annoyingly slow internet if I am uploading!

[Boris]

I thought that 8 meg was their default minimum. I live in the sticks and that's what we had to have when we connected.

[audiot]

if your in the sticks then I must be leafing in the twigs

cos 6 is all they tell me I can get here..

[sxc]

The A in ADSL stands for asymmetric. This means that downloads are always faster than uploads. Have a look here for more information.

http://www.internode.on.net/support/...ations_of_ADSL

Im surprised that someone reports 400kb as their upload speed if they are on ADSL.

[audiot]

thanks! they quoted some interesting figues there.. for a 1.5 M d/load - a 256K upload?

I guess the key question is how much the ratio may vary for me? its not like I can move house so easily but I would like to maximise if possible, they tell me the 100M lines are not an option and 6M is the best I can get .. no other companies provide service -

I do wonder if the modem is dodgy - the "new" one they gave me a few months ago doesnt look so new!

[PDLM]

but is 64kb/sec upload normal for a 6m connection??? .. they say they will send some one to check....

what kind of speeds can I expect?

For a 6Mbit/s downstream connection the nominal maximum upstream capacity is about 600kbit/s.

I suspect that whatever you are using to measure upload speed is measuring kbytes per second (not kbit/s), so yes, 64kbytes per second is about the most you could expect on a 6Mbit/s connection.

It's only the 100Mbit/s+ connections that are symmetrical. All the lower ones use DSL technology which is inherently asymmetrical.

[audiot]

thanks for the clarifications - at least I got some references ....

the pccw engineer is coming tomorrow, i guess they will let me know if the modem is faulty - becos I pretty much cant download Anything if I am uploading.. which is not great!

But! I like where I live very much! will have to deal with it! any one see/hear any upgrade on the horizon ?

[audiot]

the barstools never showed up! its gonna take me like 15 mins of phone system ping pong to get to the right place..

I really hate they way they ask you to key in stuff like your id card - confirm it and the first question they thing they ask over the phone?

whats your ID card number?!!!! Ger-RRRRRRR!!!

[MovingIn07]

thanks robert on the phone to pccw now - they say its a 6 meg connection and thats the fastest I can get in my area....

but is 64kb/sec upload normal for a 6m connection??? .. they say they will send some one to check....

what kind of speeds can I expect?

thanx

what you are getting sounds pretty much identical to mine for what its worth.

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[chrisvdb]

what you are getting sounds pretty much identical to mine for what its worth.

And to mine. Putting a cap on the total upload speed by whatever application you're using will undoubtedly improve your ability to simultaneously download/surf. I cap my bittorrent uploads at 40 kB/s which allows me to download/surf as if I wasn't uploading. When I remove the upload cap download and especially surf speeds become unbearable.

[MovingIn07]

And to mine. Putting a cap on the total upload speed by whatever application you're using will undoubtedly improve your ability to simultaneously download/surf. I cap my bittorrent uploads at 40 kB/s which allows me to download/surf as if I wasn't uploading. When I remove the upload cap download and especially surf speeds become unbearable.

Ditto. 30 or 40 kB/s seems to be ok for this.