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wha, im on 2mb/s and I usually download at about 150kb/s

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Originally posted by saralk
wha, im on 2mb/s and I usually download at about 150kb/s

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lol, for each of your 10 DLs

11 replies in this thread and only ONE (lizard.boy's) has been correct...

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Originally posted by raceprouk

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Originally posted by MC Inferno
How Cum if my connection is supposed to be 11MB a sec (which it keeps tellin me it is on that little picture of the two PC's by the clock) how come it keeps downloadin stuff at approx. 20 - 30KB a sec.

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20-30 kilobytes per second is reasonable for 11 megabits per second.
If the connection is fully utilised, you'll get about 1.3MB/s, but when you take into account connection-maintenance data, IP headers, ... {insert muchos bandwidth eaters here} ... you get a speed more like you actually are getting.

I know how much bandwidth can be wasted

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yottabyte and everyone else thanx for ur help, but raceprouk has explained it for me i knew connections slowed down the more u do but i didnt relise they do that much as they do nothin. if u get me. tar

PS. it might be worth keepin this thread locked and not deleted incase any1 esle has this query., thanx

er. actually no its not worth keeping this thread. because its got so many answers that are incorrect.

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Originally posted by Segosa
11 replies in this thread and only ONE (lizard.boy's) has been correct...

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Mine too! I emphasised the difference between bandwidth and data measurements, and hinted at why you never max out a connection!