Speed Tests

[beerygaz]

Well I've joined the gang. Got my modem up & running this evening and off to Fascomm for the Etehrnet cable tomorrow I hope.

One question though. I've signed up for the 512k feed, but I'm only gettnig speeds commensurate with a 256k feed. Now I know this is shared, so chances are I'm sharing my precious bandwidth with someone else in the area, but it seems a little wiers that all night I've NEVER got a conneciton that shows anything above a 256k link.

Am I just a loony? JP from Sentech suggested that it was a USB bottleneck, but I don't believe that.

Answers on the back of a postcard to.....

 

[TheRoDent]

Can't really say, since I have the 128kbps package. I've managed to max it out at 16kb/s on downloads locally and internationally and it seems pretty stable at that rate.

 

[Sapphiron]

I think it could have something to do with your pc's usb port, I found that my usb hdd copys much slower over my older pc's usb port (usb 1.1) than over my newer one (usb 2.0) although the drive is only a usb 1.1 drive.

You should test it on a friend's pc, to see if it is the same there.

When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for I am the meanist mother****** in the valley - Patton

 

[ProAsm]

Check your speed here:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

Select - Other - Wireless UMTS
Next window select Other - Africa

 

[SpEYEder]

I can't remember the specific speed thresholds of USB 1.1 but surely it's more than 64KB which you should be getting on your 512Kb package - I hope they're not limiting bandwidth at the tower...? Maybe there are contenders deluxe on your tower already???

Keep yer EYEs open & Trust no-one!

 

[Perdition]

USB 1.1 specifies 12mbps shared between all devices connected to the bus, so there should be absolutely no bottleneck.

 

[flashvc]

12mbps per controller chip, and most motherboards use 2 usb connections per controller, so yeah...there should be no bottleneck on the usb side, not for a 512k connection.

usb 2.0 is 480mbps.

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[Noag]

Install the USB patch driver and Chipset driver from the Mainboard CD.

I say Lets burn them

 

[beerygaz]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Sapphiron</i>
<br />I think it could have something to do with your pc's usb port, I found that my usb hdd copys much slower over my older pc's usb port (usb 1.1) than over my newer one (usb 2.0) although the drive is only a usb 1.1 drive.
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Nope, USB 2.0 all round here so that's not the bottleneck.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> <i> By ProAsm </i>
<br />Phone tomorrow and ask for Annetjie and ask her what speed you are on.
You would have to share with 2000 people before your speed drops to 50%
Check your speed here:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
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Will call her. Tried the speedtest last night, midnight and twice this morning. All speed test hover at about 220-248 kpbs, tried ftp from server at IS, also, got 30-31k per sec. All indicators that I'm capped at 256k. Not one test has gone showed that I'm getting anything better.

Will call the bandwidth babe and ask her right now...

 

[BTTB]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Nope, USB 2.0 all round here so that's not the bottleneck.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

What operating system are you using and with which Service Pack if any?

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[MOnk]

There could be a sompiler explination, maybe they have just put you under the wrong package so instead of you getting 512k (What you paied for) they have mistakenly put you down for the 256K package ?