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My tubes are fast!

jeremy.king

jeremy.king

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Jul 23, 2002
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You see I have SpeedBurst with Comcast, and I just downloaded VMWare beta. Check this out. 1.1MBps! Thats 8.8Mbps! Actually for a small time Safari was reporting 1.2MBps. Not too shabby for my 6Mbps connection :)

Just happy I am on holiday vacation and the series of tubes to my house don't seem to be full yet...
 

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kingjr3 said:
Check this out. 1.1MBps! Thats 8.8Mbps!
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Hmm, I'm confused, I always thought MBps and Mbps were the same thing. What is the difference?

I ususally get 650kbps but depends on the source. I was getting 1MBps (I think...it was ~1017KB/s) from F.E.A.R updater's FTP program, and thats over wireless!
 
Felldownthewell said:
Hmm, I'm confused, I always thought MBps and Mbps were the same thing. What is the difference?

I ususally get 650kbps but depends on the source. I was getting 1MBps (I think...it was ~1017KB/s) from F.E.A.R updater's FTP program, and thats over wireless!
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bits and bytes...big difference. B = Bytes, b = bits

8 bits = 1 Byte
 
I dont think you will get 8 if you are paying for 6. ISPs set the limit at their end. Check that you havent had a free upgrade and they havent told you. Its happened to me before.

I was paying for 1 but got upgraded to 2 for free. Since then I have been upgraded for free another two times so Im now on 4. I get exactly 4Mbps max.

Try the speakeasy test to check your speed.
 
I have a 6Mbps cable connection as well (Road Runner Time Warner) and often get around 9 (~1.2MB/s). Wish I could get torrents up that high. :p
 
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