What speeds do you get?

[Skiz]

OK, so I'm looking at the speeds that I'm getting from GrabIt, and I'm thinking about how I always hear that with newsgroups, your connection is maximized. Well, since I have a 6.5MB connection, shouldn't I be getting like 6500+ KB/s? :unsure:

I'm using my ISP's news server BTW.


http://www.speedtest.net/result/131642042.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4103/untitled3ea8.png (http://imageshack.us)

[SidCityMeis]

Maybe you have 5 Mbps instead of 5 MB?
Anyway, my cable ISP advertised speed is 5Mbps, and I get around 700-900KB/s from Usenetserver SSL connections.

[fcmk]

5000 kb/s (kbps) = 625 kB/s

kb is kilobits and kB is kilobytes. One byte is 8 bits. GrabIt displays the speeds in kilobytes per seconds, if I remember correctly.

[Windy72]

This is further complicated by the fact in UK we have Max DSL which tends to mean speeds up to 8 Meg. I tend to range between 4-6 Meg on usenet thats because that happens to be my speed for that time of day. Coupled with traffic shaping ISP's speeds can wildly differ. All I can say is I find usenet about 10 times faster than Bit Torrent lol.

[towerblocks]

I'm on MaxDSL 8.1Mbps, I have no trouble maxing out my connection from newsgroups at 850KB/Sec.

[Skiz]

Maybe you have 5 Mbps instead of 5 MB?
Anyway, my cable ISP advertised speed is 5Mbps, and I get around 700-900KB/s from Usenetserver SSL connections.

Ah yes. So essentially I'm already maxing out my speed? :huh:

[fugazi26]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/100497157.png

news server I get 15000kb/s or up

[ttgd]

I have 10MB in uk and get 1300KB/s

[asfdlq3i45poi]

Oh yeah, well I get over seven million bits per second on my five megabit connection :P

[Helena]

What speeds do I get.......I freqently download 1300kb on cable...

[SidCityMeis]

Maybe you have 5 Mbps instead of 5 MB?
Anyway, my cable ISP advertised speed is 5Mbps, and I get around 700-900KB/s from Usenetserver SSL connections.

Ah yes. So essentially I'm already maxing out my speed? :huh:

yah, I think that's around the right ballpark.. :D

[macking]

I have 10Mb and I get around 1.17MBPs which is very close to max.

My connection is going up to 20Mb sometime around April and around 50Mb sometime this year, cant wait :D

[saulin]

I have a 10Mbit line and I have got up to 1200-1300KB/s. Newsgroups are insanely fast. I usually get 1150KB/s or a little more.

[jkashuba07]

i get aroung 600 kbps

[kayvanblue]

I have rogers Isp 6mps i download at 752 KB/S
i just downloaded 700 mb xvid in 16 min
At my university we have a monster connection so i managed to download the same xvid in 3 minuts and 22 sec

[BigH]

I have a 10Mbit line and I have got up to 1200-1300KB/s. Newsgroups are insanely fast. I usually get 1150KB/s or a little more.

been using newsgroups for about 3 weeks and getting the same speeds here

roll on May for 20Mb :w00t:

[markyp23]

I get 800kB/s on a 7150kb line.

[b34nz]

I used to have roadrunners premium service . It was like 70 or 80 bucks a month. I think my connection was 8 or 9mbps. I could ALMOST download a megabyte per second, I think. I get mixed up with all the bytes, but it was 900-1000 something per second. Think I was downloading 900-1000KB per second. That's almost a megabyte per second right?

[fcmk]

~690 kB/s on my 8 Mbps line. Not even close to my max and I have no idea why.

[ponur]

I am in Dublin with a 8 mbit line that works on aprox 24mbit

mostly i get about 1.8MB a sec on newservers

this is what i got on the test

http://www.speedtest.net/result/104610340.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[erdniZ]

Get about 800kB/s on my ISP newsserver

[Asuran]

This is from easynews.nl free beta, but I think they are limiting the speeds because I'm nowhere near maxing out... :dry:

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9199/easynewscn4.png

[link2009]

This is from easynews.nl free beta, but I think they are limiting the speeds because I'm nowhere near maxing out... :dry:

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9199/easynewscn4.png

Nowhere near? That's about 5 times my speed...what the hell is your ISP and bandwith allocation?

[Asuran]

My ISP is a small local Finnish ISP called TOASnet and my theoretical line speed is 100Mbps, although I've never maxed it out in practice. I think the best I've seen is about 7000KB/s.

[grishnakh]

wow, nice speed!
(oot kai sit opiskelija tampereelta?)

[popopot]

My ISP is a small local Finnish ISP called TOASnet and my theoretical line speed is 100Mbps, although I've never maxed it out in practice. I think the best I've seen is about 7000KB/s.

100 Mbps! Holy purple tights Batman! Curse you Virgin Media, curse you to ISP hell!

[geranimo]

i'm still struggeling with 1 mbps :(

[Asuran]

(oot kai sit opiskelija tampereelta?)

Kyllä vain. :)

[Damnatory]

OK, so I'm looking at the speeds that I'm getting from GrabIt, and I'm thinking about how I always hear that with newsgroups, your connection is maximized. Well, since I have a 5MB connection, shouldn't I be getting like 5100 KB/s? :unsure:

I'm using my ISP's news server BTW.


http://www.speedtest.net/result/100452491.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6665/untitled2yq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

In a simple answer, yes, you are maxing your connection.

If you notice the tags on both those images, kb/s and kB/s, is the difference. If you divide the kb/s by 8, then you get your "theoretical" max speed, 616kB/s. Though it's never that high, just like a HDD is never the exact size as advertised. 300GB = 287GB or so.

[asfdlq3i45poi]

My ISP is a small local Finnish ISP called TOASnet and my theoretical line speed is 100Mbps, although I've never maxed it out in practice. I think the best I've seen is about 7000KB/s.

Dude, I'm jealous of your super fast speed. How much do you pay per month, if you don't mind asking?

[Asuran]

Dude, I'm jealous of your super fast speed. How much do you pay per month, if you don't mind asking?

Well, when it was still billed separately, it was 10€/month, but a while back they changed it so that it's included with the rent of the apartment and is not billed separately, but I suppose it's still about the same price.

[popopot]

Dude, I'm jealous of your super fast speed. How much do you pay per month, if you don't mind asking?

Well, when it was still billed separately, it was 10€/month, but a while back they changed it so that it's included with the rent of the apartment and is not billed separately, but I suppose it's still about the same price.

10 Euros a month! 10 Euros a month! I am paying 36 Euros a month for a crappy 4 Mb connection. Right, I am phoning up tomorrow and demanding a speed increase, otherwise I am moving to Finland. Another example of Rip-Off-Britain. Hurumph!:angry:

[Asuran]

Well, TOAS is a non-profit student housing organization so the prices are a bit higher in the commercial market. Here's some pricing of a commercial Finnish ISP (in finnish but you get the idea): http://www.sonera.fi/artikkeli2/0,3843,l-fi_h-13732_a-335645,00.html

"liittymismaksu" = subscription fee

"/kk" = /month

[popopot]

Well, TOAS is a non-profit student housing organization so the prices are a bit higher in the commercial market. Here's some pricing of a commercial Finnish ISP (in finnish but you get the idea): http://www.sonera.fi/artikkeli2/0,3843,l-fi_h-13732_a-335645,00.html

"liittymismaksu" = subscription fee

"/kk" = /month

Interesting. From what I can tell, it is still much, much better than the UK. You are very lucky!

[sm00nie]

Best I can get is 640 kb/s (5mbit) :P

[Asuran]

Interesting. From what I can tell, it is still much, much better than the UK. You are very lucky!

Can't complain. Now, if only my ISP had free binaries... That would result in some serious downloading. :D

[kanamint]

I only get 5,162 kbit/sec with Usenet- this seems very slow.

Normally I can get 2.0 mb/sec.

DO you know how I can fix this speed issue.

[exstazi]

100mbit Telia sweden and i get download speed at 10-12mb/s

[T0TAL-RECALL]

I only get 5,162 kbit/sec with Usenet- this seems very slow.

Normally I can get 2.0 mb/sec.

DO you know how I can fix this speed issue.

you got that wrong...

If you get 5,162kb (Kilobits) then your getting 5mb (megabits)...

Its not hard to work out what your getting... It will be shown in either kb or KB so your getting 5,162kb (5mb) which is equal to 645KB or just over half a MB.

Bytes > bits
Kilobytes > kilobits
Megabytes > megabits
Gigabytes > gigabits

[mike160]

620 kb/s :D

[DSLFreak]

I get 930Kb/s on my 7mb line.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/55673978.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[penawarez]

i get 220kb/s on my 2mb line

[penawarez]

i get 220kb/s on my 2mb line

[penawarez]

i got 220kb/s on my 2mb line

[johnnyboyc_uk]

i got 220kb/s on my 2mb line

Wait up, that's 660kb/s :D

[allsport11]

I max out around 1.3mb/sec with my cable connection. I can live with it for now. :)

[link2009]

I know a country where 78% of the people get 7Mb/s+ because they're on a gigantic LAN (15,000+ People).

[Typhos]

http://www.dslreports.com/im/28775763/2514.png

[gibhut]

Cable Modem / USA -- not that shabby.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/118076416.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[visionaryone]

get 2.5 mb/sec all the time on UNS on ADSL2

[4play]

Just changed isp's to bt. Its meant to be a 8meg line but its set at 2 megs but its still only the first day hopefully it will go up.

anyways they give you free access to giganews but its limited to 3 connections and so the most i have got so far is about 250 kbps.

[superfuzzy]

From my ISP's news server I get anywhere from 50kbps to the 150's on a good day. With the premium news server just under 200kbps. The max download is rated at 384 - so I only get a little over half of that:angry:

FIOS (fiber optics) is coming next year - maybe - so no updgrades to our DSL until then.
384/1.5 isn't so hot.

[RonJon]

I get 240kbps. :huh:

Hopefully I'll get 8mbps very sooon :naughty:

[teffers]

I'm on 8Mbps and I use SSL connections to my news server so I get 850KBps 24/7, otherwise it drops to ridiculous speeds in the evening - they even half it during the day too.

[lod2007]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/122384929.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


mines slow hehehe

[phrenzy]

I can get 2mb down most of the time...

[ponur]

1800 kb/s average,

newsgroups 2000 kb/s

Dublin Ireland

[superfuzzy]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/125338730.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

My download with usenet-news.net with SSL is about 200Kb/s. I something wrong?

[Cpugeni]

I'm in the UK on 8mb broadband, I get 850-900kb/sec downloads from Giganews

[nofx210]

I max my 15mbit on giganews :)

[Rebelatheart]

My max using usenetserver is ~2.2MB, or 20Mbit.

Someoone probally answered in the OP's questiosn already in these 6 pages, but to download at 6500k (6.5MB) you would need a 60Mbit line. 6554kb/s is a 6.5Mbit connection, not MB (megabyte).

[MrVictorRivers]

im not sur...any idea how to run speed test on linux sdbx?

[WHRST]

i have got 600KB/s +

[link2009]

My max using usenetserver is ~2.2MB, or 20Mbit.

Someoone probally answered in the OP's questiosn already in these 6 pages, but to download at 6500k (6.5MB) you would need a 60Mbit line. 6554kb/s is a 6.5Mbit connection, not MB (megabyte).

You don't know bit conversions do you?...*Tsk Tsk*, quite sad. You would need a 48Mbps Connection to download at 6.5MB/s. Divide the MEGABITS by 8 to get MEGABYTES. Please, inform yourself before misinforming others.

[dutchmaster420]

on speakeasy im getting 20648 kbps down and 4573 kbps up...20/5

On grabit i usually max around 1700-2400 KB/s

[egon223]

I get 60 mbit (6mb / sec.) on my Giganews Diamond Account with 10 connections.

[deadsix]

I have Verizon FIOS i get around 2.5Mbps download. I have 20Mbps connection

[punker101]

No u have a 6 megabit connection as apposed to a 6 megabyte connection 8 bits are a byte

[Fastrap]

750-800 KB's

[gsxRpil0t]

:whistling




http://www.tropicalbroadcasting.com/img/speeds.jpg

[MultiForce]

:whistling




http://www.tropicalbroadcasting.com/img/speeds.jpg

I only got half of your max :cry:

[phreak9i6]

using newsguy I max out my internet's connection (around 2.5MByte/sec)

[menlyman]

i get 200 kbyte/s on 1.5 mb

[sshaw1982]

Since i upgraded my line i get anywhere between 800-1200 :D

[myminpins]

Cable Nova Scotia, Canada. I get really high speeds on newsgroups. Just wish my upload speed was better.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/148578367.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[nijntje]

at home i get around 1600 - 1700 kB/s fast enough for me :)

[DanbhoY]

20mbit :)

[4play]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/152801761.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[CrAcK]

1400 kb/s is standard...my record was 1800 :) wit' 16Mbit/s
my upload speed is perfect its 110 :)

[Oluwa]

Edit..started new thread

[direstraits]

OK, so I'm looking at the speeds that I'm getting from GrabIt, and I'm thinking about how I always hear that with newsgroups, your connection is maximized. Well, since I have a 6.5MB connection, shouldn't I be getting like 6500+ KB/s? :unsure:

I'm using my ISP's news server BTW.

{speedtests}



I can't believe a moderator is asking that... :P

1 bit = 8 bytes
6500 are Kilobits, so if you divide them in 8, you'll get 800 Kilobytes, that's the max download speed you could get

[Skiz]

OK, so I'm looking at the speeds that I'm getting from GrabIt, and I'm thinking about how I always hear that with newsgroups, your connection is maximized. Well, since I have a 6.5MB connection, shouldn't I be getting like 6500+ KB/s? :unsure:

I'm using my ISP's news server BTW.

{speedtests}



I can't believe a moderator is asking that... :P

1 bit = 8 bytes
6500 are Kilobits, so if you divide them in 8, you'll get 800 Kilobytes, that's the max download speed you could get

It's a prerequisite to be a mod that you must know bit calculations? :O

[4play]

It's a prerequisite to be a mod that you must know bit calculations

Reality and roscco's screening of mod's fails again :noes:

[MultiForce]

It's a prerequisite to be a mod that you must know bit calculations

Reality and roscco's screening of mod's fails again :noes:

Mutiny! :emorod:

[Skiz]

Reality and roscco's screening of mod's fails again :noes:You failed too, huh?

:shifty:

[4play]

I cheated and used google :01:

[direstraits]

I can't believe a moderator is asking that... :P

1 bit = 8 bytes
6500 are Kilobits, so if you divide them in 8, you'll get 800 Kilobytes, that's the max download speed you could get

It's a prerequisite to be a mod that you must know bit calculations? :O

that's nothing, it would be worst if you didnt know how a seedbox works,
Did you ask vectoral guys how long would it take the shipping for the 100MBit auto-install package? :lol:

[Skiz]

that's nothing, it would be worst if you didnt know how a seedbox works,
Did you ask vectoral guys how long would it take the shipping for the 100MBit auto-install package? :lol:

No. :huh:

In fact, I'm quite sure you're talking out of your arse. :whistling

[wizardofodds]

i get 2500KB/s on each of my chipped 20 meg cable modems(uk)

[0110]

I just tried it today and i got very nice speeds

Thx SKIZO

You know :P