computer question

so i got comcast 8mbs cable internet and my pc has 2 AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processors 4200+, 2GB PC2-4200 DDR SDRAM. uploading never gets higher than 40KB/s when doing any kind of uploads. i dont have any instant messanger programs running or p2p or torrent that would slow the up speed. any ideas on what could be slowing me down?

 

the 8mb/s is download only. Upload is normally capped to 384-512kb/s. That means that the upload speed is right. Download speeds should be near the 1MB/s area though assuming the server can feed you info that fast.

 

oh ok. so it is runnin as fast as it can. yeah i only see around 900KB/s on the dl.

 

Edited: yeah, that sounds right.

 

Well thats the right speed. They rate the speeds in KiloBITS/s. But most programs and OS's report KiloBYTES/s. I takes 8 bits to equal 1 byte. To get the number of bytes/s from bits/s divide the bits number by 8 and you will find out how many bytes it is.

 

yeah, I missed the lower case kb/s part, my mistake.

 

Go to http://www.broadbandreports.com and run a speed test under the tools area.

They will offer suggestions on ways to tweak your PC to run faster.

 

900k/s = 7200 kb/s

sounds right.

 

Awesome connection and pc JT. You need RAID 0 too!

 

thanks. where do i get raid. i read what it does but how do i do it?

 

Yah, you can't do anything about those upload speeds unless you were to get a business account or something... That has nothing to do with the speed of your pc, just the rate limiting they have on our connections... sucks...

 

i agree

 

raid = get 2 sata super fast hdds set up a raid.


they'll be superfaster

 

I never get higher than 30kb, and it slows down my connection so badly. I hate Charter and their limiting uploads. I wish I could get FIOS, or had the money for t1.

 

roughly how much is T1 per month?

 

if you have to ask then you can't afford it lol

 

I have seen T1's as low as 500 and as high as 1000...why would you want a T1?. Verizon actually has a half of a T1 which is very fast for a reasonable price. My mom in MD uses VZ DSL...Good Luck...



Mark

 

just dreaming

 

I'll do the same

 

I want a T1 or fiber(can get it in Gainesville if you know where to look) cause your guaranteed those speeds. T1 is 1.5mb/1.5mb and unless the line goes down your going to get those speeds. With DSL or cable your speeds with vary depending on how many people are on, how loaded down the cables are, etc.

 

I think the dsl speeds are garunteed, ( with BellSouth) but you my not be able to get symmetrical upload and download speeds.