How many mbs per second should 10mb broad band download?

cogoni · 21-10-2008, 20:37

I know it depends. But trying to download a file with 10mb broadband is about 1 meg per second, is that right?

chickendippers · 21-10-2008, 20:40

10mb internet will mean you download a 1MB file in 1 second.

Jonnymeg · 21-10-2008, 20:46

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Originally Posted by chickendippers

10mb internet will mean you download a 1MB file in 1 second.

Is it not 1.25MB in a second?

21-10-2008, 20:49

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Originally Posted by cogoni

I know it depends. But trying to download a file with 10mb broadband is about 1 meg per second, is that right?

Speeds via gamefiles.virginmedia.com should be approx.

i.e : 250kBps X 8 = 2MB, 500kBps X 8 = 4MB, 1250kBps X 8 = 10MB, 2500kBps X 8 = 20MB

AbyssUnderground · 21-10-2008, 21:02

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Originally Posted by Jonnymeg

Is it not 1.25MB in a second?

You generally should see about 1.15MB/s - 1.20MB/s tops.

dave6x · 21-10-2008, 22:20

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Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

Speeds via gamefiles.virginmedia.com should be approx.

i.e : 250kbps X 8 = 2MB, 500kbps X 8 = 4MB, 1250kbps X 8 = 10MB, 2500kbps X 8 = 20MB

I suggest you need to be more careful with the symbols relating to the multipliers, e.g.
250kbps x 8 = 2Mb = 0.25MB
250kBps x 8 = 2MB
where b represents bits and B represents bytes

Noggo · 21-10-2008, 23:17

Google it
`10 Mb/s to MB/s'
and google calculator says......

See Jonnymegs reply above

Ignitionnet · 21-10-2008, 23:45

Yer but you'll never actually see that speed when downloading due to overheads on the connection.

1.20MB/s is about right, as a rule of thumb each Mbit is worth 120kB in real world download, if you get a little more that's a bonus.

Jonnymeg · 22-10-2008, 18:50

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Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Yer but you'll never actually see that speed when downloading due to overheads on the connection.

1.20MB/s is about right, as a rule of thumb each Mbit is worth 120kB in real world download, if you get a little more that's a bonus.

I regularly see 2.6MB/s on my 20meg.

22-10-2008, 18:59

max I have seen is 2.4Mb/s

cg1701 · 22-10-2008, 20:11

Would be nice TO get a 10meg service!!!!! I get around 6, and according to Virgin THAT IS the 10meg service!!!

I know you can never get the full 10meg, but I would have though you would be able to get around 8 at the very least...

I pay for 10 I want 10 NOT 6!!! Anyone else find this?

1too3 · 22-10-2008, 22:03

I think it also depends on which sites/servers are serving you, they will throttle their connections etc also. A quick test is to open multiple sites at the same time and do multiple downloads, that will test your overall throughput through the network to your PC. It's all much of a muchness. Also any download from the local Virgin network is likely to be quicker I'm sure, again depending on link speeds.

22-10-2008, 23:36

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Originally Posted by darthlinux

max I have seen is 2.4Mb/s

The Max I have seen is 3.2MB using gamefiles.

and downloading 10 files at once.

dave6x · 22-10-2008, 23:42

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Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

The Max I have seen is 3.2Mb using gamefiles.

Pretty poor then for a 20Mb connection, unless you really mean that you are getting 3.2MB/s!

Kymmy · 22-10-2008, 23:43

I get 1.2MBps every day and at all times...