Re: Download speed confusion!

thanks, at least that clears that up. i guess on dial up at 56 speed, it
would be alot lot slower! guess il wait till the free 2mb upgrade for MORE
POWER ug ug ug (tim alan - tooltime)

"Ron Lowe" wrote:

> "Timbersnake" <Timbersnake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:AEF24CC7-D3B8-4B3F-9DD2-40B34C9B8D2D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi,
> > Im using windows xp pro. I have a cable broadband connection that is
> > currently rated at 750k, with a 128 upload speed. (it will be upgraded to
> > 2000k and 200k upload later this month by my ISP for free, how nice!!)
> >
> > This is my trouble, im not sure i have a setting right within the pc. Even
> > though my connection is 750k, if i ever try to download a programme,
> > software, music files, music videos, movie trailers etc etc, a window
> > always
> > pops up showing the download progress. And no matter where or what i
> > download, the speed is always around 90kbps. Surely, if i download say a
> > 3000k file, it should take no longer than 3 seconds, not 30? Have I got a
> > setting wrong on explorer or elsewhere?
> >
> > Please help, this is frustrating, i want the most from my service!
> > J
>
>
> Modem speeds are in BITS per second. ( bps, Kbps )
> Your download speed indicator is showing BYTES per second. ( Bps, KBps )
>
> A BYTE is 8 BITS.
>
> 750k bits per second is roughly:
> 750 * 1024 / 8 = 96K BYTES /sec
>
> Subtracting out the various overheads, then I'd say 80 to 90 KBytes / sec is
> normal.
>
> A 3 meg file in 30 seconds is ballpark correct for your connection.
>
> --
> Ron
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