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Originally Posted by 2||Para
The downloads i get are slow wherever i download from but the speed tests make me out to be a liar!
This means nothing to me as im not technically minded when it comes to PC's.
If its working it's ok if it's not,ask for help! thats me lol
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One important thing to remember is that file transfers will always be subject to the weakest link principle.
If the person you are getting a file from is on a "normal" domestic line the odds are the speed will be in the 128k or possibly 256k region although some may well be able to max out your download speed this is certainly not the norm.
Even from commercial sites this can apply if there are more people downloading from the same server at the same time each of you will only get an appropriate share of the available bandwidth which again can reduce the speed you download at.
The speed test sites are gererally always able to pump at far higher speeds as they are only ever sending very small packets of datat and so will normally always push this through at the max but even then bottlenecks on the route from them to you will impact on the actual speed.
Hope that helps explain a key difference between speed tests and normal downloads often being at lower speeds without it meaning there is a problem with your connection at all.