internet speed

neversleeps · 04-11-2004, 09:12 AM

i was wondering what is the difference between communication and storage internet speed, i just ran a bandwidth test and my communication speed is 2.8 megabits/s and storage is 344.5 kilobytes/s currently and 1 mb file dload time is 3 secs. whats the diff and why is the one so much higher than the other? i understand the storage one cuz thats about the speed i get when dloading from a good server like yahoo or dload.com but what is the communications stuff
thx

Martin · 04-16-2004, 12:03 AM

Communication = Download speed
Storage = Upload speed (e.g. sending files to an FTP server for web space, or sending files via IM or file sharing programs)

Most residential connections are asymmetric, in which the download is faster than the upload; usually by a ratio of 6:1, unless, of course, if you use ISDN or IDSL.

mitch · 04-19-2004, 02:31 AM

Ok it really depends on how traffic is being use in the bandwidth.If there are many users then speed can go down, you there are few users then you can have a faster speed.

04-11-2004, 09:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
neversleeps Super Techie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 415	internet speed i was wondering what is the difference between communication and storage internet speed, i just ran a bandwidth test and my communication speed is 2.8 megabits/s and storage is 344.5 kilobytes/s currently and 1 mb file dload time is 3 secs. whats the diff and why is the one so much higher than the other? i understand the storage one cuz thats about the speed i get when dloading from a good server like yahoo or dload.com but what is the communications stuff thx __________________ Fear is nothing but the anticipation of pain, be it physical, mental, spiritual or emotional. specs. Athlon XP 2200+ oc\'ed @ 1.93ghz MSI ms-6738 768mb ddr2100 Nvidia mx420 60gig maxtor 7200rpm Dual boot with Mandrake 10.0 and Win XP Pro sp2

04-16-2004, 12:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Martin Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,423	Communication = Download speed Storage = Upload speed (e.g. sending files to an FTP server for web space, or sending files via IM or file sharing programs) Most residential connections are asymmetric, in which the download is faster than the upload; usually by a ratio of 6:1, unless, of course, if you use ISDN or IDSL. __________________ Martin's Page of Stuff I judge you when you use poor grammar.

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04-19-2004, 02:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
mitch Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 49	Ok it really depends on how traffic is being use in the bandwidth.If there are many users then speed can go down, you there are few users then you can have a faster speed.