i am paying for talk talk 3 broadband, which says up to 8MB
i was advised on here to go to http://www.speedtest.net and do a test, which i did.
Can someone please tell me what this means, and is it anywhere near what i am paying for. Sometimes i am happy with it, but i want to start web designing on this comp so need to know if it is any good (sorry rambling a bit now)
ok...it says...
Download 6060 kb/s
upload 373 kb/s
what does that mean please?
and if it is rubbish how do i speed things up. Apart from that i cannot change due to 18month contract
Thanks in advance
2007-10-11 03:06:38 · 10 answers · asked by Humza 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
the 8mbps is the total speed of your internet connection.
when the speed test says you have:
Download: 6060kbps - this means your download speed is at 6060 kilobits per sec, which is not bad. the reason why it's lessen maybe because you're running a torrent or downloading something when you took the test, try to close all the programs that are using the internet to check if you really have 8mbps of download
Upload: 373 kbps - this means you can upload files to the internet at that speed. usually uploading is slower.
for web designning/developing 8mbps is not bad, even if you're uploading the a 50mb flash file, you wont have problems.
2007-10-11 03:20:14 · answer #1 · answered by » pōпб§±ë® ¬ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The download speed of 6060 kb/s is pretty good, although your ISP is advertising 8000 kb/s. Granted that you won't see that speed all the time I'd be a little concerned if you never get close to the speed they are selling. On the upload at 373 kb/s, that isn't bad, but you could certainly get better. If you intend to do web development that involves a fair amount of uploading data to servers, you'll probably find that you want a higher upload speed.
2007-10-11 03:14:26 · answer #2 · answered by Jim Maryland 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, there is no 300mbps for wired. Standards are 10mbps, 100mbps and 1000mbps for wired (ethernet) connections. That 300mbps must be an enhanced wireless speed (speed boost). If your broadband is 10mbps, any standard router or switch running at 100mbps is more than enough...
2016-05-21 21:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by paris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK time to get technical without being technical....
Download: This is the rate in which you (the recipient) accept data from the source. 6060kb/s is one hell of a d/l speed and if you can get this then I'm envious....although I doubt you can.
When companies advertise d/l speeds they're assuming you have a perfect connection. By that I dont mean to the phone socket in your house or to the telephone exchange....I mean to the web site you're looking at.
Upload: No surprises here.....Upload is the rate in which you transmit data to the internet.
Summary: What you have is, to all intents and purposes, a good package. My only concern is the fact that it's Talk Talk.
2007-10-11 04:27:08 · answer #4 · answered by Colin H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this isn't really an answer to your question - but I recently changed from Tesco broadband to Talk Talk - as they were cheaper and supposedly faster. Since then, I find that things time out before they can load (like the old dial up) and if they do load, I could cook a three course meal in the time it takes! I wonder if anyone else finds Talk Talk Slow Slow
2007-10-11 03:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by Irene W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distance from exchange will affect speed, best I can get is 4.5 but I won't 'upgrade' to the 8MB service because at peak times my speed could drop lower than the 2MB I have now - this is according to the technical guys from my ISP.
2007-10-11 03:22:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That 6060kb/s means you are on roughly 6MB download. 8Mb is the theoretical maximum, which you would only get if you had perfect wiring and where within a few meters of the telephone exchange. VERY few people will get the full 8mb.
So all in all pretty damn good.
2007-10-11 03:20:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your download speed is very good I'd say!!
Although your isp claims 8mb ,it really depends on how far you live from the local exchange if your on a landline ,but I'd be happy with that speed as I'm only on 2mb :)
2007-10-11 03:26:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ure connections definetly not RUBBISH on the contrary its really good...a norm internet downloads bout 650 to 700 kb/s
2007-10-11 03:16:42 · answer #9 · answered by newton 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's pretty quick.
download 6060kb/s is the speed you browse and download stuff from the internet.
upload 373kb/s is the speed of transferring content from your computer to the internet server
2007-10-11 03:16:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋