Is 90 KB/sec fast for download time?

Question

whenever i download a movie or song it always downloads between 89.0-90.0 is this fast or slow for a computer

Answer 1

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Ok, all the wrong answers can stop now !!.



90k / sec is perfectly respectable, and yes it *does* depend on not just Your internet connection or the PC, it *IS* a combination of both factors.



The primary hardware in Your system makes a difference in Your connection spedd due to "bus speeds". If You have a land-based internet connection with a modem, You probably hooked it up to your USB connector just out of habit. If Your system has a network connector instead (RJ45, accepts a Cat5e cable) then You should be using THAT port instead, any systemn newer than say 2001 will have a 10/100 port back there that handles 10Mbps to 100Mbopps efficiently. USB support varies with the USB versions and internal hardware revisions, as well as possibly being limited by motherboard driver software.



I use a PCMCIA card modem on a laptop, which I switch between a PCMCIA internal adapter for my desktop, I regularly average 90Kbps on most Internet dloads while running P2P software minimized and at 70% maximum connection usage. My provider supports up 2Mbps max but I've easily passed that occasionally thanks to EDO rev A.



I use a Samba PC 2.2Ghz with 256 megs of RAM (at 100Mhz even), and my laptop has a 2.2 Intel mobile P4 with 512 Megs of DDR RAM. They both get about the same connection speeds, because I have a PCMCIA card, and cannot use a network port for either system although they both have themn built-in.



You're doing fine, and the true test is how fast a largely graphic and scripted website comes up for You. if you've tweaked all the possible settings for Internet Explorer, all it's add-ins, Your system's virtual memory, and any network hardware ports in Your system for max performance, then You may want to try the network connector if possible with Your modem.



Otherwise, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Some people in some areas actually still have to use dial-up, and that runs at 15kbps on average due to most hardware limits with modems.





Good luck!.

Answer 2

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This is not how speed is addressed. Check w your ISP to determine the speed to which you have subscribed and what other plans the ISP may offer. Secondly - make sure you have the info correct. If you are getting 90 KB/sec this is 720 Kbps and this is fairly slow. However, you must make the speed measurement with only one pc connected via cat5 cable to your LAN and with wireless turned off. You must use an internet speed test web site, not the speed from some server that is downloading something to you - as a downloading server is not run anywhere near the full speed of your internet link by any means.

Answer 3

It's not slow but then again it's not very fast either.



Downloading songs I usually get above 200KB/sec but for movies I get anywhere from 80-90 KB/sec.



But your download speed is only as good as the servers upload speed.

Answer 4

It all depends on your net connection, there are times i download at 30 kb/sec and times im pushing 400 i would say though on average 90 kb/sec is good

Answer 5

Lol. Some of the answers are funny. Download speed has nothing to do whether you have a slow or fast PC. I have a 7Mbps internet connection and the fastest speed I get to download is 850KB/sec. It all depends on the net speed available in your area.

Answer 6

this is Solely dependent on where you are downloading from and your specific internet connection. Nothing to do with your PC.



1) If you a using a direct download site, the download speed is dependent on the servers upload limit.



2) If you are downloading a torrent, this is fairly slow. Try doing the following:



- Make sure you have a torrent that has a high seeder/leecher ratio



- make sure you do not have too many torrent going at once. Usually 2 is max, otherwise they starting capping each other.



- make sure your ports are forwarded correctly. See www.portforward.com for direction how to utilize port forwarding for you specific router

Answer 7

Not exactly.Mine is at 2.3mb/sec. But 90 kb/sec is still quite fast.

Answer 8

Your download speed depends almost entirely on your broadband connection.

Unless you have a broadband connection with a fixed upload and download speed (which is rare for private customers), you'll never reach the download speeds you ISP advertise.



So no, 90KB/s (kilobit per second) is probably not very fast in most circumstances.

Answer 9

Sorry, there is no such configuration for client modem to speed up your connection. All this is always managed/configured on Policy Management Server placed in your ISP's rack. You cannot make any change to it. The only way to speed it up is upgrade your package with your ISP. :)

Answer 10

well i download at 1.3 MB/sec so compared to me thats slow. ;)



but 90 isnt 2 bad.

Answer 11

Wow, that is very slow. I have T1 connection at home and im running at about 74,822kbps which is 9,400 KB. Screen shot added below.



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Answer 12

Slow dude mine does in the hundreds and it ain't even that fast.

Answer 13

1. Don't download movies (unless you bought them?)

2. That's pretty mediocre.

3. On my wireless to DSL, I get 160-200kbps.

Answer 14

well is not fast,,, as matter fact is slow,,, it should be somewhere between 500 and 700MB/S, you got to make sure your port is open and accepting incoming connection,,,,