What's your internet speed?

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Originally Posted by Xavie

well, in theory on cable you should be getting faster but it is not just dependent on your connection, it is dependent on the other end. IF your using torrents then things like seeders and lechers make all the difference.

400 is a good speed but cable is made to run at over 1000kbs and adsl 2 is 2000kbs.

Don't let the Telstra folks use the upload test cause they'll pay in download bandwidth for it!!! hahaha, Telstra is so dodgy!

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Hi xavie;

what you mean is 1000 KB/s for Cable and 2000KB/s for ADSL+2 . not kb/s.

cable is capable of 30Mbits/sec. thru Telstra for now untill FTTN comes in , not sure about optus.

and ADSL+2 has a theoretical speed of 24Mb/s. depending on Distance from the local Exchange...

Telstra calculates your D/L and your U/L together and sums it up as a total and there is a reason for this ,having the most amount of broadband users on their Network they're trying to reduce the amount of Torrent traffic on their network in order to reduce the load on their DSLAMS and routers/switches etc.... which is why i didn't sign up with them in 1st place ... and i work for them...

however TPG only calculates your Downloads. not really sure about optus

also

Kb/s = Kilo bits per/seconds

KB/s = Kilo Bytes per /seconds

1 byte = 8 bits of data

I often get 350-400 Kilo Bytes/sec = KB/s which equates to app 400x8= 3200 kb/s...and that's good speed for ADSL+2 .. but could be better..

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Originally Posted by solmanic

Not just Telstra - I thought Optus charged for data both ways too.

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Only on a few of there plans do you pay up and down but on most of the optus plans upload is free.

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Originally Posted by Disco_owner

Hi xavie;

what you mean is 1000 KB/s for Cable and 2000KB/s for ADSL+2 . not kb/s.

cable is capable of 30Mbits/sec. thru Telstra for now untill FTTN comes in , not sure about optus.

and ADSL+2 has a theoretical speed of 24Mb/s. depending on Distance from the local Exchange...

Telstra calculates your D/L and your U/L together and sums it up as a total and there is a reason for this ,having the most amount of broadband users on their Network they're trying to reduce the amount of Torrent traffic on their network in order to reduce the load on their DSLAMS and routers/switches etc.... which is why i didn't sign up with them in 1st place ... and i work for them...
better..

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Yes, sorry, I knew I did not write it correctly but I have to admit I was being a bit lazy and just thought peoples would know.

Xavier

Test run on 16/12/2007 @ 09:12 PM
Mirror: Internode
Data: 600 KB
Test Time: 6.11 secs
Your line speed is 799 kbps (0.8 Mbps).
Your download speed is 100 KB/s (0.1 MB/s).

Test 2:
Test run on 16/12/2007 @ 09:16 PM
Mirror: Internode
Data: 3 MB
Test Time: 19.88 secs
Your line speed is 1.23 Mbps (1233 kbps).
Your download speed is 154 KB/s (0.15 MB/s).

My line is syncing at 15Mb and I usually see 800k/sec off decent sites. It's the 60GB/month limit that kills though - at those speeds, you hit it all too easily if you're not careful.

You guys are just showing off!

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Originally Posted by Milton477

You guys are just showing off!

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heheh , I knew someone would say that at some stage , now 60GB is a lot of d/l unless your u/l is counted ?

Woo Hoo!!!!

Mirror: Telstra Bigpond
Data: 600 KB
Test Time: 24.92 secs

Your line speed is 196 kbps (0.2 Mbps).
Your download speed is 24 KB/s (0.02 MB/s).

Whoah - this is on the Optus mirror, but I am with Telstra Cable...

Mirror: OptusNet
Data: 3 MB
Test Time: 3.68 secs

Your line speed is 6.65 Mbps (6655 kbps).
Your download speed is 832 KB/s (0.81 MB/s).


Anyway, Telstra's upload data transfer count doesn't bother me, I am a certified LEECH. As long as you set uTorrent to upload at a minimum 8kb/sec, then you get full speed downloads... he he.

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Originally Posted by Disco_owner

Kb/s = Kilo bits per/seconds

KB/s = Kilo Bytes per /seconds

1 byte = 8 bits of data

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In transmitted data, a byte = 10 bits, not 8. The transmitted data includes an allowance for start and stop bits (assuming a parity bit is not transmitted).