Connection Speed?

[Aardpsymon]

Well, there is also the contention ratio to consider. All internet connections are shared at some point, thats the entire point of the net. So what happens is you get an ISP with a 10Mbit line. (this is a budget ISP ok?) and then they sell 1Mbit lines to 200 customers. The theory being that for "normal" use people don't max out their internet connection 24/7. So, while customer A is downloading a webpage customer B is reading a page and his connection is idle.

Of course, bottom line is as well as your internet connection also relies on the connection at the other end. No good having a 100Gbit internet connection yourself if the server you are downloading from only has 512kbit.

[Boogymantroy]

"If I had a 128k connection and was only getting 30K the first step would be running a log extension phone cord from my modem to the Universal service jack."

If he ran a cord longer than 20 or so feet he could greatly decrease the speed again, because the wires are stranded(depending on how good the signal is outside). If he is getting the full signal with "extra" capacity and dB's available to loose, then the isolation will work. If he is already on the border it could mess it up even more. Most modems will give you the connection info if you pull up the modem's software and look at the connection statistics.

[Negative]

Boogymantroy > He said "log", not "long" (I misread it, too, the first time )

[Boogymantroy]

I know what he meant. I was just copied and pasted it as it was on the post. :P

[Info Tech Geek]

There are broadband test sites where you can check your speeds. Try googling "broadband speed test"

I was thinking the same thing, I used to use DSLReports, but I think that site is slowly meeting its demise.

[S.P.I.]

I am pretty sure there is nothing wrong with the wiring. My cord is around 10 feet long, no more than that.

Ok I am a bit confused again, I thought someone over here said that 128 Kbps thing stands for 128 kilo BITS per second. And you have to convert it to bytes by dividing it by 8. If that's true 128/8 = 16 kilobytes per second.

Does anyone here use a 128k connection? What download rates do you guys get?

[Negative]

Kbps = kilo BITS per second
KBps = kilo BYTES per second
Mbps = mega BITS per second
MBps = mega BYTES per second

1 KBps = 8 Kbps, so you are correct: 128 Kbps = 16 KBps