1mbps Download Speed Possible?

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I'm just wondering if it's possible to get 1mbps download speed from Steam or from any website. I've got a 1mbps ADSL and never gotten download speed above 120kbps which sucks *** and why does it say 1mbps but it's actually 100kbps?

I'm guessing that it's the distance from us and the other countries but still shouldn't it download at the speed I pay for?
 
1024mbps = 128.5KBps, in theory your maximum, that does not take into account protocol overheads, distance from exchange, etc etc.

This has been asked and answered a few times I believe.

Oh and you do not pay for a dedicated 1mbps line, you pay for up to 1mbps. You share that 1mbps line with other users, this is known as your contention ratio.

You want a dedicated and guaranteed 1mbps, get yourself a diginet line. See what you going to pay for that and then complain about getting just short of 1mbps.
 
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I assume he is referring to 120 KBps, but does not understand the difference. 120KBps max download on a 1mbps line is pretty good.

If not then my bad and log a ticket with Telkom and your ISP.
 
Yeahp, sorry i'm a noob and thanks appreciate it. Thinking about upgrading to 4Mbps which should be 120KBps+ right?
 
8 bits = 1 byte.

so 4096/8 = 512KBps, however that is the max in theory, I get on my 387 max KBps.

ADSL speeds are advertised in megabits per second, but you will most likely see kilobytes when downloading, depending on OS, etc.
 
DoR said:
Yeahp, sorry i'm a noob and thanks appreciate it. Thinking about upgrading to 4Mbps which should be 120KBps+ right?
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4 Mbps (Mega bits per second) should give you around 400 kBps (kilo bytes per second)

1 byte == 8 bits in computing.
My personal rule of thumb is to take your Mbps value and devide by 10 to get your MBps value + the associated overhead.
So on a 1 Mbps line, /10 gives you 0.1 MBps (100 kBps), so anything more than this is generally good to be honest.
 
I get the same 387 or so KBps as TheGrove.
NZB from usenetbucket will download at 420KBps or so.
 
TheGrove said:
1024mbps = 128.5KBps, in theory your maximum, that does not take into account protocol overheads, distance from exchange, etc etc.

This has been asked and answered a few times I believe.

Oh and you do not pay for a dedicated 1mbps line, you pay for up to 1mbps. You share that 1mbps line with other users, this is known as your contention ratio.

You want a dedicated and guaranteed 1mbps, get yourself a diginet line. See what you going to pay for that and then complain about getting just short of 1mbps.
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Nope,

1024Mbps = 128MB/sec (without overhead).

This is gigabit speed.
 
TheGrove said:
8 bits = 1 byte.

so 4096/8 = 512KBps, however that is the max in theory, I get on my 387 max KBps.

ADSL speeds are advertised in megabits per second, but you will most likely see kilobytes when downloading, depending on OS, etc.
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This.
 
DoR said:
I've got a 1mbps ADSL and never gotten download speed above 120kbps which sucks *** and why does it say 1mbps but it's actually 100kbps?
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You won't get speeds above ~100kB/s on a 1Mbps line. If Steam says 1Mbps, it means ~100kB/s.

"but it's actually 100kbps" -- no, if it were 100kbps then your line would essentially be 0.1Mbps. It's 100kB/s. You need to get the unit terminology right, and it's really simple: b = bits, and B = bytes. From then on you add the 'k' (kilo = 1000) or 'M' (Mega = 1024) and the '/s' or 'ps' which means per second

1Mbps (megabits per second) = ~ 100kB/s (kilobytes per second) = 1024 kbps (kilobits per second)
1MB/s (megabytes per second) = ~ 1024kB/s (kilobytes per second) = 8192 kbps (kilobits per second)

kapish??
 
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meh, I was getting 21mb/s on my phone.

so I had LTE in the office, and 5gig of cap to kill thanks to Afrihost being amazing.
Download bit torrent app.
find series i cant get in SA, a bit of Fry and Laurie, with Steven Fry and Hue Laurie, late 80's early 90's comedy.
4 seasons, a boat load of seeders at the time well over 3000
start download, bit torrent shows speed and ETA, I was doing a consistent 10 mb/s and the entire 3 gig download took just over 45 minutes and it works beautifully.

yes I understand its not a fixed line, and weather can play a part and blah blah blah. but seriously with LTE being faster most residential lines (excluding VDSL here)what is the point of getting telkom to put a line to your house anymore?
 
Baxteen said:
meh, I was getting 21mb/s on my phone.

so I had LTE in the office, and 5gig of cap to kill thanks to Afrihost being amazing.
Download bit torrent app.
find series i cant get in SA, a bit of Fry and Laurie, with Steven Fry and Hue Laurie, late 80's early 90's comedy.
4 seasons, a boat load of seeders at the time well over 3000
start download, bit torrent shows speed and ETA, I was doing a consistent 10 mb/s and the entire 3 gig download took just over 45 minutes and it works beautifully.

yes I understand its not a fixed line, and weather can play a part and blah blah blah. but seriously with LTE being faster most residential lines (excluding VDSL here)what is the point of getting telkom to put a line to your house anymore?
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the cost of LTE and the data caps associated with mobile broadband.
 
DoR said:
Yeahp, sorry i'm a noob and thanks appreciate it. Thinking about upgrading to 4Mbps which should be 120KBps+ right?
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You need a 10mb line to get a d/l speed of 1 meg a second.But dont get your hopes up :0

4MB = 400Kbps actual
 
Baxteen said:
meh, I was getting 21mb/s on my phone.

so I had LTE in the office, and 5gig of cap to kill thanks to Afrihost being amazing.
Download bit torrent app.
find series i cant get in SA, a bit of Fry and Laurie, with Steven Fry and Hue Laurie, late 80's early 90's comedy.
4 seasons, a boat load of seeders at the time well over 3000
start download, bit torrent shows speed and ETA, I was doing a consistent 10 mb/s and the entire 3 gig download took just over 45 minutes and it works beautifully.

yes I understand its not a fixed line, and weather can play a part and blah blah blah. but seriously with LTE being faster most residential lines (excluding VDSL here)what is the point of getting telkom to put a line to your house anymore?
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- Our cellular networks are not ready for such sustained high-throughput bandwidth from so many users
- Ping/latency on LTE is higher and less consistent than DSL (at least on south african networks that remains the case - I've tested it myself). Not ideal for serious FPS gamers
- LTE uses a fixed wireless frequency spectrum, and that wireless spectrum can only handle so many users before throughput declines significantly into a serious congestion problem for the provider (enjoy it while you can)
- Mobile caps still cost a fortune compared to uncapped DSL. Many of us are not remotely content with a meager 5GB a month
... you wanted a point, you got the points ;)
 
Baxteen said:
meh, I was getting 21mb/s on my phone.

so I had LTE in the office, and 5gig of cap to kill thanks to Afrihost being amazing.
Download bit torrent app.
find series i cant get in SA, a bit of Fry and Laurie, with Steven Fry and Hue Laurie, late 80's early 90's comedy.
4 seasons, a boat load of seeders at the time well over 3000
start download, bit torrent shows speed and ETA, I was doing a consistent 10 mb/s and the entire 3 gig download took just over 45 minutes and it works beautifully.

yes I understand its not a fixed line, and weather can play a part and blah blah blah. but seriously with LTE being faster most residential lines (excluding VDSL here)what is the point of getting telkom to put a line to your house anymore?
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Let me know when I get 250gigs LTE for R500.
 
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