ADSL 512kb/sec

[Robin Hood]

Hi guys...just want to know what you think...I have 512KB/Sec ADSL but only get true 440KB/Sec....Is this ok??
tia

 

[Skint]

On what? HTTP / FTP / P2P ?

 

[life|form]

Hi guys...just want to know what you think...I have 512KB/Sec ADSL but only get true 440KB/Sec....Is this ok??
tia

That's definitely okay. Remember that the advertised speed doesn't take into account overheads and other things.

Oh, and by the way, it's 512kb/sec (kilobits). Take that and divide by 8 to see what you should be getting in KB/sec (kilobytes).

Hope that helps.

 

[xanex]

Hi guys...just want to know what you think...I have 512KB/Sec ADSL but only get true 440KB/Sec....Is this ok??
tia

yup, no guarantees on speed.