Download speeds...

Any boffins or know-it-alls when it comes to this?

With SKY which might already be my downfall!

They quote upto 4mb/s at my location, generally using speedtest its around 2.2mb/s which is ok for me, its ok for playing MW3 etc.

However when I download stuff, whatever it is from wherever its litterally maxing at 270kb/s.

Why is this? I pay for unlimted broadband?! Ive tried all the tricks on Skys website regarding rebooting the router, moving it, sitting next to it etc.

Is there anything I can do to increase my download speed?


Ta,

Your speed depends on the distance from the exchange to your phone port,
you can install a high speed box ie where you plug your phone in its a form of capacitor
im with bt but i use a high-speed Cisco router.

you can try this too it does work a little mate i do this every few mths to increase my bandwidth by at least 20%.

Ok here we go...

1.) log on as Administrator.
2.) start - run - type gpedit.msc
3.) expand "local computer policy"
4.) then expand "administrative templates"
5.) then expand "network branch"
6.) Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler"
7.) on right window double click "limit reservable bandwidth"
8.) on setting tab check the "enabled"
9.) change "Bandwidth limit %" to 0

You're done.It would be a good idea to reboot after this.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...QkzbnqWEu1nNsA

It all depends on where your downloading from.
Like my internet is 30Mb
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1899744391.png

Even though its capable of downloading at 4mb/s if i download from somewhere which has an upload of 2Mb then ill only be able to download about 256kb/s if you get that 8-)

Which speed test did you use?
And have you done a line quality test aswell :)

Did you do that test through the iPhone app?

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Originally Posted by richard_279

And have you done a line quality test aswell :)

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now that's a good idea the less noise you have from your line the better your signal will be

Yeah line test suggests everything is normal, the Openreach bloke talked me through everything when it was installed other year, got all the correct filters etc.

I doubt im that far from the exchange, which is the green box in the street yes?

We have dogshit internet at work from BT too, maybe its just the area!


Well I can DL at 1.5mb/s on a friends 30mb Virgin connection from Rapidshare, but around 200kb/s max on my connection, just seems abit of a con!

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Originally Posted by sicskate

Did you do that test through the iPhone app?

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I did my test through the website on my pc, although my router is rated to 300mb i still dont trust it not to drop its signal half way through :lol:


The green box on your street is just a main connection point.
your exchange will be somewhere in your area
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search

What sort of stuff are you downloading?
Are they torrents?
And what broswer you using :)

here is how i understand it dan

computer programs read data in megabytes

Internet speed is rated in megabits

Kbps that is stated when downloading something is kilobits per second

What are kbps?
kbps or Kilo Bits Per Second is the rate at which 1000 bits of data travels across your internet connection. A bit is the smallest unit of digital information. 8 bits make up 1 byte.

270 kbps

270 kilobits

2.7 megabits

your speed is actually correct.

aside from throttling issues that will probably be the most you will obtain.

Im on bts 8mb service but the line maximum where i am is 6.4mb
Even though they state my line can only handle 4

i average about 570kb/s on download when im not beeing p2p throttled. however direct downloads will always attain that speed if the server can handle it

a lot of people mistake 8mb/s to be 8 megabytes per second when in fact its 8 mega bits.

Its a bit of a con really to trick people into thinking its faster than what it is.

I must have missed the speed dan said he had [-(

Yes Mawbs right, thats about the speed it will download at for 2.2Mb

Its about 1Mbit to 125Kbytes ish :lol:

Cheers Mawb, didn't know that!

At least my speed is consistant as a conselation prize.

No problem dan.

In most instances I hear about sky there service is one of the best.

I pay a lot of money to bt for my service being about £22 a month if i recall.

But i am happy with it.

If i wanted a cheaper version sky would be the next one i would go to.

Bugger me you're complaining about that speed Dan?

Christ try living in the sticks with me and my 0.34kbps download speed on my 512kbps line. :lol:

I have here this type 8-)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1915687453.png

But the real download speed always depends on from where you downloading exactly, this is the speed of the connection only to the server... nothing else
If the server is too far and/or on badly routes the download could be even just 1-2kilobytes per second with this connection too


Some weeks ago my mate told me, his download was extrem fast for a 5-6 hour period, IMHO our ISP made some tests or developments, and speed was not limited until this times, but he has GigabitLAN port is his notebook :P

hi guys

our Digi ISP has a new package from july 15 (optical network)
1000/100Mbps internet access (with unlimited traffic), for ~13GBP per month :D , with 95 TV channels and VOIP phone for ~20GBP per month (+traffic for outgoing calls, but in Digi's own network is fully free, even for an aboard call, example a call to Romania from Hungary if both number is in Digi's network costs zero)
my current 80/25Mbps access is uprated to 200/50 for free... so sadly :D i need to upgrade my TPlink741 router for a better one, it has "only" 100Mbps ports LOL
the slowest access is now 50/25Mbps (unlimited) :D for only ~8GBP per month

this 1000Megabits (1Gigabits) per second means an Xvid/Divx avi file can be downloaded in 6(six!!) seconds, or a 4.7Gb DVD in only 37seconds... OK it depending too from where comes the file, its ideal for a hardcore torrent user
this speed means 120-125Megabytes per second, this is around the HDDs write speed limit on SATA3... or you need to have an SSD

http://digi.hu/lakossagi/internet (hungarian)

Show off!!

really dont know, why is by you guys this type of internet access not available even nowdays...

OK, this 1Gbps is really hardcore overkill for internet surfing, but it is very cheap even here too

my further 512kbps ADSL access 7-8 years ago was 3x more expensive as this whit the cableTV and VOIP phone now (and calculate the yearly inflation too), later this ADSL was upgraded for to 1536 and 3072kbps for free, but was expensive, and frequently lost the connection, needed to change the ADSL modem 2 times but even was not stable
then it was 45GBP for the ADSL only and 8GBP for the phone line (required for ADSL, +calls traffic) , and 16GBP for the 49 channel cableTV... sum 79GBP per month (+phone calls traffic costs)

this now costs the 1/4 only, 60x faster, and stable(!)...
ping to the BIX is just 2ms :P