extremely slow download time on fast connection

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JoeTom93

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HI
I have a laptop that is connected to cable through the Local Area Connection. It is LAN. The connection is supposedly 100mbps. I have just downloaded a massive file(200 megabites) This file started downloading at 600 fbps but within 5 minutes was downloading at 52 kbits. How can I fix this. By the way. The cable comes from a NetGear Cable router connected to the modem.
 
It depends on the server you are downloading from and the traffic on your network. Try downloading from a fast server or use one of these download managers like Download Accelerator.

100mbps is the speed the cable supports it has nothing to do with the internet speed.
 
JoeTom93 said:
The connection is supposedly 100mbps.
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That is just the speed of your connection from your PC to the router, not how fast your internet connection is.

JoeTom93 said:
This file started downloading at 600 fbps
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Is that 600Kb/s because i've never heard of "filobytes" ;)

Anyway, does this happen on all downloads or just this one inparticular... It could be that the server you're downloading from is capping it's output speeds to conserve bandwidth or it could be that the server is extremely busy dealing with everyone else who is downloading at the same time.

What is your internet connection speed?

dragon2309

*EDIT* - damn you Shady, you type faster than men, lol
 
yeah, thats T3 speeds. They cost like, $500/month, so unless your paying that you ain't getting that. thats what you router is able of withstanding, just in case you connection can ever get that fast, but if your connection only gets 6MBPS like comcast, it just means its no sweat for the router, its what the router is capable of doing, what matters is what your Internet service is giving you.
 
ADE said:
yeah, thats T3 speeds. They cost like, $500/month, so unless your paying that you ain't getting that. thats what you router is able of withstanding, just in case you connection can ever get that fast, but if your connection only gets 6MBPS like comcast, it just means its no sweat for the router, its what the router is capable of doing, what matters is what your Internet service is giving you.
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Well, thats not technically true, yes the stated 100Mbps is a maximum throughput figure, but it isnt the maximum internet speed that the router can handle, it's simply the maximum limit of speed at which data can be transferred on the network INTERNALLY. Most routers (even ADSL2+ ones) will cap the internet line rate support at something alot lower, usually about 24Mbps to 32Mbps. This is because lines larger than that arent commercially available readily, so why build commercial grade routers with the capactiy to handle large internet connections.

But, yeh, the point still stands that 100Mbps is definitely not his internet connection speed

dragon2309
 
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