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Old May 26, 2003 | 08:51 PM
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im on 56k. :squint: my computer shows that im connected at 48Kb/s. ok thats fine. now when i am dling files...i best i can get is 5-6Kb/s and average about 3-4Kb/s

what gives.
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Old May 26, 2003 | 08:54 PM
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that seems about right.. when i was on 56k average download speed i would get is 4-5kb
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Old May 26, 2003 | 08:57 PM
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Originally posted by WiLL
im on 56k. :squint: my computer shows that im connected at 48Kb/s. ok thats fine. now when i am dling files...i best i can get is 5-6Kb/s and average about 3-4Kb/s

what gives.
48Kilobits per second..

5-6 Kilbytes per second...
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Old May 26, 2003 | 08:57 PM
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The higher number is your connection speed, and how fast pages load. Download speeds are always slower.
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Old May 26, 2003 | 08:58 PM
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because you go through a router at the isp that tops out at 10k, the rest is due to quality of phone lines (physical quality)
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Old May 26, 2003 | 09:01 PM
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what gives?


your on 56Kbit/s what do you expect? :chuckles:

it's normal WiLL


Originally posted by accord7321
48Kilobits per second..

5-6 Kilbytes per second...
8bit = 1 byte thus 48kbit = 6kbytes.
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Old May 26, 2003 | 09:01 PM
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ahhh i see. thanks. why do their routers top out so low?
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Old May 26, 2003 | 09:01 PM
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Are you guys kidding??
56K(53K max) dial up will never get higher than 5-6kb no matter what.
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Old May 26, 2003 | 09:02 PM
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Originally posted by WiLL
ahhh i see. thanks. why do their routers top out so low?

I doubt it's the router.

more like the ISP has banks of modems which are also 56kb/s.

i doubt their routers top out at 10kb/s
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Old May 26, 2003 | 09:03 PM
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Originally posted by accord7321
Are you guys kidding??
56K(53K max) dial up will never get higher than 5-6kb no matter what.
who are you talking to? :eh:
rick is agreeing with you
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