My speedtest shows most between 210kbps and 500kbps. I have contacted server who say all is well with them. BT have checked my line. All is okay with them. Can anyone give me some advice. This only happens during the day until midnight'ish and for the last 3 months
2007-04-25 07:36:54 · 9 answers · asked by chi-chi 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
mg? dont you mean Megabits?
Im assuming that should be for download. Check who your provider is, and ask them how many feet you are from their main station.
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If your test results are less than what your contract bandwidth should be, then you can call them up and have them check it out. Make sure that you do a screenshot of the test results and save them. Also, do a test while idling, while downloading something large, and at different times of day, like afternoon, morning, and late night.
2007-04-25 07:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by sbravosystems 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looks like your speed is OK, 210kbps is around what you get on a 2mb connection.
if you are getting up to 500kbps then you are probably actually on an up to 8mb adsl max service which will have a more variable speed. Don't see any problems with those speeds
2007-04-25 18:07:30 · answer #2 · answered by Gordon B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a 2Mbps Internet connection then you are getting your appropriate speed. You aren't getting a 2MB/s connection; it is a 2Mb/s connection. The first refers to 2 megabytes, while the latter is 2 megabits. Using a conversion calculate on the site below calculates the kilobytes per second to be 250KB/s.
http://web.forret.com/tools/bandwidth.asp?speed=2&unit=Mbps
2007-04-25 14:41:02 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremy K. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea, they claim 2Mb/s but it really only equals out to ~250KB/s.
This is based on the relation of Bits to Bytes.
1 Byte = 8 Bits.
If you have a 2 Megabit connection, you have to divide it by 8 to get the amount in Bytes.
2.00 Megabit divided by 8 = .25 Megabytes or 250Kilobytes per second.
2007-04-25 14:41:58 · answer #4 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cable or dsl?
cable is known to fluctuate.
are you on a wireless router? someone could be "stealing" your signal and using excessive bandwidth on your account.
if that's just your download speed, that's actually not abnormal, and not an accurate reading of speed.
if it's only happening during the day, it sounds like a bad service provider or someone's bumming your wireless signal.
grow up, sublime. entirely inappropriate.
2007-04-25 14:41:22 · answer #5 · answered by Carlos Santana 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you're on 2MB broadband this doesn't mean you'll get 2MB/s download speed, what your test shows it what you are probably downloading at..But hey, I'm only 14, not too sure about it ;) But I think it's correct
2007-04-25 14:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by GeeMail 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have the same problem.. these service providers do not care about your or my need. somehow they just need to make their money a lot....!!! speed test is a virtual system... so do not belive in it... trust me!! and the time frame you are talking about is for the user traffic...
2007-04-25 14:42:48 · answer #7 · answered by 56 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your on 2mb which is 200/kbs transfer rate so your fine
2007-04-25 14:52:44 · answer #8 · answered by rich b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe you should learn something about comptuers before you use one, N00B
2007-04-25 14:39:47 · answer #9 · answered by sublime17695 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋