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Exceeding ISP set speed constantly and legally...
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Razor89
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10. December 2005 @ 18:14 |
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Hi person that is reading my thread. How are you today? I have a question for you.
Sorry, I've never seen a post with a friendly hello at the start, so what the hell, eh?
I have noticed that in P2P applications as well as Internet Explorer I can exceed my bandwidth limit. I have DSL from Qwest. They set my limit at 150KB/s Down, 100KB/s Up. In Ares Lite, on one day in particular, I reached speeds of over 600KB/s average. I don't know why, but I know that is waaaay above my limit. Currently, in LimeWire, I am downloading at a constant speed of 165KB/s, spiking a few times a minute to 200KB/s, sometimes more. Here is my question...I have come to realize that the 'limiter' or whatever limits fluidly. It doesn't cut the speed right at 150, it cuts it a little below, a little above, waits a second, cuts again...But when I have many ports transferring, or many different files transferring, It kind of like overloads the limiter or something. So I get excess speed. Does anyone have a more educated and rational explanation? Also, How can I make the most out of my advantage? ;)
BTW, I am using a LinkSys router, no default settings changed, and I am running at these speeds...I don't see how some people can have such a problem with routers!
Razor
Oh, yeah, I forgot...Have a freakin awesome day/night!
OK hippies, here's some joints, and a guitar.
The number 23 is everywhere.
I am a firm believer in the theory of The Matrix.
ayamaya: "Razor, thank you for the comments, this world needs more people like us to make earth a better place to live, well, a better place to play PS2"
Thanks ayamaya!Defianetly need more people who appreciate my help instead of being rude when I reply=)
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 10. December 2005 @ 18:19
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11. December 2005 @ 16:37 |
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sometimes programs make up bull shit bout your speed, like take my bearshare lite it says 1.5mbps but i no that i don't have a fast enough connection for it, take a bandwith test http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html
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Jeanc1
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11. December 2005 @ 16:47 |
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Razor89
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14. December 2005 @ 17:42 |
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Thanks for the test sites...
here is what I have come up with,
all amounts are in bits.
ISP set - 1200kb/800kb
CNET result - 1004kb/NA
Speakeasy - 1259kb/683kb
Now, I know these seem more reasonable, but these are not in P2P. These seem a lot more realistic, but...The reason I know the programs aren't making up the amounts is because I can actually download at that speed. Like, if it says a certain speed, I can see that it is actually at that speed because the file size changes at the rate it says it is downloading, understand? If it made up the numbers, my downloads would be so messed up...The time remaining estimates are usually very close, especially when I maintain my high speed, and especially if downloading from several sources. This is where I find the problem with these tests, only one 'source', the test server. Does anyone know of a test that uses multiple servers; similar to P2P setup?
Razor
OK hippies, here's some joints, and a guitar.
The number 23 is everywhere.
I am a firm believer in the theory of The Matrix.
ayamaya: "Razor, thank you for the comments, this world needs more people like us to make earth a better place to live, well, a better place to play PS2"
Thanks ayamaya!Defianetly need more people who appreciate my help instead of being rude when I reply=)
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Jeanc1
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14. December 2005 @ 18:27 |
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That is your explanation !
In data communications, a kilobit is a thousand bits (1,000) bits. It's commonly used for measuring the amount of data that is transferred in a second between two points. Kilobits per second is usually shortened to Kbps (or kbps). For example, 53.333kbps is 53,333 bits per second.
1 kb/s = 1000 b/s
1 KB/s = 1024 B/s
1 KB/s = 8.192 kb/s
1 kb/s = .1221 KB/s
The lowercase b usually stands for bits while the uppercase B stands for bytes.
To find your theoretical download speed for your line, divide your advertised speed by 8.192:
53.333kbps / 8.192 = 6.51 KB/s
or by 10 to include overhead:
53.333kbps / 10 = 5.33 KB/s
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Razor89
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15. December 2005 @ 12:16 |
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lol, thanks...I knew all of that already, but thank you for trying. I am saying that even after translation, my speed in p2p is several times as fast as my ISP limit. I know it sounds strange, but it is true, and that is why I posted about it...I guess I made a mistake making posts in Kb and KB...I usually use KB, but the tests used Kb, so....Anyways, thanks for trying ;)
My theory so far is that with so many ports open in p2p, my isp limiter has trouble limiting them because as soon as it limits a few, a few others jump in with extra speed to take its place, so in theory...the peers will be giving at high, low, high, low speeds... It's hard to explain, but that is my theory. Any other info?
Razor
OK hippies, here's some joints, and a guitar.
The number 23 is everywhere.
I am a firm believer in the theory of The Matrix.
ayamaya: "Razor, thank you for the comments, this world needs more people like us to make earth a better place to live, well, a better place to play PS2"
Thanks ayamaya!Defianetly need more people who appreciate my help instead of being rude when I reply=)
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