DSL Question?

[GamerZon360]

Hey Guys,

I have DSL and my total speed is 1.2mbps. My question is when ever I am downloading anything, the highest speed I get is 155kb/sec. What the hell is going on. :crazy: :crazy:

If anybody knows of ways and tweaks for me to increase my DL Speed, Please share your wise wisdom with me. I wil be even happy if I can reach my DL speed at 500kb/sec. :laugh: :laugh:

So please if someday can tell me how I can increase mt DL speed, I would be really Thankful!

P.S. Fusion :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[quick]

Thats about right if your dsl is 1.2mbit/s. Now if your connection is 1.2 mbytes/sec then your speed would be slow, but i have heard of DSL @ 1.2 mbytes/sec.

Actually i think what your have from your ISP is 1.5 Mbit/s which is standard DSL speeds. Which will be 156 kbytes/sec, which is exactly what you are getting.

[xpablo]

  quick said:

Thats about right if your dsl is 1.2mbit/s. Now if your connection is 1.2 mbytes/sec then your speed would be slow, but i have heard of DSL @ 1.2 mbytes/sec.

Actually i think what your have from your ISP is 1.5 Mbit/s which is standard DSL speeds. Which will be 156 kbytes/sec, which is exactly what you are getting.

I think you have it backwards 1.2mbits would be slow, 1.2 mbytes would be fast.

The ISP would rate at 1.5 megabytes per second.

a Byte = 8 bits.

[HellboundIRL]

Yep 155kb is about right for your connection, I have a 3mb connection so therefore my highest speed is around 300-315kb.

[quick]

  xpablo said:

I think you have it backwards 1.2mbits would be slow, 1.2 mbytes would be fast.

The ISP would rate at 1.5 megabytes per second.

a Byte = 8 bits.

I meant slow as in his current rate of 155kb/s would be slow if his connection was really capable of 1.2mb/s.

[Phemo]

  xpablo said:

I think you have it backwards 1.2mbits would be slow, 1.2 mbytes would be fast.

The ISP would rate at 1.5 megabytes per second.

a Byte = 8 bits.

No, he means if his connection was rated for 1.2MB/sec (which is 10mbit) then getting 155KB/sec would be slow :)

But yes, where did you get the 500KB/sec figure from? That's around 4.2mbit speeds.

Edit: Oh, I see, you were just saying you'd even be happy with 500KB/sec while still thinking you should be getting 1200KB/sec. Unfortunately, as everyone else has said, your speeds are spot on.

[GamerZon360]

Guys

Thank You Very Much for clearning up this Speed mess for me. After reading all your guys replys, I understand that I am all ready hitting my Max speed. So pretty musch If I want more DL speed, I have to get more Speed. 3-4MB.

Thx Again!

[quadz0]

yes, i have comcast, up to 700kbps download but usually 300.

[mutesounds]

I have 5 mbit ADSL from Embarq and I can download at a steady 650kbps.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Take whatever number the DSL companies advertise and divide by 8.

1.2Mbps = 1200Kbps = 150KBps

Or take the speed you want (500KBps) and multiple it by 8.

500KBps = 4000Kbps = 4Mbps

Thus, to get the speeds you want, you'll have to upgrade to a 4 Megabit per second DSL line.