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128k modem
Name: Craig Date: July 28, 2002 at 14:09:04 Pacific
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Hi, i'm using a cable modem to connect to the internet, rated by NTL as 128k The maximum speed of downloads is about 29,000 B/sec. Could anyone tell me if this is right? Obviously they allow upload and download speeds when taking into account the 128k figure. But i just wanted to know if the download speed i get is about average for a 128k modem and is there any way of increasing this on my part. TIA
Name: Brian Date: July 28, 2002 at 14:13:28 Pacific
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First of all I would see if any other sites have the same download problem , next I would do a few traceroute to the site your trying to download from, the site could be experiencing heavy traffic or there could problems between hops.
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Response Number 2
Name: craig Date: July 28, 2002 at 14:22:19 Pacific
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thanx Brian, im actually using WinMX which is P2P file sharing. It's just no matter what i do, it never goes above 29,000 b/sec even cable to cable connections. Maybe the ISP has set it to this and there is nothing i can do. It was just a general query to see if i was paying for something i wasnt getting full advantage of thats all. I wasnt sure how ISP's work out their bandwidth.
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Response Number 3
Name: Brian Date: July 28, 2002 at 14:44:55 Pacific
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They might be capping your bandwidth???
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Response Number 4
Name: craig Date: July 28, 2002 at 14:55:52 Pacific
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do you know roughly what my up/download speeds should be? so i can compare. thanx
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Response Number 5
Name: Brian Date: July 28, 2002 at 15:00:25 Pacific
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It would vary, but it should be better then 29K, I would get rid of that 128K modem and just use a 56k modem. I am sure you do better then 29K. Goto download.com and download a bandwidth meter, that would show what kind of downloads your getting.
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Response Number 6
Name: Sterling_Aug Date: July 28, 2002 at 15:20:20 Pacific
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My Toshiba cable modem averages around 160KB per second downloads (1.6 MBits per second).
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Response Number 7
Name: Craig Date: July 29, 2002 at 15:39:26 Pacific
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Thanks for your help folks, i've tried several online test meters and bandwidth meters, they all say i average at 30kb/sec which is not good for a 128k modem! So i'm contacting my ISP for them to lift whatever limiter they have put on it. :o)
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