How quick should a 1.2gb file download on a 4mbps connection

[Richenstony]

Ok guys my download speed still seems to be lacking some what , im sure there are ways to tweak firefox but i dont know how my current speed is on this download 46.6/kbsec which i know is bad ..... please please someone help    I dont pay for a highspeed connection to be chumped like this....

[SilentAssasin64]

It mostly depends on where you are downloading from.  You may have a good connection, but the server might not be able to push it out as fast as you can get it.

Try downloading from another source, or a mirror.  See if that helps.

[Richenstony]

Yh i know sometimes depending on where the sever is in the world and how bad the upload ratio is of the file itself can be bad towards your download .... but the only mirrors i found where in the states





took another test

AND YOUR SPEED KICKS *censored*  LOL

[honvetops]

12 seconds or less........  if it's a good connection  (my experience on verizon fios)


** I can download a file that size  1.2 gb   in 12 secs or less on 5 mbps  fios

[Richenstony]

well i think the problems solved it must be the mirrors , i download a few fair games of american sites as the games i download are infact americain and they dont seem to have any europe mirrors ...... so when im downloading frm the states im taking it as im getting the slower download as the untied states mirror is for the untied states and there at high depeteny to use it 1st and fast...

[soybean]

12 seconds or less........  if it's a good connection  (my experience on verizon fios)

  12 seconds or less for what?

[soybean]

It mostly depends on where you are downloading from.  You may have a good connection, but the server might not be able to push it out as fast as you can get it.

Try downloading from another source, or a mirror.  See if that helps.

14339/1833 kbps.  Whew!  What kind of connection do you have there, SilentAssasin64?

[reaper_tbs]

  exactly buddy... i only get this:

or this lol:

[soybean]

Wow, you've got a terribly wide variation there. 

The real question in these speed tests is how your speed compares to what speed your ISP says their Internet service will provide.  I ran the speed test from http://www.speedtest.net/ and got this:



That's not as good as what I normally get the test site I normally use from dslreports.com.  With the dslreports.com testing site, I usually get around 1440 kbps down and 380 up (it's usually fairly consistent between tests).  That's actually good, since my DSL service is rated at 1500 kbps/384 kbps.  I can get faster DSL if I want to pay more. 

[Richenstony]

exactly buddy... i only get this:

or this lol:

I just want to take this moment and say haha alseast my connections fasters that you guys ........... lol   

[reaper_tbs]

hehe.. well i actually live in Brisbane, and my connection FROM Brisbane to Brisbane is usually around the 2400 Kb/s mark, with uploading at 800, but i don't get how silent assasin's connection is so *censored* good. are you using NASA as an ISP or something?

[soybean]

I just want to take this moment and say haha alseast my connections fasters that you guys ........... lol   

Oh boy.     And, what did I say about ISP rated speed, etc?  I could easily get a faster speed than you're getting if I decided to pay more for faster speed.

[Richenstony]

Yh tis way cool , i wonder who long it would take to download 1000 mp3s on that speed

[Richenstony]

I just want to take this moment and say haha alseast my connections fasters that you guys ........... lol   

Oh boy.     And, what did I say about ISP rated speed, etc?  I could easily get a faster speed than you're getting if I decided to pay more for faster speed.

Yh well if you paided for it and you aint so im gunna rub it in >..... let me have
 this moment please 

[soybean]

What about the other point I mentioned.  DSL speed is affected by distance from the nearest major relay point/station of the telecommunications provider.  I'm getting about 96% (1440/1500) of the rated download speed, and that's good.  What are you getting?

Also, I'd rather get a consistent 1440 kbps than a service that sometimes gives me 1817 kbps but then may be a low as 196 kbps at other times, especially if the frequency of slower speeds is rather common.