Internet speed

Rapidshare can saturate my university connection, I get 1.1MB/s and can download any of their files in about 30 seconds.

ultraat home i get 89kb/s when not surfing, with surfing probably around 50-75kb/s. at home it's more for downloads that are less then 100mb or at most 150mb and mainly for surfing. anything higher i use the campus for that. on campus i can get, at most i've managed to get was about the low 4mb's [4100kb/s] depending on how high traffic is on the other side [the sender].rapidshare for instance, even with a premium membership the most you get is about less then 2.5mb/s.
filecloud used to have good speed, i remember getting above 3.3mb/s.

Remember that MB and Mb are two completely different things.

Replying to #42

i mean MB [megabytes, not megabits]

I'm not even about to post, for the sake of other users. ;D

.

You crack me up Winter. 8)

01427My computer's internet speed is 100 kb/sec. Can I do something myself to increase the speed or do I have to contact my local dudes?

Hi,there are various factors that affects an internet connection.Some of them are Device, Hardware,Wiring,Virus,Memory, etc..Some of the basic tips for better internet connection are,* Check the Start up programs and remove the unwanted
* Maintain a Decent Space limit at Hard drive
* Check for Malware, Spyware and bots
* Clear cookies and temporary history files
* Close unwanted background tasks if any
* Reset the modem
* Browse with latest and updated browser
* Download using torrents
* Upgrade your hardware
After doing these steps your Internet Speed will get increase.Before and after doing these steps then check your uploading and downloading speed in MBps and Mbps from Scanmyspeed.com .

client end hardware/software will not have a significant effect on connection speed unless a usb1.1 modem is in use, which will limit the maximum speed to 12mbps. Resetting the modem is a bad idea because with ADSL it will cause the DLM to kick in and reduce the connection speed.