Download speed problems.

w00tens · 10-28-2005, 05:08 AM

Well, me and a friend (who both have SBC Yahoo! DSL, and live within a couple miles of eachother) were downloading a 500mb~ game, and when I was chatting with him, he told me he has 150kb/s, and I looked at mine, only 38kb/s. I've never really thought about it very much, and never seen my download speed go over 60kb/s, so I found a speed test site, took the speed test and got 147kb/s on the download speed test... so I'm really confused and was wondering if you had any idea what would be the problem, I'd love to see my download speed at 150kb/s. (Also, although my computer downloads extremely slow, my computer lags to hell when downloading, and can barely run browsers)

Thanks in advance.

Xycron · 10-28-2005, 05:48 AM

Were you both downloading from the same place? If so the same exact mirror?

You also may have spyware which slows it down.

w00tens · 10-28-2005, 05:49 AM

Yea, same exact mirror, same site. Guess I'll run Norton tonight... never really realized I had slow download speeds compared to everyone else until my friends said what theirs were...

Xycron · 10-28-2005, 05:54 AM

Northan wont get alotof things

Do the steps in thie sticky.

Basic Malware Removal

Raditz · 11-02-2005, 05:33 PM

I guess is your cable company. Because I had experience like that too. And then I called comcast and they say "They might be fixing something in the area."

OS Dragon · 11-04-2005, 01:30 PM

Quote:

"They might be fixing something in the area."

Yeah, I agree. They might have been doing something in the area so that might have cause the temporary drop in your download speed. Check it again after a week or so and see if there is a difference.

fgrir · 12-11-2005, 03:33 PM

The fact that you live a couple of miles apart is the key. Dsl speeds are faster or slower depending how far you are from the central office. He could be simply closer to one than you.

Hairy_Lee · 12-11-2005, 03:55 PM

the point of cable is that its done optically and therefore the integrity of the signal is much greater, the optical information is then converted to a electrical signal very close to your home, so if there is any difference its negligible.
i think its something to do with your system, there is a remote possibility that it has something to do with your exchange which is the only major difference between you and your friends connections

fgrir · 12-12-2005, 09:56 PM

He doesn't have cable he has dsl and therefore distance plays a hugh role. I do dsl repairs and installs every day in Indianapolis.

shupola · 12-12-2005, 10:30 PM

well, have you thought that it could also have something to do with your hdd? im not sure if it would be that big a difference, but it might have something to do with it?

10-28-2005, 05:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
w00tens Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Age: 19 Posts: 30	Download speed problems. Well, me and a friend (who both have SBC Yahoo! DSL, and live within a couple miles of eachother) were downloading a 500mb~ game, and when I was chatting with him, he told me he has 150kb/s, and I looked at mine, only 38kb/s. I've never really thought about it very much, and never seen my download speed go over 60kb/s, so I found a speed test site, took the speed test and got 147kb/s on the download speed test... so I'm really confused and was wondering if you had any idea what would be the problem, I'd love to see my download speed at 150kb/s. (Also, although my computer downloads extremely slow, my computer lags to hell when downloading, and can barely run browsers) Thanks in advance. __________________ 2.6 GHz Pentium 4 Kingston 512MB RAM PC3200 Radeon 9250 256MB DDR 40GB HD

10-28-2005, 05:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
w00tens Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Age: 19 Posts: 30	Yea, same exact mirror, same site. Guess I'll run Norton tonight... never really realized I had slow download speeds compared to everyone else until my friends said what theirs were... __________________ 2.6 GHz Pentium 4 Kingston 512MB RAM PC3200 Radeon 9250 256MB DDR 40GB HD

12-11-2005, 03:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
fgrir Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Indianapolis Age: 44 Posts: 26	The fact that you live a couple of miles apart is the key. Dsl speeds are faster or slower depending how far you are from the central office. He could be simply closer to one than you. __________________ amd athlon 64 3000+ 2.0 ghz 19" hansol monitor: XFX GeForce 6800 Xtreme 256MB AGP :) 80 gig hd:( and a badass nerd case w/7 fans and lots of blue lights! +2 more desktops and 3 laptops 512mb pc2700:(

12-11-2005, 03:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	the point of cable is that its done optically and therefore the integrity of the signal is much greater, the optical information is then converted to a electrical signal very close to your home, so if there is any difference its negligible. i think its something to do with your system, there is a remote possibility that it has something to do with your exchange which is the only major difference between you and your friends connections __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

12-12-2005, 09:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
fgrir Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Indianapolis Age: 44 Posts: 26	He doesn't have cable he has dsl and therefore distance plays a hugh role. I do dsl repairs and installs every day in Indianapolis. __________________ amd athlon 64 3000+ 2.0 ghz 19" hansol monitor: XFX GeForce 6800 Xtreme 256MB AGP :) 80 gig hd:( and a badass nerd case w/7 fans and lots of blue lights! +2 more desktops and 3 laptops 512mb pc2700:(

10-28-2005, 05:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	Were you both downloading from the same place? If so the same exact mirror? You also may have spyware which slows it down.

10-28-2005, 05:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	Northan wont get alotof things Do the steps in thie sticky. Basic Malware Removal

11-02-2005, 05:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
Raditz Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Heheh...You'll never find this place, it doesn't exist. Age: 23 Posts: 1,158	I guess is your cable company. Because I had experience like that too. And then I called comcast and they say "They might be fixing something in the area."

12-12-2005, 10:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
shupola Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Nowheresville, U.S. Posts: 1,033	well, have you thought that it could also have something to do with your hdd? im not sure if it would be that big a difference, but it might have something to do with it?

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