A&W ROOTBEER Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 im not computer pro or anything so if this sounds crazy you know why..lol but right now my computer connection speed is 54.0 mbps is there anyway i can raise or buy something to help it run faster or its all completely up to my service provider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maademperor Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) that is your network connection, I assume you are on a wireless network. your actualy connection speed is probably less than 8mbps download and maybe 1mbps upload (probably more like 768kbps really). go to dslreports.com and check under tools I think to run a "connection" speed test and see what your numbers look like over all. at any rate, faster download/upload is up to your carrier. you'll pay for anything faster than your basic service and might see little or no gains from it depending on what you are trying to do. if you are just downloading porn, your dl's probably wont happen any faster, you'll just be able to get more going from different sources simultaneously without a losing much (of course your disk write speeds, AV settings, and firewall traffic come into play then). the problem is really that you will not see any downloads coming down at a speed/size to max your bandwidth from a single source, as most places you are downloading stuff from arent able to "upload" it to you that quickly... that might be more than I needed to type but I've learned to look at the jumbly titty lass in your sig and still be functional and coherent quick edit-the 54mbps is the network bandwidth you would be chewing up if you were transferring/connecting to a resource that is on your personal network as well, like a second computer somewhere that you wanted to copy files to or stream music from.... Edited May 22, 2008 by maademperor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techaninna Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 im not computer pro or anything so if this sounds crazy you know why..lol but right now my computer connection speed is 54.0 mbps is there anyway i can raise or buy something to help it run faster or its all completely up to my service provider? That is your connection to the wireless router 802.11g. To test your internet speed go to www.speakeasy.net/speedtest and click the server closest to you. Quote Rebuild coming soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A&W ROOTBEER Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 i ran a test on both sites you guys listed heres what i got from speed easy download speed 10,641 kbps upload speed 689 kbps -------------------------------------------- from dsl reposts download speed 6108 kbps upload speed 617 kbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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