56k modem speed question

[repoman]

i want to know if my 56k connection speed is at its fastest.

I think it's currently connecting at 3.5 kb's a second, as that's what it says when I download a mp3 file etc

transfer rate: 3.5KB/sec

I want to know if there's anyway to speed it up, shouldn't it be

transfer rate: 56KB/sec - as it's a 56k modem

 

[Simon]

56k usally downloads between 1-7kb/s

dont really think you can speed it up much, ur getting those speeds in p2p programs.

with direct downloads of the new if u use a download maneger called "get right" it "may" speed it up a bit

 

[beedubaya]

It all depends on how much your phone line can handle. I live in an area with old, outdated phonelines, so when I was on dial-up, I rarely saw it top 2.0KB/sec, most of the time it was closer to 1KB/sec.

 

[NeoExtreme]

What is not informed is that the FCC regulates the speed for a phone line for analog is max 55kbps,but what they are saying is ture the actual speed is about 1/4 that.

 

[Trifid]

that is 56kbits/sec to get it into kbytes you need to divide by 8, so the most that you can ever get is 7kbytes, but there is always a bit lost.

I have 512kbits/sec the most I could ever get is 64kbytes a second, but I generally get around 60.

(edited due to spelling mistake)

 

[Trifid]

dsl.

 

[beedubaya]

Thats about right for a 512Kbps connection. DSL is much of the time much slower than typical cable as far as download speeds. However, I hear browsing is actually faster on DSL than it is with cable, despite the much less maximum bandwidth.

 

[Trifid]

Also broadband is very expensive in the uk, along with 56k. for the main isp's for 56k it is about $30.

I find that pages load up instantly after clicking on them, but it is about the same at my school (the only time I use cable) when there isn't many people using it.

 

[diabloII]

56kb=56 kilobit and 8bit=1byte and and then you gotta take off ~13%, but then there's the FCC regulation, so about 48kb

48 kb/8=6kb * .87 ~5.5kb/s or so, but then there's probably a limit on your speed (i.e. the person you're dling off on your P2P program)

and on a 512kb connection, 512/8=64 & 64*.87~ 58, so your speed is actually pretty good

 

[Corvino]

Thats about right for a 512Kbps connection. DSL is much of the time much slower than typical cable as far as download speeds. However, I hear browsing is actually faster on DSL than it is with cable, despite the much less maximum bandwidth.

I have DSL and my P2P download speeds are actually quite a bit faster than my friends, who has cable. I'm also only paying $30 for 1.5MB DSL, by the way