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  1. 24th May 2002 06:35 #1
    Craig Tucker
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    Just gone broadband with NTL in the uk, and have signed up for a 512kbps account. I have just tested my connection speed online using Mcafee's internet speedometer

    http://promos.mcafee.com/speedometer/

    and it is registering as a over 1Mbps.

    Is anyone elses connection registering faster than it is supposed to be, or have I just been lucky and been put on a 1Mbps connection for the price of a 512kbps connection.

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  2. 24th May 2002 06:47 #2
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    I'm on a 512k NTL Broadband connection and I got this back...

    File Size: 150.005 KB
    Time Elapsed: 1.312 seconds

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    914.64 Kbps
    (114.33 KBps)
    http://www.wellmashed.co.uk
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  3. 24th May 2002 07:23 #3
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    Wellmashed

    Seems like were getting a pretty good deal then.

    My brother in law has the 128k connection with NTL and he registers at around the 110-120k mark.

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    Congradulations Craig welcome to the club.
    This is proboly a ice cream induced thought so i can not take no control for the above statment. :P
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  5. 25th May 2002 20:54 #5
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    is the figure your talking about in Kilobit or Kilobyte?

    there is a vast difference if there is.

    If the figure is Kilobit, you need to divide the figure by 8 to get a kilobyte reading. You may be shocked at the results.

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    I'm on a cable modem and I got this.

    File Size: 600.005 KB
    Time Elapsed: 4.627 seconds
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    1.013 Mbps
    (129.67 KBps)
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  7. 26th May 2002 00:09 #7
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    I'm on a cable modem and I got this.

    File Size: 600.005 KB
    Time Elapsed: 4.627 seconds
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    1.013 Mbps
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  8. 26th May 2002 05:41 #8
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    Bigmicka

    It is registering as just over 1 megabit/sec which I realise is approx 128 kilobytes/sec. My point is my connection is only supposed to be 512 kilobits/sec or 64 kilobytes/sec.

    tgpo

    Is yours a 512k connection, if so it seems that if you go for a 512k connection your connection speed is significantly faster than specified. Like I said my brother in law has a 128k connection, and thats what it registers as.

    I would be interested to hear what other peoples connections register as, and if it is faster or slower than what they are supposed to be getting.

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  9. 26th May 2002 08:40 #9
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    I actually have no clue what the specified speed is for it.
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    i just found out that my modem is 1500k RCA Cable Modem. I have comcast service.
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