Mutechno Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Hi, I'm running on 256k/b connection but whenever I try and go download a file, it's being capped at 30k/b downloading... I'm using FireFox but Internet Explorer does the same thing. I've tried using online speed test and they've given me a result of 280k/b plus. I don't know whats the problem. I've called my internet provider but still no help. Please help me. I think sometimes wrong. Thanks Specs below Windows XP Pro SS2 256MB RAM256 k/b Connection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 I think you're getting your kb(bits per second) + KB(Bytes per second) a bit confused ?I'm on a 2Meg connection and my max d/l speed is approx 250KB.So on a 256K connection you should get a proportionally fast d/l speed - i.e. about 30KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Quite often the download speed at the server is restricted because of lack of capacity, site being busy or just simple lack of speed.I'm on 8Mb Internet connection but that is no help in me downloading from certain update sites where the speed is restricted to 224Kb (and sometimes slower). Nero is particularly bad in this respect.I've just run Nero update which ran at 164Kbps and took over 13 minutes to download. When you're on high speed Internet connections, this is quite irritating. When I downloaded some Nero templates immediately afterwards, that went at full speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 You seem to expect a lot from your computer running XP on 256MB RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 You seem to expect a lot from your computer running XP on 256MB RAM.Could you please explain this as the internet speed is the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 You seem to expect a lot from your computer running XP on 256MB RAM.Could you please explain this as the internet speed is the problem.I know that in this case the internet is the problem. I was merely pointing out that 256 MB Ram is VERY low to run XP. I hope that this point will be of interest to Mutechno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozofdeath Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I agree with pops, you should look into getting a download accelerator for faster speed. I personally use getright but there are many many differents ones to choose from. They allow you to do segmented downloads so in some cases you can get around their download limit by making another connection to them or even more connections. They also allow you to get segments from different download sites or mirrors. It has helped me out tremendously.I'm on 8Mb Internet connection Good God! Are you on fiber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I'm on 8Mb Internet connection Good God! Are you on fiber?No :) 8Mb is the new BT (British Telecom) standard speed for ADSL Broadband.The actual speed varies but I can usually get between 6 - 7.5 Mbps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 No :) 8Mb is the new BT (British Telecom) standard speed for ADSL Broadband.The actual speed varies but I can usually get between 6 - 7.5 Mbps.Only if you live next to the exchange, our max is 3Mb. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Only if you live next to the exchange, our max is 3Mb. :(Not exactly next to the exchange but the chairman of BT lives just down the road so there is special dispensation for him - which we share in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Only if you live next to the exchange, our max is 3Mb. :(Same here :( Still it's 3 times the speed I was getting before Max DSL so I can't really complain :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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