just set up my broadband

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

As the title suggests, my 2mb connection has just come live, just run a speed test:

Downstream 1807 Kbps (225.9 KB/sec) 1951 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 235 Kbps (29.4 KB/sec) 253 Kbps (inc. overheads)


is that good for a 2mb connection?

being a BB virgin i have no idea!

 

[Maxx]

Sounds about right. Its great having broadband

 

[Griff]

Yep, nothing wrong with that.

Tweaking your RWIN/MTU might get you a few more kB/s but not much.

PS - Glad you got there in the end

 

[Liam]

Yep, nothing wrong with that.

Tweaking your RWIN/MTU might get you a few more kB/s but not much.

whats involved with that?

Liam

 

[Griff]

MTU is adjusted in your Router settings and again in Windows. Rwin is adjusted in Windows only.

DR.TCP or TCP optimiser would do the trick.

For IPStream products, i.e < 8mb, it might get you 10kB/s more but that's about it.

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

how many megabytes are there in 1 gb?

 

[The Hoff]

1000mb, but technically its 1024m(i)b

 

[Griff]

how many megabytes are there in 1 gb?

Technically there's 125 megabytes (MB) in 1 gb (gigabit)

If you meant gigabyte (GB) then yes there's 1024MB.

(Didn't mean to come across as pedantic just wanted to show the differance between gb and GB incase you were confused)

 

[tomdbomb61_djtj]

thats cool, i have a 10 GB limit on my usage, which i assume is 1024 MB

 

[Griff]

10 GB = 10,240 Mb

 

[The Hoff]

Depends on the ISP actually, some ISP's still use 1000mb = 1GB therefore 10gb is 10,000mb. So perhaps something to clarify if ever your near your limit.

 

[Griff]

Nope. All ISP's follow the same (correct) IEC 60027 standards.

 

[The Hoff]

Wrong Griff, ISP's can and do still use 1000mb = 1Gb as its still perfectly legal and indeed following the international Si standard.

Think theres a mixture of both camps tbh.

 

[Griff]

All UK based ISP's follow IEC standards. Trust me I should know.

Actually let me edit that - "should" follow IEC standards but you are correct in saying that some may not.