How fast is a 7 mbps Connection?

[BurningSkyline]

My ISP is Qwest, And I'm using their 7mbps package. And to be honest, It doesn't seem that fast. I mean, I Have to wait to watch youtube videos, and A 20 Minute 2000k (HD) stream takes quite a while to buffer. I mean, Is this normal for having a 7 mbps package?

I went to speedtest net and took the test 5 times. Here are the averages:

Download: 1.26
Upload: 0.59
Ping: 156

 

[linkin]

That's really bad, ring up and complain. 7mbps is 7168kbps, which equals 896KB/s (amlost one megabyte a second.)

1024kbps = 128KB/s (bits and bytes, theres a difference)

 

[voyagerfan99]

Go to http://www.speedtest.net and run a speed test. See if you're actually getting a 7Mbps download.

 

[BurningSkyline]

Go to http://www.speedtest.net and run a speed test. See if you're actually getting a 7Mbps download.

I did! jesus christ care to read the post and not advertise?

 

[BurningSkyline]

That's really bad, ring up and complain. 7mbps is 7168kbps, which equals 896KB/s (amlost one megabyte a second.)

1024kbps = 128KB/s (bits and bytes, theres a difference)

What I don't understand, is that When I'm downloading a song, or something it averages at 156kbps... and I can upload at about 80... I wonder why speed test isn't getting those numbers.

 

[Matthew1990]

Depends on the source you are downloading from. Some servers are slower than others, try a download from a FTP and see if it maxes out ur connection.

 

[Blurredman]

Until recently I used 2mbs, It was good I thought.


But obviously, if your company are selling you a rated speed of which you are not recieving (try speedtest.net) then you'd need to telephone them.

 

[voyagerfan99]

I did! jesus christ care to read the post and not advertise?

I'm sorry if I skipped the bottom part of the post. And don't say I'm advertising cause I'm not. I was only trying to help.

N00b.

 

[CrisCros]

Slow!!!!!!!!!

My ISP is Qwest, And I'm using their 7mbps package. And to be honest, It doesn't seem that fast. I mean, I Have to wait to watch youtube videos, and A 20 Minute 2000k (HD) stream takes quite a while to buffer. I mean, Is this normal for having a 7 mbps package?

I went to speedtest net and took the test 5 times. Here are the averages:

Download: 1.26
Upload: 0.59
Ping: 156

Well Mine 54.0Mbps so urs is pretty slow

 

[Drenlin]

Well Mine 54.0Mbps so urs is pretty slow

Pretty sure you're looking at your connection to your router. I'm guessing you're using Wireless G?

Go to speedtest.net and see what it is...

 

[bomberboysk]

Call qwest and tell them you are not getting anywhere close to your rated speed, you are getting less than 25% of what they are selling you for rated speed. 150KB/s(Kilobytes) equates to about 1.2Mb/s(Megabits/second) which is about what speedtest is showing.

 

[ANNR]

Well Mine 54.0Mbps so urs is pretty slow

i would like to see your speed test result