Telkom ADSL Speed Test

[doc_msk]

Hello.

New to forum.

Have had my Home DSL 192 service for a couple of months. Been noticing that I get varying speeds, up to about 44kb/s (using Telkoms speed test). However on reading the FAQ related to the Telkom Speed Test it states:

"Cable and DSL Modems
The modem speed test pages are designed for, and tested on, ordinary analogue dial-up modems, and ISDN modems. Results of tests for other 'high speed' modems, such as, cable modems and DSL modems may be in-accurate. For example, tests between two computers over a simple ethernet (10Mbps) network indicate a throughput of less than half the theoretical maximum. However, it is possible that this in-accuracy is due to increased overheads which occur at such a high transfer rate"

Not being a techie, does this mean that the speed test is inaccurate for ADSL connections, and that I am actually not getting the high speeds I think I am?

Any comments would be welcome.

Thanks
Doc

[arf9999]

Nope, the results are pretty much correct most of the time. You should be getting results around 20KB/s (kiloBYTES per second). If you're getting 40+KB/s then your line has been set as 384 instead of 192. sssssh, don't tell anyone.

If however you are getting 44kb/s (kilobits per second) then you have a problem... that is dial up speed.

[viceroy]

A 192kbps line should be getting in the region of 20KB/s (160kbps) if you're unlucky and 40KB/s (320kbps) if you're really lucky.

An average user will get about 24KB/s (192kbps)

Most lucky users get about 30-35KB/s (240-280kbps)

[leonb]

A 192kbps line should be getting in the region of 20KB/s (160kbps) if you're unlucky and 40KB/s (320kbps) if you're really lucky.

An average user will get about 24KB/s (192kbps)

Most lucky users get about 30-35KB/s (240-280kbps)

I also used to get 35 kB/s on my 192kbps line, but from August Telscum capped it to 20kB/s - ****ers!