Something wrong?

_FireFox_ · Post by **_FireFox_** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:51 am

Well, I have been wondering for quite some time, Why is my internet connection going as fast as its meant to be going.

When i go down to the bottom to check the speed thingy it says -
Status: 10.0Mbps

Why cant i get it to that fast? When i'm downloading stuff it only goes 50kbps.

Help plys??

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:53 am

I think i saw a news article about this some time ago... let me go find it

_FireFox_ · Post by **_FireFox_** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:54 am

Thanks key-j because i have been sitting here for ages waiting for one of my downloads going at 25kbps when its meant to be going 10mbps

Amelie · Post by **Amelie** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:13 am

you bumped 7 minutes after your last topic.

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_FireFox_ · Post by **_FireFox_** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:15 am

Oops

Hehehehe anyway, Anyone know whats wrong?

/end hehehehe

Azilius · Post by **Azilius** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:20 am

It's not actually megabytes per second, It's megabits. Also downloading depends on the person/server you are downloading from..and other connections, etc.

I'm fairly sure a megabit is something like 128KB or close. I just know when it states '10 MBPS' it's not megabytes.

_FireFox_ · Post by **_FireFox_** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:32 am

That means i should be going about 1.1megabytes per sec.... But i'm going 50kbps ummmmmm....
Anyone know how to get it going to its maximum?
Also, I'm downloading just from normal Fileplanet and stuff using my download manager built into FF

Ell · Post by **Ell** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:37 am

I can't remember why but the actual speed will be a lot lower than what it says. So it's just your internet...unless it downloaded faster before.

Locketart · Post by **Locketart** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:56 am

Is it for all your downloads? Sometimes it depends on who you dl from. My school has the dl speed capped at 30 kbs. It's impossible to play GW and stream music at the same time.

Crumpets · Post by **Crumpets** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:12 am

I think the 10MBps is what your router/modem can handle ...

If it says Local Area Network 10MBps ... then yeah it's not actually your dload speed rofl.

Midori · Post by **Midori** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:12 am

_FireFox_ wrote:Fileplanet

theres your problem

AnemuS · Post by **AnemuS** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:58 am

well let say in Israel it goes with Megabits, so its not that ur speed is actually what u think it is, for example my internet is 2mb so it has 260kb download speed max, so ur 10mb probably has max of - 1300kbps ,

but some server would not allow to download with your maximum speed, so u have to use some accelerators that will open few downloading channels , u can try download accelerator plus(dap) or maybe flashget...

btw it says that im connected to 100mb

[SD]Twysta · Post by **[SD]Twysta** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:00 pm

i have the correct answer to this

example: 20 mb speed, but you only get 4 mb (in theory)

why? the closer you live from a television tower or those big places where all the connections go to, the faster your connection. I live pretty far so i only get 20% of my speed.

Crumpets · Post by **Crumpets** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:15 pm

Wait ... do you mean this pop up ?

If so ... that's just what your modem / or router can handle .....

Dark Shifty · Post by **Dark Shifty** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:16 pm

Crumpets wrote:Wait ... do you mean this pop up ?

If so ... that's just what your modem / or router can handle .....

dameon tools ftw!

Silkroad · Post by **Silkroad** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:43 pm

what crumpets said 2x

corkscrew · Post by **corkscrew** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:58 pm

o firefox, u know thgey came out with a new legend of zelda game right? phantom hourglass, heard its really good and internet explorer sucks, i use firefox =P

AnemuS · Post by **AnemuS** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:22 pm

Crumpets wrote:Wait ... do you mean this pop up ?

If so ... that's just what your modem / or router can handle .....

well he was talking about this i guess, i wish my internet was 100mb though , or at least upload increased :/ , ive got a shitty 24kbps upload speed ...

anyways why not call ur provider or ask ur parents what internet you got?

_FireFox_ · Post by **_FireFox_** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:46 pm

We got 10mbps internet

AnemuS · Post by **AnemuS** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:53 pm

so try using accelerating programs like ive mentioned DAP is a perfect program for downloading, at least for me :p... u can find it on download.com

Crumpets · Post by **Crumpets** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:09 pm

Firefox, if you really have 10MBps internet .. and you get download speeds of 25KBps on fileplanet .. either:

You don't have 10MBps
You live in Oezbekhistan
You have some sort of gay 92nd hand modem

I have 5MBps internet at home .. never have under 250KBps no matter what time of the day on Fileplanet .... school has crazy ass internet .. don't dare say exactly .. but with a Fileplanet account I dload with 9MBps there ...

So dunno what's happening on your end...

Reise · Post by **Reise** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:31 pm

Just because your modem can download at maximum 10mbps, doesn't mean the guy on the other end can. Even if his max is 10mbps also, there's a ton of reasons why it could run slower. This is why when you download crap off P2P you don't instantly get maximum rates.

_FireFox_ · Post by **_FireFox_** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:57 am

When i go down to the bottom it says Speed:10.0mbps.

I really need my internet to be a bit more speedy.

Crumpets · Post by **Crumpets** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:02 am

Ok ok ... Like I said 2 maybe 3 times in this thread but you failed to read. w/e.

Go to http://www.speedtest.net

Do the test on a 'yellow' sphere ie the closest one to you. Report back.
Heres mine:

_FireFox_ · Post by **_FireFox_** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:11 am

Done crumps(Hey youer actually acting nice, Crumps is cool)

Never goes anything like that.

Crumpets · Post by **Crumpets** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:16 am

_FireFox_ wrote:Done crumps(Hey youer actually acting nice, Crumps is cool)

Never goes anything like that.

Distance ~1200 mi ... damn nothing closer ? :S Hmm Well according to that you have 2-3MBps internet aka 300~400KBps actual dload speed on average.

Hmm, shame your so far away from a test point =/

_FireFox_ · Post by **_FireFox_** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:17 am

Ok when downloading it goes at around.... 56kbps. I need it to go faster and by that test it said it should be going faster.

takolin · Post by **takolin** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:33 am

Moo.

StealMySoda · Post by **StealMySoda** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:25 am

BTW, this is advertised at 6mb/s net I believe, so yeah.
And I can never get more than 1.9mb/s downloading using 5 channels.

If your max speed is 400kb/s and you live somewhere like Australia your never gonna get speeds like that when your downloading.