Now I've finally got broadband (1/2 meg) why can I still only download videos linked from this site at 40-50kb/sec????

I was getting 30kb/sec on my old dial up?

I thought broadband was supposed to be so much better??

 

depends on where you are downloading from as well as your rate,ive got 2meg broadband but some sites are still 28kbps when im downloading

 

Looking on the bright side it is cheaper than the dial up i was using as I can leave it on 24/7 if i want.

 

It depends where your downloading stuff from, this for example is from Microsoft

 

warrenpenalver There is no chance you were getting 30KB/sec from a dial-up (unless it was triple ISDN or something )

It is physically impossible to get more than 6KB/sec from a dial-up modem so if it says anything more it is just Windows lying to you.

1/2 meg broadband = 512kbits per second = 50kbytes per second = 50KB/sec dowload speed

56k modem = 56kbits per second = 5kbytes per second kb/sec download speed

 

As Phil said.

1/2 meg broadband wil normally max out at around 60Kb/sec download.
512kb is the slowest ADSL speed normally offered these days - most ISP's offer at least 1Mb as the "entry level speed"

 

30kb/sec on dialup?

I was lucky to see 3kb/sec when I was on dialup.

I now generally see around 150kb/sec average. Sometimes up to 250kb/sec but very rarely beyond that (I'm on 2 meg).

 

look at the small print on the contract, i work for tiscali billing and have to explain this to people every day!!!!!!

somewhere it will say in the terms and conditions "UP TO 1MEG BROADBAND"

dont mean your garanteed 1meg!!!!!!!!! checky barstuards!!!!!

 

Where I'm based has only got 512kb on the local BT exchange. Cornwall must still be in the dark ages