Download speeds discrepencies

[Ben Stevenson]

I am XP home and on cable broadband at 1.5 MB/sec.

I go to a site that tests download speeds and it states it to be 800 KB/sec.
But when I actually download a program soon after, the MS pop-up box states
my download speed to be 60 KB/sec. Why this large discrepency?
TIA

 

[Ron Bogart]

In

I am XP home and on cable broadband at 1.5 MB/sec.

I go to a site that tests download speeds and it states it to be 800
KB/sec. But when I actually download a program soon after, the MS
pop-up box states my download speed to be 60 KB/sec. Why this large
discrepency?
TIA

You are limited by the speed available through the site you are connected to
for the download.

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Ron Bogart {} ô¿ô¬
Associate Expert
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