Have recently switched to BT Total Broadband. Have noticed no difference whatsoever in download speed since switching. BT claim download speeds of up to 8Mb, Speedtester says I average 6209kbps. Is that good, bad or average? Does 6000kbps = 6Mb? How I do work out conversion?
2007-07-26 07:29:44 · 11 answers · asked by yzigwenucanzag 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
its not 8mb if that what you mean, but it should be fast enough.
2007-07-26 07:32:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is excellent speed.
Bandwidths are theoretical and usually for downloads. Uploads speeds are usually a fraction of the download speed (even on broadband... it is a way for cable companies to ensure you are not a spammer or doing business from home).
Yes, 1000 Kb = 1 Mb (or more technically 1024 Kb = 1 Mb).
Be sure you understand the difference between Kb and KB (and Mb/MB).
A Kb is a kilo BIT. A KB is a kilo BYTE. There are 8 bits in a byte (at the communication level, Windows runs 32 or 64, but that is at a higher OSI level).
If you have an 8 Mb connection and are getting 6000+ Mb throughput, you are doing great. The speed will reduce the farther you are from the connection. The connection is a box on the side of your house or in some instances the box on the street. The closer you have your computer attached (the less the wire has to travel) the faster your connection will be. There will always be some degradation in speed. Lastly, wireless has a small degradation compared to wired connections; if you doing wireless and far from your router, this might account for 1 Mb or so degradation of speed.
When you download files, you might notice Windows stating your download speed is 600 KB or 800 KB. Keep in mind with Windows, it is measuring in Bytes. Remember what I wrote above? There are 8 bytes to a bit, so your download is 8 x 600 KB or 8 x 800 KB. For an 8 Mb connection, either speed is very good.
Good luck and sorry for the extra explanation. I am at work and bored. :-)
2007-07-26 14:44:48 · answer #2 · answered by AlexAtlanta 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Normally these are marketing tricks. Since they say up to 8Mb it means any thing ranging from 10 kb to 8 Mb varying according to the line busy on any given day. So, if the traffic is less you are lucky enough to reach 6 or 7 Mb even or as they say 8 Mb. That is just the bandwidth.
2007-07-30 00:51:18 · answer #3 · answered by Harihara S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, 6000kbps = 6mb, but just because the connection is rated at 8mb/s does not mean that you will get those 8mb/s. All the connection points between the source and your NIC slow everything down. A connection that averages 11kb/s can be rated as a 100kb/s connection, 101kb/s can be rated at 1000kb/s. 6mb/s is pretty decent, though, I have a 15mb/s connection and average about 9, so I'm happy.
2007-07-26 14:35:53 · answer #4 · answered by Jonathan M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6000 MBPS is a 6MB connection no questions asked...
Now when you are advertised a speed, it will always be slower than the stated speed WHEN DOWNLOADING....
But when running a SPEED TEST the advertised SPEED should always say exactly what was advertised...
For Example
Comcast 8MB connection, when downloading a song, it may download at 600kbps, slow than advertised but that isnt comcasts faul, it could just be the website you are downloading from is really slow...
If Comcast advertises an 8MB connection and you run a speed test however, 8MB should show as 8,000kbps maybe 100 less or 100 more...
But 6,000 kbps is definetly a 6.0 connection.
Test yours at http://www.speedtest.net
2007-07-26 14:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by Danlow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one actually has 8mb/s. YES! You should be very happy with you very high internet speed. I pay for 8mb/s and at best I get 500kb/s. So that means you have 13 times the speed I have. You might live next to the telephone exchange.
2007-07-26 14:56:58 · answer #6 · answered by Laurence B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and bt claim upto 8mb u very rarely get full 8mb unless u live rite next to a bt exchange
2007-07-26 14:33:28 · answer #7 · answered by m b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's quite good - If you were to monitor the speed over a period of time, there would be a wave effect, where you get slower speeds at times of peak demand!
2007-07-26 14:32:58 · answer #8 · answered by Modern Major General 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if ur not getting 8mb broadband ur payin for something ur not getin which is obviously bad
2007-07-28 07:22:29 · answer #9 · answered by Flashy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep sounds pretty good to me !!! i live in the uk and my line was tested at 2.4 mbps max , what i actually get in real terms is at best is more like 54kbps , so yeah , count yourself lucky homie !!!
2007-07-26 15:30:26 · answer #10 · answered by stephenellis2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋