True internet speeds?
Why do all these cable companies advertise their internet speeds as up to 7Mbps or 15Mbps. This should be false advertising. Why are these speeds never truly achieved? Why are these coaxial systems shared with every other user in the area? This severely degrades the signal quality, especially when there are many users on at the same time. Why is coaxial cable still used when fiber optics is so much faster and does not have nearly as many issues? How come in other countries the internet speed is so much faster and cost so much less? Its ridiculous! These companies are ripping people off right under their noses.
Is there anything I can do to improve my download speeds? Does coaxial cable degrade over time? My stupid ISP has the cable coming from outside, to my attic, split 4 ways, two are unconnected as the rooms are no longer in use, and then run several feet to varying rooms in the house. I have a 7mbps download speed, yet I only achieve 800Kbps average.
So I am actually getting download speeds about on par with the speed I do have? When I download a game or something it says KBs so I am assuming Kilbytes not bits. Well that kind of changes my perspective then.
I know I know I was a fool, its all a part of learning. I actually get 2000 KBps at max, but it doesn’t stay that high for long, so thats weird. Thanks all for setting me straight.
3 Responses
Josh
15 Mar 2010
ravensayz1
15 Mar 2010
1. They do it because they can and there’s nothing you can do about it.
2. You can’t increase your download speeds, the only thing you can do is try a different ISP but chances are they are just as bad or worse than your current one. ALL ISPs screw their customers, ALL ISPs advertised speeds are not what you will actually get.
Rute
15 Mar 2010
In all that complaining you did, you made yourself look like a fool. 800 kbps is equal to an 8 Mbps line. You’re going FASTER than what you’re cable company has advertised.
mbps stands for mega bits per second, that mean 7mbps translates into 7,000,000 bits or 1′s and 0′s per second. To figure out how much that is in bytes per second, divide by 8000 bits. 8000 bits is approx 1 byte.
So, 7,000,000 / 8000 is roughly 875Kilobytes per second.
15,000,000 / 8000 is roughly 1875Kilobytes per second.
Your speed is also based on the server you are connected to, as well as other variables including traffic, the route the connection takes…etc
As for coaxial vs fiber optics, well FOs are EXPENSIVE to use and maintain. Fiber Optics are used to connect servers across the country and the world, but once you get local, then things change.
–Oh, and be happy you have 7mbps, my download speed is 768kbps, which is about 96KB per second.