ISP if I were you.
Phil.
2007-03-01 01:58:36 · answer #1 · answered by abuk_fs1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1024 kbs = 1 mbs
So 935kb is about 1/9 of 8mb
But - note that the speed is UP TO 8 mb/s. It does not guarantee you that speed. It just means that 8mb of information is capable of traveling over your connection every second. However, if the Internet site to which you are connected is only SENDING you 1mb/s of info, that is all you will receive. And that is what will show up as your speed.
You are getting almost 1mb/s, and that is a good speed for the Internet. (I average about half that). But at this time much of the Internet's intrastructure is "old", and does not operate over 1mb/s. So no matter how fast your connection is, you can not get the information faster then the "other end" is sending it to you.
Hope that explains the speed issue....
2007-03-01 01:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most residential broadband lines have a 50:1 contention ratio which means you are sharing the available network bandwidth with up to 49 other subscribers in the worst case scenario - businesses typically use 20:1 or 10:1 or even an uncontended service. You get what you pay for, I guess.
2007-03-01 01:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that is the reported speed by your ISP, it is not very fast, but if it is the normal download speed that you are getting using a Network Speed detector. I must say that it's quite fast for normal operations such as viewing websites or download small files.
2007-03-01 01:41:48 · answer #4 · answered by jian_te 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 mb speed= 8 mega bits
8 bits = 1 byte
so, an 8mega bit connection
will download at a max of 1048576 bytes ( 1024kb/s)
if the line is perfect, and theres no net congestion, if the server can send info that quick.... if the wind is just right.....
I'd say your speed is well within acceptable
2007-03-01 01:50:42 · answer #5 · answered by papeche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi that must be perplexing to respond to given because it is so rapid with a a million.2ghz line. so speed is often at or close to the cost of light. in spite of the undeniable fact that bandwidth is what you certainly propose so bandwidths of quite a few gigahertz is accessible on some organisation inner maximum circuits which use optic fibre.
2016-11-26 21:56:25 · answer #6 · answered by leissa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really fast- a cable modem usually downloads around 300kb/s, so that's about LAN speed.
2007-03-01 01:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by Me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's pretty quick. You're almost at 1mb of d/l speed... you can in theory download a music album in about 2 minutes
2007-03-01 01:40:41 · answer #8 · answered by David B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not even close too 8mb/s but plenty enough for most internet tasks.
RJ
2007-03-01 01:40:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
935 kb/s
2007-03-01 01:44:24 · answer #10 · answered by mrnaturl1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋