USB 330 Modem - Can anyone Explain this to me?

suarve · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:30

Have just updated my drivers for my Speed touch 330 modem and changed the USB transfer mode to 'Isochronous'. Now I'm on an 8 meh ADSL max package and connect at 6.5 Mbps.

Now, I always use Getright where possible to download larger files as I get slightly better speeds. However, to my surprise Getright is displaying 472 KB/s - this wasn't even a burst speed, it remained at 450 plus for the whole 380 MB file. Anyone know why, or is this Getright playing silly buggers?

EDIT: just tried another segmented download from that site and got:

Caged · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:40

What's the issue here? 472 KBps is perfectly achievable with a 6.5 Mbps sync.

suarve · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:44

Caged said:
What's the issue here? 472 KBps is perfectly achievable with a 6.5 Mbps sync.

I thought around 480 KB/s was the max you could get from a 8 meg connection?????

Caged · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:50

According to Google, 8 Mbps = 1024 KBps.

Obviously there's overheads to take off that, but not 500 KBps+ of them.

suarve · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:58

Well before this driver update I never got above 330 ish. But have just tried a few other sites and am getting 400 plus. Thats pretty good considering imo with Pipex

Masterdog · 3 Jan 2008 at 21:41

I've achieved close to 400 on a 4mb line...admittedly it hasn't come close to that since, but it'd be entirely feasible on an 8mb one.

tolien · 3 Jan 2008 at 22:17

It's the driver update that fixes things - USB bulk transfer mode blows for anything >~4Mbps. The best option is to use ethernet.

Caged · 3 Jan 2008 at 22:34

I was surprised that there was anyone left with enough patience to still be using those USB modems, I must say.

suarve · 4 Jan 2008 at 16:35

well sharing the internet is becoming very annoying lately. So ill be getting a router in the near future