Originally Posted by
BGHD
BTW, aren't downloads/uploads bottlenecked by websites, so you don't even really get to make full use of superfast connections? Just wondering.
there's a lot of things that come into play when the actual transfer rate is calculated. the numbers that service providers throw out to you are bandwidth, which is related to (and often confused as) the connection's total capacity. The actual speeds you get is your throughput. Maximum throughput would be when you are using the full capacity of your connection, but this is rarely achieved for a number of reasons i'm not going to go into. (i'd have to refresh my facts to do so, as well) the majority of the web doesn't need crazy high bandwidth to perform well. where the extra bandwidth comes in handy is downloading and uploading large amounts of data, such as video, audio, and images.
Originally Posted by
curtis
I just did Speakeasy.....so I have to brag:
Download Speed: 15591 kbps (1948.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1855 kbps (231.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
wow! that's nice!
i just did it from my college apartment and i got:
Download Speed: 7702 kbps (962.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 6802 kbps (850.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
not too bad. the upload is especially nice. i'll have to try it at home.
EDIT: one more thing, you'll notice that the speeds go down significantly (usually) when the server you are connected to is further away. this is because the signal has to go through many more routers/switches/etc to get to its destination.
Last edited by drewface; 07-21-2008 at 02:06 PM.
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