it got up to 72kb/s after about 2mins and hovered around 60-70kb/s
The 50mb file took: 13minutes
i pulled up the network connection screen in task manager, but i dont know how to copy the image onto the post.
Josh

In reply to a post by joshwa201:

..... but i dont know how to copy the image onto the post.

You can't post an image on these forums.

You would need to put the image somewhere else and then link to it.

<a href="http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k303/stan201/?action=view&amp;current=screen.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k303/stan201/screen.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

This is the link to the screen shot, where it goes flat is where i commenced the download of one on the files on the site.
Josh

Edited by deleted (Mon 17-Jan-11 12:08:52)

Hello,

I'm just trying to understand what you have posted.
Your saying when you do the speedtest your getting around 500+kbps, but then you say your only getting download speeds of around 60-70kbps.

If our downloading a file, then that figure is normal and correct as the speed you download files at is only a small percentage of your internet connection speed.

Example, my internet connection had a sync downspeed of 8125kbps, profile was 7150kbps, and when I downloaded a file it was around 1200kbps.

where it goes flat is where i commenced the download of one on the files on the site

so what was going on before ? that picture shows your connection running at ~ 600k consistently across the width.

Running skype or a peer 2 peer file sharing application ?

Try putting cmd in the Run box of Start to get a comand prompt then type "netstat" and hit enter to see a list of connections to / from your PC.

In reply to a post by joshwa201:

Download speedachieved during the test was - 576 Kbps
....
I could live with these speeds, however as I previously mentioned, the best ive had in the past few weeks is 70kb when downloading, I've tried sereral browsers ect.

When you say "70kb when downloading", where is that reported? The download speeds shown in windows message boxes are ususally k.BYTES.per.second, in which case 70k.BYTES.per.sec = 560k.bits.per.sec which corresponds with your speedtest reults, and also the file download times you quote elsewhere.

it got up to 72kb/s after about 2mins and hovered around 60-70kb/s
The 50mb file took: 13minutes

50 MBytes / 13 minutes = 64 kbytes/s or about 512 kbits/s like the speedtest resutl.

Are you clear about bits and bytes ?

I think so, 8 bits makes a byte? Ive never seen anything measured in bits, only bytes
The download box is in Kb which is kilobyte's am i correct?
The speed test i posted was 0.2 mbps, which is 200kb? and im getting 70ish
Josh

Ive got nothing running bar internet explorer, no virus, firewall, msn, torrent client ect
josh

<a href="http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k303/stan201/?action=view&amp;current=netstat.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k303/stan201/netstat.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

this is the network status, i admit, it means nothing to me.