Bugged Me for a Long Time...

[IVIilitarus]

Is it normal to get this on an uncapped, unshaped MWeb 384k line?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1057610784.png

I used to run with Telkom and got the exact same speed, every single day of my life.

It's been bugging me for a long time, but only recently, when I started to really take notice of things, I realised that a lot of time I start a download, the download starts at anywhere between 120kb/s and 50kb/s and drops like a stone back to the 30's.

After this huge download of mine failed miserably again for the 4th time, I was looking it at whilst depressed and the speed actually spiked to 50kb/s in the middle of the download and dropped like a stone again. This was at half past midnight.

I'm just wondering; is it normal?

 

[milomak]

You seem to be confusing your units. 0.38Mbps for a 384kbps line seems ballpark without doing any calculations. So if you are getting somewhere in the 30-40kB/s range you are alright.

But it is extremely important you notice which letters I have capitalised and which I haven't.

 

[IVIilitarus]

Riiiight, but then I read your signature.

No, really. 30-40kb/s. I'm just wondering, the tag says 384kbps, so logically, even a little bit higher.

I'm pretty sure the chick on the phone said something about 60kb/s in future when I was signing up. >.>

 

[WolfByte]

8 bits to the byte, so 384Kbps divided by 8 is 48Kbps download speed if you have a perfect line with no noise. If you get anything over that...sssh, don't tell anyone or else they might throttle you

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Ja, 384 should give you 38kbps in general

512 gives you 49kbps

there is some overhead etc that's why the speed is a bit lower than "perfect" values.

I also have seen traffic "spikes".

 

[Cicero]

I'm pretty sure the chick on the phone said something about 60kb/s in future when I was signing up. >.>

hahaha!

Normal range regardless is 30-43kB/s.

 

[-ariOn-]

Be grateful, i got 4mbps uncapped with mweb and I get this:

 

[Valerion]

Be grateful, i got 4mbps uncapped with mweb and I get this:

Newlands is bad to test with, as some traffic to WA goes internationally. The latency is a give-away here. Even so ...

 

[-ariOn-]

Newlands is bad to test with, as some traffic to WA goes internationally. The latency is a give-away here. Even so ...

Well, to Cape Town server i get a bit better ping.