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07-25-2002, 10:22 AM
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56k Download speeds...?
Hey was just wondering... Why do I on average get a 2-5 kb transfer rate on most . The school I work at gets around a 12kb average for most downloads. Why do I get such slow tranfer rates? All of these comptuers arent networked or anything just hooked up to the phone line.. 56k connection... but yet I just happen to have the slowest rates? Because I dont think tehy are netowrked up to liek a t1 line or anything? Could someone explain why this is happening ro is it just my luck?
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07-25-2002, 10:35 AM
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A 56k connection will at most transfer at around 6kb. It's not possible to get those higher speeds on a regular 56k dial-up modem.
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07-25-2002, 10:51 AM
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Seriously? hmm well then the school must be hooked up to like a t1 line or something like that?
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07-25-2002, 10:57 AM
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Schools and colleges usually are - as a whole bunch of computers sharing a 6k pipe wouldnt really work so well
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07-25-2002, 11:02 AM
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56K means 56 kilo bit per second.
8 bit = 1 byte. If you do some alculations, you'll find that the highest speed for a 56K modem is ~ 7 kilo byte per second. |
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07-25-2002, 05:51 PM
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Your prob right on that one but when i was (yes was) on 56k i cant ever remember getting 7k on a d/l - i got chuffed if i got 6
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07-25-2002, 06:01 PM
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Me too, The highest speed I have ever seen when using my 56K modem is ~ 5.5KB, a 56K modem can't go higher than 7KB/Sec, it can go lower though.
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07-25-2002, 07:04 PM
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There is the overhead for flow control and error correction, which is why you never actually see the full speed.
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07-26-2002, 09:36 AM
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