What Is Normal Download Speed With T1

**curtdany** · 03-06-2003, 09:40 PM

I have a high speed connection, about the same as T1, what is normal download for a connection of that speed?

**Shinigami_[R.I.P.]** · 03-07-2003, 12:46 AM

Do a search on Google.
Maybe 200-300 KB/s ?

**TIDE-HSV** · 03-07-2003, 01:12 AM

I think more like 900. I've got a good cable connection and it tests out at 1300-1900, and the bottom is a little above what the test sites show as the T1 range.

**Shinigami_[R.I.P.]** · 03-07-2003, 01:15 AM

WoW. 900 KB/s. WoW.

well, I learned something new today.

**Chilly** · 03-07-2003, 01:20 AM

Originally posted by Shinigami@7 March 2003 - 00:46
Do a search on Google.
Maybe 200-300 KB/s ?

That was a shot in the dark

**TIDE-HSV** · 03-07-2003, 01:25 AM

Here's one site - there are many - http://www.toast.net. I just ran a test, and my connection checked out at 1422K. It shows the T1 range as being 1078K-1300K.

**Switeck** · 03-07-2003, 01:30 AM

A T-1's speed is 1.544 Mbps of bandwidth, although there is a varient or 2 which is the total speed for upload+download (half-duplex) and another where each one can near 1.544 Mbps (full duplex.)

Besides the upload speed of 1.544 Mbps, a GOOD cablemodem or ADSL line can be just as fast or faster for downloading than a T-1 line.

1.544 Mbps is about 150-190KB/sec bandwidth -- only compression will let that go any faster.