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Tjivory · Post by **Tjivory** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:37 am

In any case, whether I'm paying for 100 MB/s or 100 Mb/s (= 10 MB/s), I'm still getting shortchanged... that is if I'm still not understanding this correctly. Last question, would a faster router or modem fix this if in that they are not throttling me?

spidergod · Post by **spidergod** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:43 am

Tjivory wrote:
Gosh wrote:in the speedtest you get a download speed of 10 megaBYTE per s which roughly equals a download speed of 100 megaBIT per s (megaBIT is what you paid for)
Why are you saying megaBIT is what I paid for? It is my understanding that I should be getting 100 megaBYTE'S, when I'm only getting 10? If you are refering to only the post I made, I probably just wrote out the numbers wrong. Also, notice that the speeds I'm getting is ranked C and slower than more than half the houses in the U.S., so saying this is as high as it gets is clearly wrong. Some people posting here are even getting 500MB/s.

It is megabits you are paying for (if you were getting megabytes you would be paying at least 10 x more than you are).

So 100 megabits/8 = 12.5 Megabytes.
Take off overheads and getting 10 Megabytes download speed is pretty good.

With Charter Internet Ultra, network speeds can reach up to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps). Your exact speed will depend on the service level to which you subscribe. The asymmetric cable modem scheme is the most common type of cable network setup, and will allow for a faster data transmission rate (higher bandwidth) on the downstream data path (to your computer) than the upstream data path (from your computer). This network setup works well, since most cable modem users download more information than they send. For example, downloading Web pages and multimedia files and participating in newsgroups require much more bandwidth than sending Web page requests or e-mail.

spidergod · Post by **spidergod** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:49 am

I used to do technical support for an ISP and yes the megabit and megabyte thing can get confusing.

8 bits to a byte.

So always divide megabits by 8 and you will get the true download speed.

Please note due to the way dsl works their will always be an overhead so you really need to take off approx 10% to 20% off the megabyte speed.
This is not a fixed speed though and you will notice speed tests fluctuate.

The only way of getting proper bang for the money internet speeds is to go for a leased line (these will probably be quite expensive for a home user though).

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:51 am

Most isp word their contract so that you cannot challenge the speed you receive,
and also the the fine print will allow curtailing your speed
if you use more bandwidth than their business plan allows.
If someone is hoovering movies and other large files, 24/7,
the corporate beancounter might tamper with the wires.

Words like 'unlimited' in their contracts, will be offset
by the legalese printed in micro fonts.
Cheers

Tjivory · Post by **Tjivory** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:55 am

spidergod wrote:
So 100 megabits/8 = 12.5 Megabytes.
Take off overheads and getting 10 Megabytes download speed is pretty good.

I'm only getting near 2 MB/s (Megabytes) though

The first image I posted was listed in Megabits and said a little over 10Mb/s, if you look at my last image again it is with the updated settings you referred to me.

spidergod · Post by **spidergod** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:08 am

Tjivory wrote:
spidergod wrote:
So 100 megabits/8 = 12.5 Megabytes.
Take off overheads and getting 10 Megabytes download speed is pretty good.

I'm only getting near 2 MB/s (Megabytes) though The first image I posted was listed in Megabits and said a little over 10Mb/s, if you look at my last image again it is with the updated settings you referred to me.

Just checking out the speedtest site, will get back to you asap.

spidergod · Post by **spidergod** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:13 am

This is mine as megabits

and mine as megabytes :

spidergod · Post by **spidergod** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:17 am

Tjivory wrote:
spidergod wrote:
So 100 megabits/8 = 12.5 Megabytes.
Take off overheads and getting 10 Megabytes download speed is pretty good.

I'm only getting near 2 MB/s (Megabytes) though The first image I posted was listed in Megabits and said a little over 10Mb/s, if you look at my last image again it is with the updated settings you referred to me.

It is still showing megabits (you have to click on save right down the bottom of the speed test page), but yes if you are paying for 100mb/s you should see more than 10.85 megabits.

I would defo get on the phone to your isp, could be problems with the telephone line (you cannot always tell by yourself) or their could be a problem in your area with speeds.

will try and find another speed test site for you to check as well.

thanks

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:22 am

spidergod · Post by **spidergod** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:25 am

el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote:

Phew that is slow

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:30 am

spidergod wrote:
el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote:
Phew that is slow

it was slow 5 years ago

it's pretty frustrating !! and i have to share that bandwidth with others

Freaqpeak · Post by **Freaqpeak** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:34 am

Many of you seems to live in Internet's third world countries.

Anyways. Anyone got Omnisphere 2 yet?

elassi · Post by **elassi** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:41 am

spidergod wrote:I would defo get on the phone to your isp, could be problems with the telephone line (you cannot always tell by yourself) or their could be a problem in your area with speeds.

I face this prob from time to time with my ISP and to date it always helped to just switch the modem off for a minute (guess that's technically a reset but I have no clue about these things).

In rare cases it then changes to another speed value which is still lower than the normal one, but a second reset helps here, too.

elassi · Post by **elassi** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:45 am

cnt wrote:

You seem to have a LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at home.

elassi · Post by **elassi** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:47 am

Spectrasonics added an info to the sales site (their shop):

"AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD 9AM PST"

Omnisphere 2 is here! (yes, it's really here!)