I upgraded to 8000kbit/s, but only get 3000kbit/s in practical speed. - GoFuckYourself.com

Repetitive Monkey · 07-25-2004, 11:07 AM

It must have something to do with the quality of the line between my house and the nearest ADSL station, although some speed tests say that they are not reliable for measuring of speeds over 2mbit/s.

Should I downgrade to the package that offers 2400kbit/s, or is there something I could do? I use XP, maybe there are some tweaks I have to do to get it to utilize the whole line?

Morgan · 07-25-2004, 11:09 AM

My 3 MBPS connection usually only gets me 2.7 mbps. Cant beat that for 40 bucks/month

EviLGuY · 07-25-2004, 11:09 AM

yeah 8000 would probably be under ideal conditions and if you live right next to one of their boxes.

I'd downgrade.. 2+ megabits is enough speed for most everything.

rowan · 07-25-2004, 11:12 AM

Because of the way TCP works it's unlikely that you will see much practical benefit from such a high line speed, UNLESS you have a lot of concurrent connections happening. If you use a download manager that can grab 10 different sections of a file at the same time then you'll probably see your line being used more effectively.

Unless you're a leech, it's probably better just to downgrade...

Repetitive Monkey · 07-25-2004, 11:18 AM

Thanks for the input, guys. I'll phone them and downgrade to 2400 tomorrow. It's certainly better than the 1200 I had before, any way.

07-25-2004, 11:07 AM	#1
Repetitive Monkey Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,505	I upgraded to 8000kbit/s, but only get 3000kbit/s in practical speed. It must have something to do with the quality of the line between my house and the nearest ADSL station, although some speed tests say that they are not reliable for measuring of speeds over 2mbit/s. Should I downgrade to the package that offers 2400kbit/s, or is there something I could do? I use XP, maybe there are some tweaks I have to do to get it to utilize the whole line?

07-25-2004, 11:09 AM	#2
Morgan Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Corona Del Mar, CA Posts: 10,520	My 3 MBPS connection usually only gets me 2.7 mbps. Cant beat that for 40 bucks/month __________________ PornstarPlatinum.com \| TransErotica.com

07-25-2004, 11:09 AM	#3
EviLGuY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: malta Posts: 12,745	yeah 8000 would probably be under ideal conditions and if you live right next to one of their boxes. I'd downgrade.. 2+ megabits is enough speed for most everything.

07-25-2004, 11:12 AM	#4
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Because of the way TCP works it's unlikely that you will see much practical benefit from such a high line speed, UNLESS you have a lot of concurrent connections happening. If you use a download manager that can grab 10 different sections of a file at the same time then you'll probably see your line being used more effectively. Unless you're a leech, it's probably better just to downgrade...

07-25-2004, 11:18 AM	#5
Repetitive Monkey Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,505	Thanks for the input, guys. I'll phone them and downgrade to 2400 tomorrow. It's certainly better than the 1200 I had before, any way.