Actual download speeds

[SAguy]

So on my 4mb line I generally get download speeds of about 400kb/s (on p2p).

Two questions:
1. My understanding is that this is the best download speeds I'll get on 4mb. Correct?
2. If I upgrade to 10mb line, what would be my max download speed (all other things equal) then? 1mb/s?

 

[Thor]

Perfect world:

10 will be about 1mb
20 2
40 4

I have a 40 and I get around 4.26

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Perfect world:

10 Megabits/sec will be about ~1 Megabyte/sec
20 Megabits/sec -> ~2 Megabytes/sec
40 Megabits/sec -> ~4 Megabytes/sec

For the pedantic.

 

[Charl101]

I dont even get near 400kb/s on my 4meg line. I get around 250kb/s max.

 

[MickZA]

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4255172479

TI 10MB Uncapped

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4255188352

Same line, Web Africa home capped.

 

[kianm]

If that is daytime download speeds on P2P then you have a good account, and that is like line speed for you

 

[MickZA]

If that is daytime download speeds on P2P then you have a good account, and that is like line speed for you

Web Africa capped, doubt I'd get that on TI Uncapped at this time of the evening though.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

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Web Africa capped, doubt I'd get that on TI Uncapped at this time of the evening though.

My 10mb WA capped is currently pulling at 150kB/s...
Run a speedtest and its at full speed.

 

[ponder]

When using ADSL take into account about a 13% protocol overhead for pppoe, atm, tcp/ip etc. It's impossible to get full line speed.

 

[Zassie]

line speed * 1024 / 8 * 0.87

So 4meg * 1024 / 8 * 0.87 = 445.44 kbps
10meg * 1024 / 8 * 0.87 = 1113.6 kbps

 

[Johnatan56]

line speed * 1024 / 8 * 0.87

So 4meg * 1024 / 8 * 0.87 = 445.44 kbps
10meg * 1024 / 8 * 0.87 = 1113.6 kbps

+1
Getting 1.1MB/s down on my torrent atm.

 

[James Erlingson]

Here are the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM speeds possible in a perfect world with NO overheads.

1mbps = 128 kbps (Download)
2mbps = 256 kbps
4mbps = 512 kbps
10mbps = 1,280 kbps

Real world max speeds speeds,

1mbps = 108 kbps (Download)
2mbps = 217 kbps
4mbps = 435 kbps
10mbps = 1,088 kbps

 

[Thor]

Ans for for 40 and 100mb?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Here are the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM speeds possible in a perfect world with NO overheads.

1Mbps = 128 KB/s (Download)
2Mbps = 256 KB/s
4Mbps = 512 KB/s
10Mbps = 1,280 KB/s

Real world max speeds speeds,

1Mbps = 108 KB/s (Download)
2Mbps = 217 KB/s
4Mbps = 435 KB/s
10Mbps = 1,088 KB/s

Telkom Actual Speeds

1Mbps = 36 KB/s (Download)
2Mbps = 72 KB/s
4Mbps = 145 KB/s
10Mbps = 362 KB/s

FIFY. I think this is what you meant.

 

[Sameer786]

Here are the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM speeds possible in a perfect world with NO overheads.

1mbps = 128 kbps (Download)
2mbps = 256 kbps
4mbps = 512 kbps
10mbps = 1,280 kbps

Real world max speeds speeds,

1mbps = 108 kbps (Download)
2mbps = 217 kbps
4mbps = 435 kbps
10mbps = 1,088 kbps

Telkom Actual Speeds

1mbps = 36 kbps (Download)
2mbps = 72 kbps
4mbps = 145 kbps
10mbps = 362 kbps

Yeah right.. I get 425kbps most of the time on my telkom 4mb line.

 

[James Erlingson]

Ans for for 40 and 100mb?

The below speeds are just guesses

40mbps = 4,352 kbps

(10mbps x 4)

100 mbps = 10,880 kbps

(1mbps x 100)

 

[Thor]

Seems about right I get 4.28 - 4.3 on torrents

 

[SassyDavid]

Mine is a bit strange, but something I couldn't complain about.

I have a 200mbps line from WebAfrica, which should convert to around ~25MB/s.

For some unknown but fortunate reason, i download on Steam, Origin, Blizzard and Nvidia GeForce experience at 37 to 42 MB/s stable. And my Speed tests show 400mbps speeds. It's fantastic

 

[Rickster]

20Meg Fibre P2P