adsl max

[coolio2k3]

im having trouble with im connected at 8128 down and 448 up but wen i do speedtest sometimes its 5.9m then most of the time its 3mb or less ? dont get it wen i d/l the speeds vary ?
using netgear wireless ?

 

[tolien]

You mean you're constantly synched at 8128 kbps, but your actual throughput varies?
Hardly a shock - the site you're downloading from and everything in between isn't dedicated to you...

 

[coolio2k3]

true
so thats ok then ? !

 

[Fr0dders]

yeah

i was on 4meg cable till i moved out last month

only very rarely saw the full 4 meg on very good sites.

most other times, i got a proportion of that due to the load on the server.

 

[TheCrow]

max is not a fixed rate, it is the best possable rate you can get.

I get 7MB/s sync but normaly i see less than my 2mb fixed that i had before, but this is ok by me as i do tend to get the full 7Mb/s at nite (i.e. not peak times)

It all depends on your connection ratio at your exchange, and also the website/ftp etc that you are trying to connect to.