how fast is 3mb per second down and 400kb up?

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Fri Jun 22, 2001 5:51 pm

what is that in kbps the ones u see when the downloadwindow comes up, i get 4.9kbps with my 56 k? do you guys knwo what i mean, what can i expect with this new highspeed connection

JackMDS · Post by **JackMDS** » Fri Jun 22, 2001 6:04 pm

B=Byte, b=bit

1B=8Bits

56Kb/sec yield 5 to 6 KB/sec. There is system overhead, so you get around 80%.

3Mb/sec. Down will yield about 300KB/sec.

60 times faster then your modem WOW.

MADD Hatter · Post by **MADD Hatter** » Fri Jun 22, 2001 8:48 pm

3Mb/s is about 375KB/s. If that is what they've promised you then your very very lucky

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sat Jun 23, 2001 2:36 am

thats what its supposed to be capped at

SVO-1 · Post by **SVO-1** » Sat Jun 23, 2001 11:36 am

dude - that is real fast. i have 1Mb/s connection <download around 135kb/s>. man, if you get triple that you will be flying.
400kb/s is freakin' awsome - i'm jealous

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sat Jun 23, 2001 11:52 am

i hope to be flying! i plan on setting up a ftp, i will keep you guys updated on that!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Sat Jun 23, 2001 12:02 pm

I want your connection

ssjDoh · Post by **ssjDoh** » Sun Jun 24, 2001 6:06 pm

Heh, you think that's nice, check out OOL caps: 10Mb/s down, 1Mb up

now THAT'S how cable should be!

EvilAjax · Post by **EvilAjax** » Sun Jun 24, 2001 7:33 pm

Originally posted by ssjDoh
Heh, you think that's nice, check out OOL caps: 10Mb/s down, 1Mb up

now THAT'S how cable should be!

and all for $30! Can't beat that.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Jun 24, 2001 10:28 pm

10mb/s where in america? i have never heard of anything faster than 3 mb/s here for less than 100 dollars

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Mon Jun 25, 2001 1:59 am

Originally posted by yikes
10mb/s where in america? i have never heard of anything faster than 3 mb/s here for less than 100 dollars

Check for availability here: http://www.optonline.net. I'm not sure but I think that OptimumOnline is mainly in the New England area.

BigAmp · Post by **BigAmp** » Mon Jun 25, 2001 2:13 am

I'm on Sympatico in Canada that is post as being 1Mbps/100Kbps and I'm running at 1.444Mbps/137Kbps.
But it realy helps the most that I'm like a mile away from the main server in town!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Mon Jun 25, 2001 3:33 am

Originally posted by EvilAjax

and all for $30! Can't beat that.

I dont believe it

Domenico · Post by **Domenico** » Mon Jun 25, 2001 8:03 am

Here in the netherlands i have athome and I get 400 till sometimes 800 kb/s download speed easily. This is really awesome for that kind of cash (40 dollar/month).
oh, they don't give a **** about how many you download. Sometimes I do gigabytes a day and you don't hear them complain about it.

Upload is not so good and 20kb/s upload is the absolute max.

oh well, you can't have it all ;-)

BlackSword · Post by **BlackSword** » Tue Jun 26, 2001 11:30 am

Originally posted by rpeAMP

Check for availability here: http://www.optonline.net. I'm not sure but I think that OptimumOnline is mainly in the New England area.

correct link ishttp://www.optimumonline.com/

I went to the other link and fumbled around till I found the correct one.... looks like just US service.

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Tue Jun 26, 2001 12:26 pm

My bad.........

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Tue Jun 26, 2001 2:33 pm

i am running right now around 6-8mbps but my upload cap is about 200-300kbps...if i could hit a 1mbps up that would be so kewl
i have @home in vancouver washington

Domenico · Post by **Domenico** » Tue Jun 26, 2001 2:36 pm

Well, athome rules i think. But it rules more in your country I suppose.

They capped my upload to 16kb/s but download is 600-700kb/s standard.

Why do they cap that upload so much?

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Tue Jun 26, 2001 3:17 pm

Originally posted by Domenico
Well, athome rules i think. But it rules more in your country I suppose.

They capped my upload to 16kb/s but download is 600-700kb/s standard.

Why do they cap that upload so much?

They cap it because outgoing bandwidth is more expensive than incoming. Also, people tend to run servers if they have a high upload, so to try and discourage this, they cap everyone.

Domenico · Post by **Domenico** » Tue Jun 26, 2001 3:21 pm

Originally posted by pimptrizkit
i am running right now around 6-8mbps but my upload cap is about 200-300kbps...if i could hit a 1mbps up that would be so kewl
i have @home in vancouver washington

Ok, I understand that but look at athome in Vancouver. 200-300kbps !!! I don't think that is capping...

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Tue Jun 26, 2001 3:30 pm

From what I hear, @Home is in the process of capping everyone to their standard (16KBps). They might not have done it yet in Vancouver.

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Wed Jun 27, 2001 3:09 am

yea i heard about the caps but abolut a month ago i had a slow down but it wasn't that bad .. i still get good speeds i am sure the slow down was the caps