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October 30th, 2006 17:00

Slow downloads

If I go to the following website address:
and I download one of the videos there, I find that the download is slow over a cable modem internet connection. In slow, the speed is about 174, when at times, I've had at least 500 or more kbps.

tester25

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October 30th, 2006 17:00

Cable modem service speed usually goes up and down based upon load on the cable company's network.  Have you noticed slower speeds during a certain time of the day?  Perhaps more people are online at that time.

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October 30th, 2006 19:00

Data transfer speed is dependent on what is happening in the entire network.  Any point from the originating server, to the originating station's link to the web, to something in the web, to your local ISP's link to the web and finally the link between you and your ISP.  Any point can cause slowdowns depending on is happening. 
 
If you consistently or mostly get slow downloads from one site, then it's the site, not the web or your ISP link.

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October 30th, 2006 23:00

how fast if your connection meant to be?


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October 31st, 2006 00:00

you can try a program called cablenut -- though it won't help much if it's a server-side issue

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October 31st, 2006 00:00

In the past, I've had download speeds that range from 500 to 752kpbs.

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October 31st, 2006 03:00

My firewall's security is set to standard.

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October 31st, 2006 04:00

I connect to the internet by means of a cable modem so I would guess T1. Is there a test that I can run to determine speed?

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October 31st, 2006 04:00

and whats your connection speed? how many mbit?

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October 31st, 2006 06:00

www.speedtest.net




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October 31st, 2006 16:00

On the website, using the recommended server, my download speed is 2,858kbps and my upload speed is 329kbps.

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October 31st, 2006 21:00

I'll try out downloads now and see how they go.

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October 31st, 2006 21:00

that is faster than T1, so you might have 3mbit or 5mbit from your isp

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October 31st, 2006 21:00

that is quite fast...


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November 1st, 2006 03:00

If I go on wii.ign.com and try to play a video in low res, the video will load up very slowly and it seems like the download bar will just barely inch along.

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November 1st, 2006 04:00

looks like they have slow servers.... if you have no problems with speeds on other sites i would suspect the wii.ign.com being the problem


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