Home DSL= 384kbps down and 128kbps up...right?

[arf9999]

So how come for 7 hours today I have been averaging 180MB/hr UPLOAD??

If my maths is correct (and it has been known to fail) 180MB/hr*8 = 1440Mb/hr. Divide by 3600 seconds = 400kbps! {edit for those who want to state the obvious: It's close enough, lets just assume 1000kb = 1Mb okay?[/i]}

Normally this wouldn't be a problem, it's just that I decided to get some files today thru P2P ('cos my cap hasn't really been used this month) and now find that I've given away over 1GB in uploads!!

If anyone has an answer to this one, please let me know. Do you think I can dispute it with Telkom?

Here are my BW logs if you're interested:
(Period,Download,Upload,Sum)
26.12.2004 09:00 - 26.12.2004 09:59,18458,59662,78120
26.12.2004 10:00 - 26.12.2004 10:59,69151,143479,212630
26.12.2004 11:00 - 26.12.2004 11:59,51668711,54365703,106034414
26.12.2004 12:00 - 26.12.2004 12:59,61024392,192417507,253441899
26.12.2004 13:00 - 26.12.2004 13:59,35175688,190970036,226145724
26.12.2004 14:00 - 26.12.2004 14:59,37246320,194129205,231375525
26.12.2004 15:00 - 26.12.2004 15:59,30531300,181372172,211903472
26.12.2004 16:00 - 26.12.2004 16:59,19465516,194876117,214341633
26.12.2004 17:00 - 26.12.2004 17:59,22771728,187842230,210613958
26.12.2004 18:00 - 26.12.2004 18:59,22608445,192623067,215231512

 

[arf9999]

UPDATE: Just did an upload speed test to Sentech's speed test...results below:

Speed Test
Your upload speed is: 50.19 KBps, or 401.5 Kbps
The test took 16 seconds to complete

hmmm. Is it just me or is something screwy?


edit: just for laffs, here is the download result:

Speed Test
Your download speed is: 38.63 KBps, or 309.03 Kbps
The test took 54.157 seconds to complete[]

 

[hArTh]

Home 384 and 512 are effectively symmetric what ever Telkom marketing says ...

 

[arf9999]

Home 384 and 512 are effectively symmetric what ever Telkom marketing says ...

well, not quite: my uploads are 25% faster than downloads....

edit: ****, I told you my maths was bad. Uploads are 33% faster than downloads!

 

[bb_matt]

I've noticed my CS:S pings on Saix servers are usually around 41ms to 50ms and there's others with 31ms to 40ms - I would guess they are on ADSL 512 ?

Personally, for the cost saving, I think 384 is definately the best bet.

Haven't noticed much about upload speeds as the files I upload are usually no bigger than 100k as it's just code or images.

 

[hArTh]

I've noticed my CS:S pings on Saix servers are usually around 41ms to 50ms and there's others with 31ms to 40ms - I would guess they are on ADSL 512 ?

Personally, for the cost saving, I think 384 is definately the best bet.

Haven't noticed much about upload speeds as the files I upload are usually no bigger than 100k as it's just code or images.

Assuming there is no other activity on the line, 384 pings will be identical to 512 pings.

The differences you have noticed are easily explained by differeces in location, PC hardware, router / modem type etc.

 

[bb_matt]

Thanks hArTh, the more I think about the 384 decision, the better I feel !

 

[mikkelz_za]

I've done close on 60 gigs (up & down) in this, my first full month with DSL384. And yes, latency is the same (assuming all outside factors are equal) between 384 and 512. I have 512 at work, and I've compared them.

 

[arf9999]

this may make you feel even better

Thanks hArTh, the more I think about the 384 decision, the better I feel !

bb_matt,

I just got capped (thanks to the 1.3 GB of uploads yesterday), and my international speed is STILL faster than Sentech Mycareless 128 was!

-A

 

[hArTh]

bb_matt,

I just got capped (thanks to the 1.3 GB of uploads yesterday), and my international speed is STILL faster than Sentech Mycareless 128 was!

-A

I've heard from other ppl that capped ADSL international speeds are quite good all of a sudden. I dont know why but dont expect it too last ...

 

[Blackhand]

I found that on my 512k ADSL which is supposed to have 256k upload, that when using Torrents I can upload even over 50kb/s, when I am supposed to be limited to 25kb/s. Often I will look in BitComet and will see I'm uploading at 60kb/s. This doesn't seem to apply when uploading to a single person/connection which seems to limit off at 30kb/s. But when uploading to multiple people I can easily get a TOTAL of 60kb/s upstream.

Regarding the cap, everynow and then a few days or hours will crop up when it seems the cap has dissapeared and int. speeds are normal, don't be fooled , this never really lasts too long. The longest period I know of was when a couple of ADSL users which were capped on the 1st of a month (including myself) made it up until the 5th of that month without feeling the burn of the cap.

 

[arf9999]

I've heard from other ppl that capped ADSL international speeds are quite good all of a sudden. I dont know why but dont expect it too last ...

hmmm....well it didn't last: international speed is zero now.

Now, should I buy another account for just 3 days???