My Sky Download Speed - can i expect more

[sare^baw's]

i use newsleecher to download and my max speed is 320 kB/s (2.5mb), so im assuming this figure is reliable and not far away from the results of 'my broadband' speed test. Not so long ago i got 380 kB/s using newsleecher so my speed is down.

I called sky about this, i have done what they suggested -
reset router
tried master socket
replaced microfilter with new one
tried network cable from pc to router

Nothing makes any difference. The guy at sky told me to check my DownStream Connection Speed (which is 3069) on my router setup page. He said i should then get 3mb. He says as my modem is showing this downstream speed thats what is it recieving so he is saying i am losing some of the speed at my end and he said it might be my wireless connection however i have proven its nothing to do with it as i get the same speed with wired.

is there anything i can do or check or do i have to keep pestering sky again?

cheers

 

[rpstewart]

Sky LLU or Connect? If it's the latter then it's worth using the BT speed tester to determine what your IP profile is set to - it's independent of the connection speed and is the actual limiting factor in the speed of the connection.

 

[edscdk]

you are ignoring the protocol overhead....

you are probably physically sending the full 3mb if the router is connected at that speed, however there are protocol overheads to take into account...

if your router says its connected at 3mb its not likley to be telling lies, if the line were bad it would train down to 2.5 (or what ever was the optimum speed)

2.5mb from a 3mb line seems ok.....

the only thing to try is a different newer router (assuming you currently dont have a new one)

 

[Buchanan0204]

Like has been mentioned getting 2.5Mb from an expected 3.0Mb line is absolutely fine. Very few people every actually receive the full amount the router reports. 0.5Mbps will not make any difference in real world performance anyway, you wouldn't even notice the difference.

 

[Si105]

Like has been mentioned getting 2.5Mb from an expected 3.0Mb line is absolutely fine. Very few people every actually receive the full amount the router reports. 0.5Mbps will not make any difference in real world performance anyway, you wouldn't even notice the difference.

What?

I'm pretty sure I would.

 

[Buchanan0204]

What?

I'm pretty sure I would.

0.5Mbps is next to nothing. Downloading at an extra 50KBps isn't really that big of a deal. Jumping from 2.5 to 8 is a big jump and would be worth mentioning. If you use it to download 700MB .avi files for e.g. the waiting time isn't that much different... an extra 50KBps is menial to be honest when dealing with it in the hundreds.

There's nothing wrong with your internet or router i'm afraid, just going to have to live with the speed. 2.5 to 3.0 really wouldn't make a great deal of a difference to anything other than downloading torrents at full speed, even then 50Kbps is nothing.

I'm sure other forum members will agree.

 

[KIA]

Get a DG834G v4 and force the SNR.

 

[Si105]

0.5Mbps is next to nothing. Downloading at an extra 50KBps isn't really that big of a deal. Jumping from 2.5 to 8 is a big jump and would be worth mentioning. If you use it to download 700MB .avi files for e.g. the waiting time isn't that much different... an extra 50KBps is menial to be honest when dealing with it in the hundreds.

I'm sure other forum members will agree.

I'm really impatient with downloads, and would easily notice 50

Most normal human beings probably wouldn't though to be fair

 

[Phemo]

0.5Mbps is next to nothing. Downloading at an extra 50KBps isn't really that big of a deal. Jumping from 2.5 to 8 is a big jump and would be worth mentioning. If you use it to download 700MB .avi files for e.g. the waiting time isn't that much different... an extra 50KBps is menial to be honest when dealing with it in the hundreds.

On a 2.5mbit line you'll see around 300KB/sec which means you'd download 960MB per hour, roughly. On a 3mbit line you'll see around 360KB/sec which means you'll get 1200MB per hour, roughly.

An extra 240MB per hour is certainly a noticeable amount when you're talking about relatively slow lines in the first place, I'd certainly notice it. When you're talking about, say, 8mbit and faster lines then it's not such a big deal, but on a 2.5mbit line an extra 20% is definitely noticeable.

Regardless, as has already been said there is nothing wrong here anyway

 

[sare^baw's]

Sky LLU or Connect? If it's the latter then it's worth using the BT speed tester to determine what your IP profile is set to - it's independent of the connection speed and is the actual limiting factor in the speed of the connection.

LLU it is matey

you are ignoring the protocol overhead....

you are probably physically sending the full 3mb if the router is connected at that speed, however there are protocol overheads to take into account...

if your router says its connected at 3mb its not likley to be telling lies, if the line were bad it would train down to 2.5 (or what ever was the optimum speed)

2.5mb from a 3mb line seems ok.....

the only thing to try is a different newer router (assuming you currently dont have a new one)

i think i have another sky router somewhere but its an older model but still working, i only replaced it as i was having wireless connect problems.

Like has been mentioned getting 2.5Mb from an expected 3.0Mb line is absolutely fine. Very few people every actually receive the full amount the router reports. 0.5Mbps will not make any difference in real world performance anyway, you wouldn't even notice the difference.

well when your downloading the like sof 10gb movie files you notice any loss in speed, i used to get a faster speed so i cant understand why i cant get it back up to 380kB/s

 

[sare^baw's]

Get a DG834G v4 and force the SNR.

could you give me more info on that and what difference this would make please

On a 2.5mbit line you'll see around 300KB/sec which means you'd download 960MB per hour, roughly. On a 3mbit line you'll see around 360KB/sec which means you'll get 1200MB per hour, roughly.

An extra 240MB per hour is certainly a noticeable amount when you're talking about relatively slow lines in the first place, I'd certainly notice it. When you're talking about, say, 8mbit and faster lines then it's not such a big deal, but on a 2.5mbit line an extra 20% is definitely noticeable.

Regardless, as has already been said there is nothing wrong here anyway

yeah as you say when my line is slow thats why i notice it so much i was getting 380kB/s and now 320kB/s, i actually used to get more than 380 i think 420 but sky say thats not possible yet my download program showed this for a long long period of time and my line is slower and slower and sky tell me its fine.