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how fast is 3mb per second down and 400kb up?
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2001 5:51 pm
by yikes
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
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2001 6:04 pm
by JackMDS
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2001 8:48 pm
by MADD Hatter
3Mb/s is about 375KB/s. If that is what they've promised you then your very very lucky
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 2:36 am
by yikes
thats what its supposed to be capped at
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 11:36 am
by SVO-1
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
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 11:52 am
by yikes
i hope to be flying! i plan on setting up a ftp, i will keep you guys updated on that!
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 12:02 pm
by Joe
I want your connection
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2001 6:06 pm
by ssjDoh
Heh, you think that's nice, check out OOL caps: 10Mb/s down, 1Mb up
now THAT'S how cable should be!
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2001 7:33 pm
by EvilAjax
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.
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2001 10:28 pm
by yikes
10mb/s where in america? i have never heard of anything faster than 3 mb/s here for less than 100 dollars
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2001 1:59 am
by rpeAMP
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2001 2:13 am
by BigAmp
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!
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2001 3:33 am
by Joe
Originally posted by EvilAjax
and all for $30! Can't beat that.
I dont believe it
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2001 8:03 am
by Domenico
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 ;-)
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 11:30 am
by BlackSword
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 is
http://www.optimumonline.com/
I went to the other link and fumbled around till I found the correct one.... looks like just US service.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 12:26 pm
by rpeAMP
My bad.........
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 2:33 pm
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
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 2:36 pm
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?
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 3:17 pm
by rpeAMP
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 3:21 pm
by Domenico
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...
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 3:30 pm
by rpeAMP
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.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2001 3:09 am
by pimptrizkit
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