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Internet & Networking => Web design => Topic started by: alexander hsdkfhkssd76 on May 24, 2005, 04:31:43 PM
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Why is it that I download stuff at 4kb/s when I have a 56k modem? Shouldn't it be higher? Is there any way I can make stuff download faster? (btw, I am using windows 98 and AOL ver 9.0)
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I'm guessing this is a Dial-up connection? It does not matter so much for dial-up how fast your modem can go, but how fast AOL will let you go... How much bandwidth does AOL allow for you?
[glb]Flame[/glb]
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You are reading your download speed in kilobytes but your modem is rated in kilobits.
It's all bits & bytes to me and not to be confused with the connection speed between your computer & your modem. I found this for your reading pleasure :)
There is often confusion about bandwidth due to the difference between kilobytes and kilobits. Bits are used to talk about data transfer rates (1 kilobit = 1000 bits), while bytes are used to talk about storage size calculations (1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes). There are 8 bits in a byte. So a 28.8 Kbps (kilobits per second) modem can actually only handle a maximum of 3.6 KB/s (kilobytes per second) of data, including the connection to the ISP, the data holding the TCP/IP packets together, and other essential information. Given all these facts together, your download speeds will often be slower than the "potential" advertised.
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thank you!! ;D I thought my modem was like messed up or sumtin....Thnx.