speeds and connections

[samestory98]

im calling cogeco. i got my pc back, and im dling and all that at 70kb... this is bull****, it might be because of our cable we're doing, we didnt tell the guy we had it when he asked though .. cough cough

[Berserk_Fury]

Originally Posted by samestory98

im calling cogeco. i got my pc back, and im dling and all that at 70kb... this is bull****, it might be because of our cable we're doing, we didnt tell the guy we had it when he asked though .. cough cough

Having your downloads go at 70 KB/s doesn't mean anything. Try going to Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test and then tell me what you get there.

[samestory98]

what could be making it go slow? also, if i go on my ps3 while playing cs, my ping skyrockets. is it like a bandwidth restraint? how else? and would the cable tv affect this?

[Berserk_Fury]

Originally Posted by samestory98

what could be making it go slow? also, if i go on my ps3 while playing cs, my ping skyrockets. is it like a bandwidth restraint? how else? and would the cable tv affect this?

Um, actually that is about as good as you will get it to go. Your max speed should be 768 kbps, but no connection actually goes to its max speed. The reason why your ping skyrockets in CSS while using your PS3, is that your connection is simply slow. It is not the company's fault, that is simply the speed you are paying for.

[Kernel Kev]

ROFL at this, that cant be right? That seems way too much. And i swear on my familys like this is not a paint job.



Kev

[Berserk_Fury]

Originally Posted by Kernel Kev

ROFL at this, that cant be right? That seems way too much. And i swear on my familys like this is not a paint job.



Kev

Do you live in the US and have cable internet? If so, you can even go higher than that. I have DSL and it goes at around 3,000 kbps.

*Edit* NVM, I can't read. You are in London, yeah, European internet goes even faster. I believe you can get a 20 mbps connection (about 20,000 kbps) for $45. Other countries go as high as 100 mbps for that much money...

[Kernel Kev]

Yeah thats what i thought i had, 20meg, as virgin provide this, so i guess im on 10meg. Hmmmm.

I do know that Virgin are coming out with 50meg soon, they have fibre optic cables.



Kev

[psplayer]

Oh yeah i remember one of my mates telling me about that. We had to do something about virgin in I.T and he read that. Apparently the school were meant to be getting fibre optic cables installed. Did they ****...

The internt is soooo slow. Talking about speeds. I dont think i will be psting my speed as it is totally **** at the moment. It was better but now seems to have reduced a couple of megs

Apparently we get 8meg but at best we get 5...

EDIT: I just did a speed test for the hell of it

[samestory98]

Originally Posted by Berserk_Fury

Um, actually that is about as good as you will get it to go. Your max speed should be 768 kbps, but no connection actually goes to its max speed. The reason why your ping skyrockets in CSS while using your PS3, is that your connection is simply slow. It is not the company's fault, that is simply the speed you are paying for.

im sorrry, but there's no way im paying what i am now for 70kbps

[Kernel Kev]

I pay, well my mum pays £25 a month.



Kev