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surinder1508

Hi guys,
I'm using BSNL HOME 500 COMBO plan which should give me 2Mbps=256KBps speed but ever since I connected my plan four months ago I couldn't cross 200KBps=1.56Mbps mark.

I'm just half a KM away from the exchange and one of my friend which uses the same plan 2KMs further away from exchange getting up to 240KBps. My phone line is perfectly fine giving no distortion what so ever.

Both of us mainly use u torrent for downloading and Zamunda site which a ratio free site.

what could be the problem and what are the solutions in all the different possible scenarios in my case.

cool_techie_tvm

Well have u tested the speeds with direct http downloads? U should be getting 210~235 kBps with direct downloads. For torrenting the speeds will hover between 180~210 kBps.

surinder1508

ya I'm getting margenly lower then these speeds. But my point is can I have better speeds anyhow which is my friend is getting.

I'm getting SNR margin downstream 25.3 and upstream 23.0. The Attenuation downstream is 17.5 and upstream is 5.2.

surinder1508

I'm getting SNR margin downstream 25.3 and upstream 23.0. The Attenuation downstream is 17.5 and upstream is 5.2.


I'm using BSNL HOME 500 COMBO plan which should give me 2Mbps=256KBps speed but ever since I connected my plan four months ago I couldn't cross 200KBps=1.56Mbps mark.

I'm just half a KM away from the exchange and one of my friend which uses the same plan 2KMs further away from exchange getting up to 240KBps. My phone line is perfectly fine giving no distortion what so ever.

Both of us mainly use u torrent for downloading and Zamunda site which a ratio free site.

what could be the problem and what are the solutions in all the different possible scenarios in my case.

just4kix

@ surinder1508,Your SNR margin is fine. The slow speed could be because of a different reason.

surinder1508

And what could be it?

Plus solution please.

StarK

have u carried out a speed test on Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test or ur speed voes are only based on torrents?

totallyfandu

No sysytm is having 100% efficiency . They are saying that from 256kbps upto 2 Mbps.

In very rare cases u will get nearly 2Mbps.

surinder1508

ya I done that as well and I downloaded direct from servers using orbit too many times sligtly better speeds there but nowhare near my freinds conection speeds.

just4kix

You can never predict that torrents will reach the max speed, i.e., 256 kB/s. It all depends upon the number of seeds, what piece of the file you want, what piece is available, etc. You may always have some unused bandwidth. So by downloading multiple torrents at the same time, you can maximize the use of available bandwidth.

This is exactly how download managers work. Without a download manager, a file may be downloaded at the rate of 70 kB/s. But download managers optimize this by opening multiple connections to the same server and download parts of the file concurrently. They may open 5 concurrent connections and thus download at 240+ kB/s.

Finally, BSNL never promised you 2 mbps consistently. You have been promised a minimum of 256 kbps and a maximum of 2 mbps. That speed is also within BSNL network. So your actual download speed could be anything from 32 kB/s to 256 kB/s.

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surinder1508

Yes ofcorse I understand torrent download stuff and we both are using multiple torreents at same time (right from start months ago) some of them even so capable they can utelise all your available bandwidth alone at zamunda like latest games,movies,software etc... even with very few seeders. so there is no chance of availability issue at all.

we have done some times same downloadings overnights and he always gets better speeds of 230KBps to 245KBps mine remains always bitween 180KBps to 200KBps max.

And I'm 1.5 KM nearer to exchange from him as well (just half a KM away from exchange) with no other connection nearby infect I'm only the third user from exchange.

And ya I know BSNL don't promise to us 2Mb/s but can't we push them for better speed which is others are getting in same region if problem (like weakness of signal, wiring etc...) is from there part.

StarK

will u be so kind as to post ur speedtest results here?

surinder1508

But my friend is getting better speed then me from same exchange which further away from it.

kirankumargb

hmmm seeing your problem just tell me have you disabled the 20% bandwidth reserved for windows ? if not search around you will find the way to disable it ....!

surinder1508

I'm not allowed to do so following massage pops up when I try to do so.

You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 15 posts or more.

Tell me the other way to so by the way I'm getting 1564kbps dowload speed and 313kbps upload speed there by selecting Mumbai server.

just4kix

Just post without the "http://" prefix. I will edit your post and add the prefix.

Also, I sometimes get more or less the same speed. So there is possibly not much you can do. You can request for a line check.

surinder1508

I don't know about that stuff at all please make it clear to me where from I can determine that and how to disable it?

just4kix

Moderator note: Moved some of the relevant post from this thread (SNR Margin and Line Attenuation - What do they mean?) here ...

kirankumargb

If you'd like to change how much bandwidth is reserved for QoS (the default is 20% of the total bandwidth), do the following:

1. Make sure you're logged in as "Administrator" (not just any account with admin privileges).
2. Navigate to START>Run and type: gpedit.msc
3. Navigate to Local Computer Policy > Administrative Templates > Network > QOS Packet Scheduler
4. In the right window, double-click the limit reservable bandwidth setting
5. On the setting tab, check the enabled setting.
6. Where it says "Bandwidth limit %", change it to read 0 (or whatever percentage you want to reserve for high priority QoS data)
7. Click OK, close gpedit.msc

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surinder1508

Thanks for the help I shell try it tonight.