Internet Speed

rickyp

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Hey all, just a query about internet speed, my family are on a 1.5mg speed plan (i probs didnt phrase it right but in the end we have a 1.5meg connection) and I can only ever get up to max speeds of 200kbps, my friend who has a 512 connection can get 500 quite often. Why is this? is there any way to fix it?

To answer some of the obvious questions
I am on wireless but my other computers arent and this actually dloads faster than them.

We rarely have more than one comp on at a time so the speed isnt going to be split.

My computer is rather top end, and I do have the latest drivers etc.
 

langerrox

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maybe its the place your downloading from? being wireless is going to slow down your speed for a starter, which ISP are you with?
 

langerrox

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go on a cable pc and go to the TPG website, try downloading a file from there see if its faster than normal
 

Brett_Lee

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Different places have different speeds. And it can depend on the server to on how fast you are downloading. I have Bigpond Cable and its pretty fast uncapped speeds Just caus they say its 1.5 mb second doesnt mean it is, it means its the speed it goes up to. Sometimes downloading off microsoft is 1 mb a second but other sites is 28kbs so i agree with langerrox, it depends whre you download from
 

langerrox

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yeh i normaly download from gamearena when i can (telstra site) and it get up to 700kbs
 

rickyp

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bummer, i thought it might have a lot to do with how far you are from the changeover point - i think thats what its called
 

brad352

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rickyp said:
bummer, i thought it might have a lot to do with how far you are from the changeover point - i think thats what its called
Exchange, and it does
 

Brett_Lee

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Well my cable is uncapped (Bigpond rekon its up to 8mbs) but is usually only a max of 500kbs - 1mbs

It also depends on your ISP to. And it can also depend on how many people are visiting and downloading on the site your on
 

cricket_lover

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my download speed is about 300-400 kbps. It usually is much faster but may be due to my wireless connections, its slower than normal
 

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