re: Download and Upload speeds verrrry slooow
Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 12:20 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by xxxxxme
(136 messages posted)
Realize that "broadband" doesn't actually refer to the speed, just how signals are
sent over the wires/airspace. Simply put, "broadband" sends more than one signal
through the media at a time, while "baseband" sends only one.
On Friday, November 24, 2006 at 7:15 pm, Jerry wrote:
>I have a satellite internet connection (broadband supposedly) and when I run a speed
>test for download and upload speeds I come up with 325 kbps download and 86 kbps
>upload. This test was performed by a utility available with Network Magic (which
>I use for my three comps in my home-all with XP), but I was wondering if XP had
a
>more reliable testing process for determining these speeds. My results seem to be
>very very slow for a broadband connection although web pages seem to load very quickly
>as do downloads from internet sites. Maybe the test is just bogus. Any ideas how
>to test these speeds correctly?? Thanks ahead of time
>
Gateway GT 5012 Media Center Edition/Pent D Processor 820/1 Gig Ram/250 Gig HD/Win
>XP
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