Speeding up Download? +rep

Yes, please don't post useless posts here - I actually need help, not just to see your speed vs mine. @Stephen I don't understand ping, what is it? And I'll post another one later - it'll probably be around midnight. It was the adobe website I was downloading from, so I don't really understand why it was so slow really :l

Ping is the time it takes for a bit of information to get from you to the destination and back again.

Anything over 60ms in my opinion is noticeably slower.

You could try using a download manager.

I wasn't trying to show Of, Actually i was trying to put across you speed can be slow at time even on a 10MB line, Like mine, That's why i said my speed has seemed a little slow, Also Speedtest only shows your line capabilities, Not what speed you are actually getting, As you said usually you would get 1mbps, On by the looks of things a 3mbps limiter/line, So I would also contact them about what you are paying for, And what you are actually getting.

Also ping is like saying I sent you 10 Packets of something, And say only 3 arrived. I think

Sorry if I came across as trying to showoff to

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Originally Posted by Jaaaack!

I wasn't trying to show Of, Actually i was trying to put across you speed can be slow at time even on a 10MB line, Like mine, That's why i said my speed has seemed a little slow, Also Speedtest only shows your line capabilities, Not what speed you are actually getting, As you said usually you would get 1mbps, On by the looks of things a 3mbps limiter/line, So I would also contact them about what you are paying for, And what you are actually getting.

Also ping is like saying I sent you 10 Packets of something, And say only 3 arrived.

Sorry if I came across as trying to showoff to

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Everything you said is wrong.

1. Speedtest shows what speed you are getting. That's why it's called speedtest and not linetest. My line is capable of the 50MB broadband, but I'm only paying for 20MB so it shows as 20MB. With your logic, it should show up as 50MB.
2. You're on a 10MB line and you're getting 10MB. Your internet is fine.
3. That isn't ping. That's called packetloss.

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Everything you said is wrong.

1. Speedtest shows what speed you are getting. That's why it's called speedtest and not linetest.
2. You're on a 10MB line and you're getting 10MB. Your internet is fine.

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Let me put it this way then, I was told that Speedtest only tells you the top speed that you get, But you don't usually get this, Often it is lower, But this is only what i was told, If im wrong then im wrong

And I'm not actually men't to be on 10mb, I'm meant to be on 20, That why i said above about getting what you're paying for

It seems as though you have confused yourself.

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Originally Posted by Stephen

It seems as though you have confused yourself.

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Probably, But sorry if i have posted wrong / irrelevant information, Just ignore me :P

Are you able to post a speedtest when you are not downloading/uploading, just idle web browsing?