hagman, notice that I said "You also said that you get similar speeds "anywhere else." Where else, and using what program(s)?" without knowing the upload capabilities of the sites you are sampling, we have no way of knowing if you're not still just measuring the same thing as with your file sharing program. Jimi_l, you said "There are no Websites (to speak of) with public download folders that will give you full bandwidth." This is not really true at all. Pretty much any mirror site , for example, will push out at least 100KBps, and some much more. hagman, this might be a good place to try downloading something and see if you can break your speed barrier, so to speak :)

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Linuxiso.org is not a very good example, actually it is for my point but not for yours. Half of the downloads "fail to change directory" and fail and none of them were anywhere close to 100kbps. The ones that do work are FTP and not HTTP. My post stands. Jimi_l

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I'm getting over 300k downloading the first random ISO I clicked on at linuxiso.org. Far from standing, your post is self-evidently bullcrap. Even if the protocol is FTP and not HTTP (which it is in my example above), the client is still downloading much faster than hagman's "cap". 30k-50k is demonstrably not "as good as it gets for the most part."

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I don't think you guys understand my situation, I am on a 386k connection and I when I download from www.esportsea.com (some of the best download servers on the net) I get 30-50 kiloBITS a second, whereas I used to get 150-200kbps. It takes me almost 2 minutes to download a 3.17mb file, rediculous. And you keep telling me that I a am getting what I should, that is absolute nonsense, I have been with Charter for over 3 years and every single day of that time my downloads would fly, but in the past 2 weeks it just slowed down, now that is not 'what I should be getting'. hagmanana

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hagman, you are definitely not getting the speeds you should be getting, all things being equal. Ignore what jimi_1 says :) What I was trying to say is, you need to use a little scientific control on what you are downloading and from where to accurately measure your download speed. Try downloading this. We already know that this server is capable of serving downloads of at least 300KB/s. If you get similar speeds from this download, that tells us that maybe your slower downloads were due to downloading from slower servers. If you only get 30-50k from this download, that tells us something else. In that case, try doing a traceroute to the server (ftp.es.debian.org). See if there are any hops with high latency or dropped packets.

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I got the same download speed from that download as all the others I have tried. But when I did the tracert they were going steady until #10 came along #9 I was getting 15ms [192.205.32.126] then all of a sudden there was a hop to #10 it came back at 142ms [67.17.65.126] is that the problem? hagmanana

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Doubtful. 142ms isn't great, but it is not likely to cause your problem. I wonder if it really is a problem though. You said you have a 386k connection? I assume you mean this is your advertised downstream bandwidth from your ISP? If that is true, the download speeds you are getting are pretty much at the upper limit of your available bandwidth. 386 Kbps = 48.25 KBps. So the question would not be why are your download speeds so slow now, but why were they ever faster?

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http://performance.toast.net/results.asp?testtype=4&loadtime=15.89 So bacically you're telling me I am paying for broadband and getting download speeds of a 56k and I should wonder why? Obviously you are not enlightened to my situation because I am getting completely ripped off. I have never been on a computer with broadband that could not download files at or greater than 150kbps what you are saying makes absolutely no sense. hagmanana

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As the link you posted illustrates, your broadband connection is at least 4 times faster than 56k dialup. So no, I am not telling you that you are getting download speeds of a 56k. I am telling you that 40-50KBps is exactly the speed you should expect from a 386k connection. I would question whether 386k is really your downstream bandiwdth - that seems low, even for low-end DSL. But if that is your actual download speed I am telling you that, yes, the speeds you are getting are pretty much what you should be getting. If you want to enlighten me to your "situation", give me more information. I have asked you repeatedly to list sites, protocols, and programs that you are downloading from. This information could be used to extrapolate a pattern of performance and possibly troubleshoot your problem. I can only assume from your reluctance to provide this information that you would rather complain about your download speeds than investigate the reason for your presumed bandwidth cap. Since what I say makes no sense to you, let me put it in simpler terms. 1) "Broadband" is a blanket term. It should not be assumed to connote a particular range of speed or performance. 2) A 386k connection is considered broadband. This is the connection you claim to have. 3) The maximum downstream speed possible on a 386k connection is 48.25 KBps. 4) Your download speeds are between 30KBps and 50KBps. Conclusion: Your speeds are normal for your connection. Have a nice day :)

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Too bad, I was hoping you would keep talking and continue making a fool of yourself. Have a day Jimi_l

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Hey, thanks jimi_1. You have contributed so much information to this post, and have been remarkably helpful! If you feel that my posts have been erroneous or, as you say, foolish, please correct me. I am always eager to learn from my mistakes. Being as knowledgeable about networking and the Internet as you clearly are, I'm sure there is a lot you can teach me. Maybe then I can avoid making a fool of myself in the future. Or were you just acting childish because I disagreed with you and deconstructed your weak post? Either way, I look forward to reading your future posts. Have a wonderful day! :)

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Jimi_1, Jimminy is correct is his assessment. 2 minutes to download 3.17MB of data works out to be an average download speed for the duration of that download of about 25KBps or 200kbps. That is roughly half of what you would expect with your 386kbps or also known as 48.25KBps connection. A 56kbps connection (like dial up) would yield an average download rate of no better than 7KBps because it can not. The best download you should be able to obtain would be 48.25KBps with a 386kbps connection. I am on a 4mbps cable connection and the best download rate that I can expect to obtain is 500KBps. I do get this and a little better when I download from Microsoft. When you say that you used to get better speeds I can only guess that you thought you did by looking at the numbers differently than you do now. 30KBps - 50KBps is also known as 240kbps - 400kbps or close to your 386kbps connection. You could not have gotten 150KBps (also known as 1200kbps) out of a 386kbps connection. Like Jimminy said...you are getting your due download speeds with your currently advertised connection (30-50KBps o/o 386kbps connection). Regards, Bryan

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Thanks Bryco. That should help clear things up :)

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