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593020001 · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: Internet provider scamming me?

Well, i'm kind of fed up with this bullshit, so i might as well ask you guys.

we have a contract for a 5mb/s internet speed

speetest says im at 4.83mb/s max

but when i'm downloading, the MAX i get is 500kb/s where'd the other 4.3mb/s go?

SF · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject:

It's not just based on your speed, but the speed of the person you're getting it from, how far away you are, etc.

eg; I can download from a server close to me at 1.5MB/s, but everywhere else it's basically a max of 800KB/s.

Edit: That's actually one thing I hate about some ISPs. They advertise "DOUBLE THE SPEED!" but it's just a cheap way to get more money when you'll probably never hit your actual cap more than once a month.

superweapons · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject:

You're probably confusing the units. 1 kilobyte (KB) doesn't equal 1 kilobit (Kb). 8 kilobits in a kilobyte (8Kb in 1KB). So a 5Mb connection would only max out at 625KB/s. You also have to factor in not only the distance from the server, but whether the server's bandwidth is already red-lining.

That's assuming you have your units wrong. Which is the likely case with this.

593020001 · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject:

so when your downloading, its in which form of kb?

>_<

superweapons · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject:

Usually (at least for Firefox), it shows the download speed in kilobytes (KB). As with torrenting applications such as uTorrent and Usenet clients like alt.binz. It's really universal actually; I rarely find applications that measure speed by kilobits.

Localhost · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject:

Your ISP and that speedtest website measure them in kilobits (to make it look like you are getting more... to average joes).

so 5mb/s is how much the ISP gives you... 4.83mb/s is what you get after factoring in:

*Other Connections on your computer
*Other connections on your router
*The speed/bandwidth of the relaying server...

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5mbits/s = 625kbytes

This is factoring in:

*Other Connections on your computer
*Other connections on your router
*The speed/bandwidth of the relaying server...

Which knocks it down probably to... 500kbytes! Which firefox states you download at!

Congratz, everything is fine with your computer.

iTz SWAT · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject:

Your not getting scammed.
My ISP said my Max will be 10mb and I download at 1Mb/s...
No scam...

GG · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject:

My ISP said that I would get an average of 5 MEGABITS per a second and my speedtest shows 11 MEGABITS per a second.

Thanks for not bullshitting me iiNet!

But think about it.

xV · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject:

Actually, most ISP will say up to xx MB/S. I'm on a 1.35 MB/S, but my max download speed I ever get is around 170 KB/S.

This is how you really find out your speed:

I'll use my line as an example (1.35MB/S) so you convert that into kilobytes which = 1382.4 KB

Now you divide it by six, so my download speed is:

1382.4/6 = 230.4 KB/S (at least it should be, but this is just a rough estimate, there are other things that come into play as well, stated above)

GG · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject:

Yeah, at least my ISP said average

Karakawe · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject:

Often, cable companies will pump a little extra juice through the lines to compensate for usage, I've read. Speed comes down to a lot, though.
(Just don't fuck about with Verizon.

Deletion · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject:

I pay for five and this is what I get...

When I call them, they say, whoah that's pretty high, the average customer gets about half the speed they pay for, you are lucky... (Not verbatim, but he basically said that)

GG · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:31 pm Post subject:

He says

zupal1461 · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:28 am Post subject:

It's called advertising...a "fallacy."

Most businesses lures their customers by using methods that will definitely lure possible customer/s. Usually showing them pictures and/or figures that at first glance may look inviting.

Better learn to read between the lines and start asking questions and clarification >.<

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