What speeds do you get?

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shorty_2_us

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My max using usenetserver is ~2.2MB, or 20Mbit.

Someoone probally answered in the OP's questiosn already in these 6 pages, but to download at 6500k (6.5MB) you would need a 60Mbit line. 6554kb/s is a 6.5Mbit connection, not MB (megabyte).
 
Just changed isp's to bt. Its meant to be a 8meg line but its set at 2 megs but its still only the first day hopefully it will go up.

anyways they give you free access to giganews but its limited to 3 connections and so the most i have got so far is about 250 kbps.
 
Skizo said:
OK, so I'm looking at the speeds that I'm getting from GrabIt, and I'm thinking about how I always hear that with newsgroups, your connection is maximized. Well, since I have a 6.5MB connection, shouldn't I be getting like 6500+ KB/s? :unsure:

I'm using my ISP's news server BTW.

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I can't believe a moderator is asking that... :P

1 bit = 8 bytes
6500 are Kilobits, so if you divide them in 8, you'll get 800 Kilobytes, that's the max download speed you could get
 
OK, so I'm looking at the speeds that I'm getting from GrabIt, and I'm thinking about how I always hear that with newsgroups, your connection is maximized. Well, since I have a 6.5MB connection, shouldn't I be getting like 6500+ KB/s? :unsure:

I'm using my ISP's news server BTW.




 
From my ISP's news server I get anywhere from 50kbps to the 150's on a good day. With the premium news server just under 200kbps. The max download is rated at 384 - so I only get a little over half of that:angry:

FIOS (fiber optics) is coming next year - maybe - so no updgrades to our DSL until then.
384/1.5 isn't so hot.
 
This is from easynews.nl free beta, but I think they are limiting the speeds because I'm nowhere near maxing out... :dry:

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5000 kb/s (kbps) = 625 kB/s

kb is kilobits and kB is kilobytes. One byte is 8 bits. GrabIt displays the speeds in kilobytes per seconds, if I remember correctly.
 
I have 10Mb and I get around 1.17MBPs which is very close to max.

My connection is going up to 20Mb sometime around April and around 50Mb sometime this year, cant wait :D
 
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