SBC Internet download speed question???

Question

My yahooDSL is supposed to download things at 2.4MB/second but an average download only goes at 334KB/s what gives? Streaming Videos at 1250KB/s go perfictly though!

Answer 1

other than the connection speed, download speed also depends upon the following factors:

1. The host server (server you are downloading the file form) may be particularly 'busy': In other words, there are many people like you who are trying to download the file, which causes the server to slow down. Downloading a file from a server that has 10000 current users will be much faster than Downloading the same file from a server which has 100000 users.

2. The distance between you and the host server (which is why it is usually better to download large files from sites that are geographically closer)

3. The speed of the host server. The requests for download are more than the server can handle.

4. Amount of traffic on the Internet at that time. Generally you will find that your download speeds slow down during times of peak demand - such as at lunchtime and in the evening





TEST UR ACTUAL SPEED AT THIS LINK

http://help.sbcglobal.net/dsl/speedtest/

Answer 2

Actually, you are probably at about the right speed.



Your internet is supposed to be 2.4Mb/second (Megabits per second), because if it was megabytes per second (MB/second) it would be faster than anything SBC would offer. However, your download speed is most likely measured in KB/s (Kilobytes per second).



There are 8 bits in one byte (at least for your purposes), so 2.4Mb/s / 8 (to convert to megabytes) = .3MB/s * 1024 (to convert to kilobytes) = 307.2KB/s--pretty close to your download speed. This would also explain why streaming video works so well, it is actually at 1250Kb/s (Kilobits per second), which is lower than your connection speed.



If this is the case, you are very lucky; usually speeds are a bit lower than advertised. Go to the link below to find out your real speed (it will give your results in bits).



If your download speed is 334Kb/s (Kilobits per second), than contact SBC and complain; 334Kb/s is much too low if it is supposed to be 2457.6Kb/s.



Actually, 334Kb/s IS good enough considering the highest speed available to me is less than one-tenth of that! : )

Answer 3

SBC internet is a shared dsl line... This is shared with a few people (You don't know who) And since they all share it your line is slower than it should be because there is someone else online... I would not suggest SBC at all... Go with Comcast cabal internet (Or Time Warner depending on where you are, or a local dsl company)

Answer 4

Could be the sites you are downloading from.I wouldn't expect the full 2.4 but ...

goto http://www.dslreports.com/stest and run speed test to get real speed. I would not trust sbcglobal own test. It may test your connection with them but does not reflect congestion in their network out to the internet