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How fast is 2mbit?

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jfall

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I am looking at getting an Astraweb unlimited DSL plan, unlimited transfer @ 2mbit.. how fast is 2mbit in k/second? My DSL is capped at 110k/s anyways, so if 2mbit is around there or better, then this plan would be pefect for me. Also, anyone here use Astraweb or know if it is any good or not, I see it recommended the odd time, but I am not too sure.. I am moving from Easynews
 
divide mbit by 8 to get mbyte, then by 1024 to get kilobytes per second. 2mbit = 0.25mbyte = 250kbyte/sec?
 
Originally posted by: bsmithy
1mbit should top the 110k/s barrier, 2mbit would just be a waste surely
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Would be a waste? What do you mean? I regularly get much faster than 2mbit downloads.
 
Originally posted by: bsmithy
1mbit should top the 110k/s barrier, 2mbit would just be a waste surely
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As long as it will max my connection then it doesn't really matter. Astraweb only has dial-up and DSL plans, the dialup one is only 600kbit and the DSL is 2mbit. Looks like I may try out Astraweb, however i'm not too keen on not having a web interface
 
Originally posted by: jfall
Originally posted by: bsmithy
1mbit should top the 110k/s barrier, 2mbit would just be a waste surely
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As long as it will max my connection then it doesn't really matter. Astraweb only has dial-up and DSL plans, the dialup one is only 600kbit and the DSL is 2mbit. Looks like I may try out Astraweb, however i'm not too keen on not having a web interface
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How in the world are they getting 600kbit/s off of a dial up line
 
Originally posted by: jonmullen
Originally posted by: jfall
Originally posted by: bsmithy
1mbit should top the 110k/s barrier, 2mbit would just be a waste surely
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As long as it will max my connection then it doesn't really matter. Astraweb only has dial-up and DSL plans, the dialup one is only 600kbit and the DSL is 2mbit. Looks like I may try out Astraweb, however i'm not too keen on not having a web interface
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How in the world are they getting 600kbit/s off of a dial up line
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Originally posted by: acidvoodoo
i get 64kb/s downloads on 512k

so i assume 2 mbit would give 4 times that at 256kb/s
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1mb = 1024 kb

If you are only getting 64kb, you have a problem somewhere. I can generally get 640kb on my 768kb line.
 
Originally posted by: Night201
Originally posted by: KraziKid
Originally posted by: ausm Slower then my 3 Mbit connection 😉 Ausm
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Slower than my 10 MBit connection 😛.
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Same here 🙂 OOL
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Yup. I am going to dread the day leaving for college and getting less speed. I tried using dial-up a few months ago, and I nearly cried at how slow it is. Still even DSL speeds are slow to me. I guess I am just royally spoiled by OOL.
 
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
You'd probably get 100-150KBps downloads off of fast servers (I THINK).
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you must not have broadband.

MOST of my downloads are at my line's full 200 KB/s speed, and the initial bursts are usually in the 400 KB/s range before Comcast's limiters kick into gear. Servers that can't put out full broadband speeds are few and far between these days.
 
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