can anybody help, i have just signed to a new isp, good company xln telecom, im on an upto 8meg connection, living out in rural area i know im not going to get a fantastic connection but my router connects at 2.7meg but my actual downloads are showing 1.6mbps/204kbps this goes upto 1.84mbps/234kbps, when i was on aol i had a 2meg conection and the same router locked in at 2.2meg and i was still getting 1.84mbps/234kbps, ive updated the router firmware re installed windows xp and still get the same results, ive tried changing the mtu settings in the router setup to no avail anybody help please as the isp dont fup and the cant explain any reason why its happening
DSL bandwidth connections carry overheads. You're not going to get a download speed equal to what you connect at, only a large portion of it. At 2 Megabit (2272kbps) you will typically get around 233-235KB/s download off a good server. At 2.7Mbps you should see about 275-280Kbps. Of course, this will only happe if the server you connect to is sufficiently fast, nobody else is using the internet, if your firewall is setup right, or if using P2p/Bittorrent, there are enough peers.
i was with aol for 2 years and always had 2.2meg connection getting 1.84 meg download as u say 234kbps, never used the aol rubbish software just configured router manually, but new service provider im getting 2.7 connection but 1.6meg d/load roughly 195kbps firewalls set up fine new install of win xp, new copy of norton 2008 internet security even different pcs connected via lan cable but still no performance gain isp tech support have looked into it and cant see any reason why
I'm not sure, if I'm honest. What are you using to download with, and which sites are you downloading from?
Test some other clients. Usenext was never slow for me, but it wasn't exactly what you'd call reliable.
With ADSL Max (the up to 8 meg options) if you live quite far from the exchange you can often find that the router will sync at a higher speed than the line can actually handle, whereas a fixed speed line will actually get speeds that reflect the line rate. I have found this with several of my customers (I work for an ADSL reseller). Check out www.kitz.co.uk where you can put your phone number and post code in and get a good recommendation on the speeds you should expect to get from your line. An option is to check what your BRAS profile has been set to (your ISP can tell you this) as this can also affect actual speeds compared to sync speed. However it may be more beneficial for you in the long run to actually change back to a fixed 2 meg line for more stability on the speed.
Be advised that because we live too far from the exchange to get a stable connection (we use ADSL2 24Mbps but get 1.6Mbps) the huge amount of CRC errors mean that our peak transfer rate is lower than it should be for our connection speed. The same may be true for you.
i dont have stability issues, usenetserver is great but im miffed that i connect at 2.7, and i only get the same as i did at 2.2, my next door neighbour gets 3.3 off the same pole with aol and gets 3.3 results why??????
The Stability issues will go unnoticed, but they will be there. If you use the same ISP as your neighbour and get a much slower speed then the quality of your phone wiring may be a bit suspect.
no i use a different isp and bt openreach came an put new wire from pole and new box on wall in house so i just dont know
Your next door neighbour might be on an AOL LLU connection, whereas as you are with BT you will be on an IPStream connection. This could explain the different speeds as you will be on different equipment at the exchange and therefore mighthave different contention ratios.
no our exchange is not llu yet its all still bt exchange hardware, router clicks in at 2660 and i still only get 1860 at best , changed routers tried different pcs, even tried my trusty bt speedtouch voyager 105 modem still same results every time , i think its my isp playing with me some how
heh, "trusty" I know what you mean. the drivers are shockingly poor, but a USB modem is a good fallback...
