Download Speed

robinson09 · 6 Sep 2009 at 17:21

Hello,
Bit of a noob, just wondering:
http://www.speedtest.net/ says my download speed is 5.03 mb/s, but the highest i ever get using Rapidshare premium is about 700 kb/s, is there a specific reason for this, and how could i speed it up. I use flashget as for my downloads aswell.
Thanks

Daegan · 6 Sep 2009 at 17:30

You're mixing bits and bytes. The speedtest result is in bits (mbps) and the Rapidshare download is in bytes (KB/s). There are 8 bits in a byte, so your Rapidshare downloads are running faster than the speedtest result.

robinson09 · 6 Sep 2009 at 17:32

Ah right, this is my result, does this concur with what you were saying. Thats alright then

Thanks

Also, why is upload so poor?

Daegan · 6 Sep 2009 at 17:36

Speedtest sites are crap. I'd test it some other way before concluding your upload is poor.

robinson09 · 6 Sep 2009 at 17:39

lol fair enough, i was only prompted to do it because my connection has been a bit off today.

tolien · 6 Sep 2009 at 21:10

If your ISP is BT, your upload rate's probably 448kbps which makes your Speedtest result maybe a touch slow but not disastrously so.

Ross1234 · 6 Sep 2009 at 21:15

My internet is supposed to be 20 yet speedtest shows it as 86!

Ryan111 · 7 Sep 2009 at 15:19

same, im on 20meg virgin and i constantly get ridiculous speed test results... etc:

Speedtest sites are highly inaccurate. Its better to download a file from http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/ and see your speed in there.

doiks14 · 10 Sep 2009 at 03:58

I think the result is pretty accurate as long as no other program in the background using the bandwidth..
heres mine atm

edit: omg, just saw Ryan111's post... lol
I think something is terribly wrong there

Wiggins · 10 Sep 2009 at 10:06

doiks14 said:
I think the result is pretty accurate as long as no other program in the background using the bandwidth..
heres mine atm

edit: omg, just saw Ryan111's post... lol
I think something is terribly wrong there

Correct me if i'm wrong but isn't your upload speed of 9.62mb/s :eek:

a bit out of sorts also.

doiks14 · 10 Sep 2009 at 10:50

Yeah, I know about my upload speed... but it seems to be no bs, lol
I really do get that speeds uploading photo's etc. however, It varies on a day to day basis.. it ranges from 2mbps-10mbps. I am happy with it either way

Wiggins · 10 Sep 2009 at 11:20

Is your house on top of the exchange? :eek:

Ryan111 · 14 Sep 2009 at 21:42

Im more shocked by the 3ms ping!!!!

Daegan · 14 Sep 2009 at 22:06

It's ask4, an ethernet service available in a few developments in places like Leeds and Sheffield. It's not ADSL or cable.

macca672 · 14 Sep 2009 at 22:07

3ms ping is rather nice yeah

Tute · 14 Sep 2009 at 22:46

I got a profile reset today, it was going at around 6.5MBit this morning.

That's when it's not busy dying or putting me on a profile of 100KBit. BT are crap when it comes to that kind of thing.

Ryan111 · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:31

BT suck, if you get 6.5 through BT, id expect you would get allot more, especially in the upload, through O2 or Be. If your exchange is LLU of course...

bledd · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:43

i use the first one on this page..

http://bleddyn.co.uk/net/

simple and pretty accurate (and fast)

TheOtherOption · 16 Sep 2009 at 04:49

Our BT connection has gone down to 0.35mbps up and down for the last week nearly now - cannot work out what is going on - and the BT speedtester doesn't recognise our phone number anymore so can't check the IP profile!

Hate calling BT