average speed for cable

sieZe · Post by **sieZe** » Wed May 02, 2001 10:37 pm

hi

im using at&t's roadrunner in los angeles
and i usually down at 70k~140k. the max is
supposed to be 1.5mb but i never got up to
that. so i wanna know the average speed for
cable modems. please dont reply if u down
at more than 1mb/per sec.

damaged · Post by **damaged** » Wed May 02, 2001 10:55 pm

Capped at 10 mb/sec d/l, 128 kb/sec u/l

Achieve 3-5 mb/sec d/l, 120 kb/sec u/l

Don't feel bad I'm pissed because I'm not getting my d/l cap.

Ha!

JackMDS · Post by **JackMDS** » Wed May 02, 2001 11:00 pm

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Take a look here. Big Business.
http://forums.speedguide.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=012593

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boss672 · Post by **boss672** » Wed May 02, 2001 11:00 pm

sieZe u are talking megabits per second and not mega bytes right?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed May 02, 2001 11:03 pm

I just setup 2 last week, in the same town. One got 2700/280, and the second one got 2400/760. I couldn't believe the upload of the secone one, I tested it several times that night, from dslreports.com.

sieZe · Post by **sieZe** » Wed May 02, 2001 11:12 pm

im talking B Y T E S

when people say kbps, does that mean killo

BYTES per sec?

JackMDS · Post by **JackMDS** » Wed May 02, 2001 11:40 pm

Kb/sec K=Killo b=bits Mb/sec is Mega bites

KB/sec K=Killo B=Bytes MB/sec is Mega Bytes

8 bits = 1 Byte

i.e download of 300KB/sec = 2.4 Mb/sec

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sieZe · Post by **sieZe** » Wed May 02, 2001 11:46 pm

so.... my down speed is slow compared to others right?

(my speed 100KB per sec)

Pikap39 · Post by **Pikap39** » Thu May 03, 2001 12:01 am

yes, I would consider that slightly slower than norm. Im sure that you have tweaked, but have you checked with anyone in your area.

sieZe · Post by **sieZe** » Thu May 03, 2001 12:11 am

oh well i just talked to a techintian from att roadrunner, and he said that the max is 1500bps and that makes 150KB and he goes
'this is extremely FAST' (-_-)?

what do u think?

g-c0de · Post by **g-c0de** » Thu May 03, 2001 12:12 am

1) most isp set it to be 1.5mbps (megabits per second) depending on your isp, if you get higher than 1.5Mbps that would be a privilege, not sure about the upload,mine is capped at 10KB (incredibly slow)BTW 1.5MBps is 192KBs

2) its impossible to get 1.5MB(megabytes) with cable, if you see that or higher when you download with Ie, windows is lying to you (bad in calculations, i had a couple of those bad calculations when i download in IE).

3)what damaged replied that he is capped at 10mb/sec,10mb/sec would be 1280KB(kilobytes)/sec and from all the articles i read ,that would be impossible with a cable modem

sieZe · Post by **sieZe** » Thu May 03, 2001 12:34 am

hmmmmmmm..........

well then who r these people that says they
download more than 10000kbps which makes it
1MB?

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g-c0de · Post by **g-c0de** » Thu May 03, 2001 1:21 am

IMHO they are miscalculated errors in internet explorer or whatever browser you are using, the only cable that i know of that goes over 1MB(megabyte) is an Ultraband cable which goes up to 40mbps(megabits per second) = 5140KB (kilobytes) or 5.01MB (Megabytes)

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu May 03, 2001 6:56 am

So all those modem speed test sites are totally faulty and useless?

I usually visit the same test sites at DSL reports.com, whatever networks I setup and always with the latest and most current IE, usually on clean machines.

I use it because visiting the same test sites from different setups should give a nice comparison between them. And I usually hit several other sites also, such as links from ZDNet, MSN, etc, but usually DSL Reports. In my area, southeastern CT, I've always found DSL to average 600 - 1200 down, 60 - 115 up. I've usually found cable to be 1200 - 3100 down, 240 - 340 up, with the one exception being the 760 up that I installed last week.

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Thu May 03, 2001 3:37 pm

from my under standing the max a cable modem can dl is 30mbps and i have done 900KBps with mine i see 2-4mbps all the time dling and i am happy but realy it is the speed they cap you at you wont go higher then that and if they have your upload caped then your going to have a problem with fast dl's i aint saying my upload aint caped but it is and when i reach that cap pings fly sky high

ExarKun · Post by **ExarKun** » Thu May 03, 2001 4:10 pm

The physical properties of Coax Cable allow it to handle 30mbps and higher if necessary
Now unfortunately I have not seen any cable modems with a higher rating than 10mbps for sale to the public and don’t know if any provider offers it..

It just comes down to one thing GREED.. That’s it nothing more.
Example my companies original quote for a Full blown DS3 line "A.K.A" T-3 45mbps from MCI WorldCom $24,000 a month.
We immediately gave them the universal sign of disapproval.

2 Months later we received a quote from our current provider Globalcrossing.Com
For a Full Blown DS3 45mbps for only $7,000 a month

You do the math. Nothing but pure greed..

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Thu May 03, 2001 7:47 pm

anything greater then 2mb/s is a lie. Your hard drive can only write so fast on a constant basis.

Camouflage · Post by **Camouflage** » Thu May 03, 2001 8:22 pm

Originally posted by onetrueday:
anything greater then 2mb/s is a lie. Your hard drive can only write so fast on a constant basis.

Do you mean 2 megaBITS (mbps) per second (2,000 kilobits) or 2 megaBYTES (mB/s (about 16 megabits i think)? If you mean 2 megabits then you are wrong. I get over 6 mbps consistently off ftp sites, so I don't think that is a lie.

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Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu May 03, 2001 11:04 pm

I gotta stand back, and think about that "anything over 2 is a lie, hard drive limitations".

Uh....how about LANs, currently 100Base-T networks...so they are useless? 1000Base-T Giga networks?

And if my hard drive could barely write 2 mb/s, I'd be damn embarassed. Even basic ATA hard drives lately can sustain well over 16, I have a RAID 0 ATA-100 array, she can sustain over 50 with bursts near 100.