Slow upload

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So, nobody knows why Win XP Pro SP1 uploads only 8kb/s, but win 98 ~40kb/s
with 1mb/512kb DSL (PPPoE)?
 
What programs are you uploading with?
If they're not the same in both '98 & XP, one probably registers in Kbits,
the other, Kbytes.
~40Kbits = ~5Kbytes.
 
Sorry about that, but here some test results made in last 10 mins.

XP = Upstream 36 Kbps (4.5 KB/sec)
Win 98 = Upstream 282 Kbps (35.3 KB/sec)

Same thing with 3D-ftp which I tried with both systems.

Any suggestion? Thanks.
 
282 ÷ 36 = 7.84, that looks awfully like the 282 is in Kbits & 36 in Kbytes
(8 bits = 1 byte).

Try an experiment. Create a mail message with a small attachment & save it
to the desktop in 'message format'.
Don't close the mail down, check the properties of the desktop one to see
how large it is & note this down.

Now send the email to yourself (with that attachment) with both '98 & XP and
time how long it takes to send each.
Post the results back here (desktop message size + time it takes to send
each)
 
Ok so now I should be confused? :)

282+36 = 7.84? No no, those are 2 completely different test results.
36Kbps /4,5 KB/s) is Windows XP upstream result,
and this 282Kbps (35,3KB/s) is Windows 98 result.
 
No, not 282+36, 282 divided by 36!

I'll try again.
1Kbyte is comprised of 8Kbits.

If '98 displays the upload speed in Kbits, but XP displays the upload speed
in Kbytes, then '98 would show ~282 and XP ~36.

Same speed, but different terminology, like driving 2 different cars, one
having a speedo marked in mph & the other in kph),
the first reads 50, the second, 80, but both cars are in fact travelling at
the same speed.
(I hate these car analogies)

That's why I suggested the experiment.
Forget what the screen's telling you, send the same mail on both systems &
time each one.
That way, you can quickly see if one in fact does take 8 times as long to
upload as the other, or whether they both take about the same length of
time.

I still suspect I'm right in this, as that sort of 'misleading' terminology
is often used, probably from a marketing viewpoint to give the impression
things work faster than they actually do.
 
That site doesn't make any sense to me.

If I tell it I have 512K DSL, I get this figure -

Downstream 143 Kbps (17.9 KB/sec)
Upstream 111 Kbps (13.9 KB/sec)

If I select 512K Cable (which I have) -

Downstream 326 Kbps (40.8 KB/sec)
Upstream 111 Kbps (13.9 KB/sec)

Same connection, same PC - 2 completely different readings? Yeah, right!

Why don't you just try out the test I told you?
 
Well, you have a go, then. I'm suffering from 'brickwall' syndrome as I
don't seem to be getting any definitive feedback.

Where did I stuff up in my "teaching"?

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johnf said:
No, not 282+36, 282 divided by 36!

I'll try again.
1Kbyte is comprised of 8Kbits.

If '98 displays the upload speed in Kbits, but XP displays the upload
speed in Kbytes, then '98 would show ~282 and XP ~36.

Same speed, but different terminology, like driving 2 different cars,
one having a speedo marked in mph & the other in kph),
the first reads 50, the second, 80, but both cars are in fact
travelling at the same speed.
(I hate these car analogies)

That's why I suggested the experiment.
Forget what the screen's telling you, send the same mail on both
systems & time each one.
That way, you can quickly see if one in fact does take 8 times as long
to upload as the other, or whether they both take about the same
length of time.

I still suspect I'm right in this, as that sort of 'misleading'
terminology is often used, probably from a marketing viewpoint to give
the impression things work faster than they actually do.
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