Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
The above speeds are the speeds I'm getting from downloading from Newshosting.com
Can anyone please tell me if this is fast or slow?
I'm on a 14 day trial so no sure if this good or not?
TIA
Can anyone please tell me if this is fast or slow?
I'm on a 14 day trial so no sure if this good or not?
TIA
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
If you doubt SABnzbd's contribution this, try an alternative like Grabit first.
If you have a mainstream computer off less than 3 years old,
you should be able to get a higher speed (provided your modem, ISP, Usenet provider aren't bottlenecks).
I assume you're using a wired network connection and not WiFi?
WiFi is very bad at giving sustained high bandwidth.
BTW: SABnzbd shows its speed in KBytes/sec while your ISP uses Kbits/sec.
The difference is a factor of 10.
If you have a mainstream computer off less than 3 years old,
you should be able to get a higher speed (provided your modem, ISP, Usenet provider aren't bottlenecks).
I assume you're using a wired network connection and not WiFi?
WiFi is very bad at giving sustained high bandwidth.
BTW: SABnzbd shows its speed in KBytes/sec while your ISP uses Kbits/sec.
The difference is a factor of 10.
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
My laptop is about 5 yrs old but always hard wired, I usually get about 2Mb with my ISP.
Might try a different Usenet server provider, see if there's any difference.
I always thought the idea of a Usenet provider was faster dowoads. Are they only as fast as your ISP then
And would a gigabit switch make a difference at all?
Again thnks.
Might try a different Usenet server provider, see if there's any difference.
I always thought the idea of a Usenet provider was faster dowoads. Are they only as fast as your ISP then
And would a gigabit switch make a difference at all?
Again thnks.
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
So are you talking about 300 Kbits/sec or 300 Kbytes/sec ?
What does SABnzbd show?
With a 2Mbit/sec ISP, you're switch won't have much influence.
What does SABnzbd show?
With a 2Mbit/sec ISP, you're switch won't have much influence.
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
SABnzbd is showing 300Kb/s in the download speed box, what ever that's is?
Sorry about the noobness.
Sorry about the noobness.
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
300KB/sec equals about 3000Kbits/sec, so about 3Mbits/sec.
The confusion is not uncommon.
The problem is that an ISP thinks in bits/sec, which is the natural way to think about bandwidth for them.
SABnzbd counts the characters that come in (bytes).
Yes, we could convert it to bits/sec, but people count what they download in bytes.
So you have a 640Mbyte Ubuntu ISO download and not a 6400Mbits one.
The confusion is not uncommon.
The problem is that an ISP thinks in bits/sec, which is the natural way to think about bandwidth for them.
SABnzbd counts the characters that come in (bytes).
Yes, we could convert it to bits/sec, but people count what they download in bytes.
So you have a 640Mbyte Ubuntu ISO download and not a 6400Mbits one.
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
Yes very confusing. So is that fast or slow? Takes about 4hrs to dl a 5G film.
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
Well, first of all, the numbers match: (5 * 1 000) / (4 * 60 * 60) = 0.34 MB/sGkf9 wrote:Yes very confusing. So is that fast or slow? Takes about 4hrs to dl a 5G film.
Your newsgroup dowload is limited by your Internet (DSL/Cable) connection and your Newsgroup download speed. You can test your Internet connection http://speedtest.net/ : click on "Begin Test". If that reports something like 2 or 3 Mbps, your Internet connections is the bottleneck. If you want to go faster, get a faster Internet connection at your ISP.
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
Ok thanks.
Yeah I've only been getting 1-2 Mb off my ISP lately ( Sky ) sometimes don't even get half a Meg, think I need to ring them and see what's going on, supposed to be getting up to 20 meg unlimited , I know thats unlikely and dependant on a lot of things. But I do expect 3 Mb at the very least!
Thanks again.
Yeah I've only been getting 1-2 Mb off my ISP lately ( Sky ) sometimes don't even get half a Meg, think I need to ring them and see what's going on, supposed to be getting up to 20 meg unlimited , I know thats unlikely and dependant on a lot of things. But I do expect 3 Mb at the very least!
Thanks again.
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
Indeed something very wrong. You should be getting close to that 20mbps 24/7.
3mbps is not close. 15mbps and higher is close and should be expected 24/7.
If not then you have major problems or the ISP has major problems. Or both.
3mbps is not close. 15mbps and higher is close and should be expected 24/7.
If not then you have major problems or the ISP has major problems. Or both.
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Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
It dependent on distance from exchange, my sky line was up to 20 mb I received about 4, it's not unusual.
Thank god for fttc 40Mb now :-)
Thank god for fttc 40Mb now :-)
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
Are you on FttC? Me too! Thanks to FttC, my DSL-connection jumped from ADSL's 10 Mbps (over 4+ km cupper) to VDSL's 62 Mbps (over 0,4 km cupper), which is capped by my 'plan' to 42 Mbps. Which is great.daniel_owen_uk wrote: Thank god for fttc 40Mb now :-)
Do you know how your FttC (in the UK, right?) is deployed? Here in the Netherlands, KPN lays fiber to remote street cabinets, puts a DSLAM in them, and provides VDSL from there to the households. KPN especially selects the street cabinets that 1) are remote and thus offer low ADSL-speed and 2) have access to a lot of households (500+).
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Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
Its deployed the same fibre to street cabinet mini dslam then copper vdsl to premises
Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
OK, thanks. I find VDSL/FttC a great technology; these are the results from the DSL diagnostics of my modem:daniel_owen_uk wrote:Its deployed the same fibre to street cabinet mini dslam then copper vdsl to premises
current rate upstream: 4104 kbps
current rate downstream: 42016 kbps
attainable rate upstream: 14511 kbps
attainable rate downstream: 61357 kbps
So: my VDSL-line will now give me throughput of 42/2 Mbps (the max service my ISP offers), whereas the line can handle 61/14 Mbps. Not bad for a cupper line.
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Re: Is 300Kb/s slow from downloading from Newshosting.com?
The geniuses at bt won't show the stats on router but I know I am on the limit of range for 40Mb around 800 yards.
10Mb upload is nice mind, the wife loves it for Facebook pictures :-)
10Mb upload is nice mind, the wife loves it for Facebook pictures :-)