connection speed

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LAN speeds are measured in megabits per second - 100Mbps
is 10 times faster (in theory) than 10Mbps . . .
 
My connection is a DSL at 100Mbps. What you should realize is that even though your connection is rated at that speed it does not mean you are transferring data at that speed. Throughput is far more important than connection speeds. XP is not optimized for maximum allowable throughput and that's where a lot of programs come in to help improve your throughput speeds to better utilize the connection. SpeedXP is one such program and it's free. You can of course do the changes in the registry yourself if you like. My connection speed is rated at 100Mbps but my throughput is only 174KB\sec. Which is good considering the distance to my IP. My Internet provider is located over 150 miles away. The confusion comes in when you mix Mb and mb, Kb and kb. Good luck.
 
100 Mbps is the speed between your NIC and DSL modem. DSL connections are
commonly under 1 Mbps. Also, DSL is generally limited to homes that are
within 10,000 feet of the ISP's central office (CO) to which your phone line
is connected.


The Unknown P said:
My connection is a DSL at 100Mbps. What you should realize is that even
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though your connection is rated at that speed it does not mean you are
transferring data at that speed. Throughput is far more important than
connection speeds. XP is not optimized for maximum allowable throughput and
that's where a lot of programs come in to help improve your throughput
speeds to better utilize the connection. SpeedXP is one such program and
it's free. You can of course do the changes in the registry yourself if you
like. My connection speed is rated at 100Mbps but my throughput is only
174KB\sec. Which is good considering the distance to my IP. My Internet
provider is located over 150 miles away. The confusion comes in when you mix
Mb and mb, Kb and kb. Good luck.
 
Probably, IFF your lan is using a 100mbps fast ethernet
card, for instance, but you didn't give any information
which woujld allow anyone to give a defin itive answer. If
you really want a good answer, come back with details.
 
100 mbps is mega bits per second which would be about 12.5
MBps


| johnf wrote:
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| > 100mbps (milli-bytes/sec.) is a bit slow.
| ^^^^
| To be accurate - Milli-bits/sec. ;-)
|
| > 10Mbps (Megabytes/sec.) is normal.
| ^^^^
| The same way - Mega-bits/sec. :-)
|
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| --=== Black Fox ===--
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| --= ICQ: 147423649 =--
 
100 mbps is mega bits per second which would be about 12.5
MBps
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No, no, no... ;-)) Read carefully. Do you see the difference between "M"
and "m" (M - mega, m - milli) or between "B" and "b" (B - byte, b -
bit)? Maybe you can read author's mind but units of measures are clear.
;-)
 
Jim Macklin said:
No, no, no... ;-)) Read carefully. Do you see the difference between "M"
and "m" (M - mega, m - milli) or between "B" and "b" (B - byte, b -
bit)? Maybe you can read author's mind but units of measures are clear.
;-) --
--=== Black Fox ===--
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Ha, not always.
Sure, I know the difference between B & b, I just happened to hover over the
LAN connection in my Systray when I was typing that post & what did it say?
"Local Area Connection Speed: 10.0Mbps"
Work that one out.
That's not so important anyway, I'm on Broadband cable & d'load at
600-800KB/s (Kilo-Bytes per second), that's all I care about.
 
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