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It happens alot actually, that I get slow downloads from certain pages for no reason. Browsing to www.gamespot.com goes at full speed for me.

but I am downloading a 40MB WoW Radio Archive and today that only goes at 18kb per second, it does spike up to about 30kb for a while but not long.
 
omg no fence but thats pethetic speeds i get better speed with my 3g broadband

wonder what could be wrong? modem maybe?
 
Nokkie said:
omg no fence but thats pethetic speeds i get better speed with my 3g broadband

wonder what could be wrong? modem maybe?
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No, I always get 40 - 45 - if I am browsing its fine, but downloads are slow from certain servers. Seems to however be fixed again.

Some cable on the Telkom network, or some router not working properly probably.
 
doesnt it depend how busy the server is etc.
for example i download Antivirus update which was 12 meg in 6 or so minutes as it was going at 38 kbytes ps.
But then i went to dl a mp3 and it download at 15 kbytes per second and it didnt seem like a great server.
im on 384
 
when i download small files like patches and addons i get spikes between 70k and 120kb thats if i gave a full signel.

when the signal is half i get about the same speeds you get
 
Thats only because the download program calculates the throughput on one go (between the time you were selecting a safe point etc).

If you have HSDPA it will go at 120kb per second, but if you see that on 3G thats is happening.

Same happens on ADSL or other connections. The download starts before you have selected a save point, then just calculates it all at once, and since the connection isnt going at that speed it averages out.

Program uses a total downloads over x period of time = kbps.
 
I am only getting 60kb/s on my downloads which usually go at 120kb/s... on a 1024k line... wonder whats going on?
 
Link down New York and Hong Kong

Don't know if this is the problem that you are having:

Severity 1 Network Faults latest
Call Reference ID : STT000000004994
Failure Type : Network Failure
Problem Description : Link down New York and Hong Kong
Time Down : 21 Aug 2006, 00:40:00
Impact : Clients will experience slow responses to International Sites
Site : New York
Services Affected : International
Updates :

20 Aug 2006, 00:56:44 zumanm1
Our Techs are investigating.

20 Aug 2006, 04:08:46 zumanm1
Overseas Technicians to investigate.

Cause of Failure : Unkown
Status : New

http://www.axxess.co.za/network.php
 
Sometime it is not always Telkom fault for the speed! It could just be that the international servers are swamped with d/l s!
 
is this problem still going on, coz im can't get more then 49kb/s on my 1024k line :(

Thanks
 
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