>10Mbps on Optus Cable? (1 Viewer)

[~ ReNcH ~]

A guy I know claims to have attained a download speed of 3MB/s (yes, megabytes not bits). Is this even possible on an Optus cable connection or was there an error in the software estimating the download speed?

 

[asscookie]

I've seen it on Bigpond cable. I was using the internet in the wee hours of the morning, that might be part of the reason why. I have yet to see it on Optus, though.

 

[sunny]

Ask him whether this 3MB/s download rate was sustained.

 

[Rafy]

I can get 2-3mb/s on iprimus adsl. (you have to be within 1.5km of an exchange though)
It supposedly can go to 6mb/s but ive never got that.

 

[proud2bgay]

I can get 2-3mb/s on iprimus adsl. (you have to be within 1.5km of an exchange though)
It supposedly can go to 6mb/s but ive never got that.

on adsl hey?
what speed u on?

 

[7th Sign]

cable has a max speed of like 4 mb or 6mb a second
u dont know the right one

heirs new adsl in aus that can go 24mb a second...

its called adsl 2

cable is a thing of the past....

 

[AsyLum]

ADSL2+ can go 24Megabit i think, not megabyte, correct me if im wrong.

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

Yea.
In quoting these speeds, you have to be careful to use MB (bytes) and Mb (bits)...
iPrimus ADSL can only go up to 6Mbps which is equivalent to about 750KB/s.

 

[AsyLum]

and ADSL2+ is only within a 2km radius from the exchange. The drop further than that is quite significant.

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

cable has a max speed of like 4 mb or 6mb a second
u dont know the right one

heirs new adsl in aus that can go 24mb a second...

its called adsl 2

cable is a thing of the past....

By 4mb and 6mb do you mean 4MBps or 4Mbps (i.e. 500KB/s)
Coz I highly doubt that you can get 6MB/s on cable (i.e. 48Mbps = T3 speed)...just wondering whether 3MB/s is possible though - doesn't seem likely imo though.

 

[sunny]

just wondering whether 3MB/s is possible though - doesn't seem likely imo though.

No its not possible. Under what conditions did this person get 3MB/s download?

 

[AsyLum]

Downloading off 127.0.0.1

 

[sunny]

Downloading off 127.0.0.1

3MB/s is a rather poor effort then

 

[nick1048]

um... www.yahoo.com downloads at 700 - 1mb/s but I've got 3 off the PC-cillin wesbite for their virus scanner. Also my friend got 15mb/s once... not consistent ofcourse, but it chewed up about 20% of their download.

 

[AsyLum]

Thats caching, not real speed.

 

[sunny]

um... www.yahoo.com downloads at 700 - 1mb/s but I've got 3 off the PC-cillin wesbite for their virus scanner. Also my friend got 15mb/s once... not consistent ofcourse, but it chewed up about 20% of their download.

Sustained 3MB/s?

 

[nick1048]

how can u tell if it's real of caching when the file your downloading is less than your download rate...

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

No its not possible. Under what conditions did this person get 3MB/s download?

Not sure...but it's not even possible at 2am is it?? ... when there's absolutely no traffic and no contention?
I have a feeling that the download had already started before he pressed "start", inflating the speed. If not, the file was probably already cached.

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

Thats caching, not real speed.

E.g. I once got "12KB/s" on my 56k dial-up...lol
Same principle.

 

[nick1048]

yes sustained.