Thread: Speed of Dataone FAQ?

Here are a lot of questions people(including me) generally want to know concerning the speed in DataOne:

1. AFAIK 2mbps gives ideally 256kBps download speeds. Is this upload+download or are they in different streams?
2. I see here many people claim to be getting upwards of 256kBps too! Is it possible?
3. What speed is mostly available?
4. I get 220kBps maximum. It never goes beyond that, Can it? Does the speed depend on residential area?
5. What offers better speeds - Download Manager or Torrent?

I use BSNL Home 500 plan. Mostly its off. These guys don't keep it on most of the time. At times when it is on and I download I get about 150-230 kbps on torrents. And other files about 100-250 kbps.

Regards,
Saksham T

What are you talking about being on or off?

Originally Posted by sharadkumar

Here are a lot of questions people(including me) generally want to know concerning the speed in DataOne:

1. AFAIK 2mbps gives ideally 256kBps download speeds. Is this upload+download or are they in different streams?
2. I see here many people claim to be getting upwards of 256kBps too! Is it possible?
3. What speed is mostly available?
4. I get 220kBps maximum. It never goes beyond that, Can it? Does the speed depend on residential area?
5. What offers better speeds - Download Manager or Torrent?

Upload upto 256 KBps is not possible at this moment. Your speed depends on a lot of factors. Distance from exchange, quality of wiring, download server, seeds/ peers in case of torrent. You can achieve maximum speed if these settings are in your favour.

Originally Posted by meetdilip

Upload upto 256 KBps is not possible at this moment. Your speed depends on a lot of factors. Distance from exchange, quality of wiring, download server, seeds/ peers in case of torrent. You can achieve maximum speed if these settings are in your favour.

Dude, I wan't talking about Uploads of 256kBps, I meant Download speeds which are upwards of 256 kBps,ie 256kBps+ D/l Speeds! As for quality of wiring, its not in our hand, is it?

As per the terms of service BSNL provides upto 2 mbps downlink with minimum guaranteed speed of 256 kbps and uplink of 256 kbps.
Which means that u can get anything from 256 kBps to 32 kBps downlink and 32 kBps uplink.

If u are getting 220 kBps downlink then u should consider yourself to be very lucky.

Technically only 84-87% of the advertised download speed is possible. So you are getting theoretical maximum . To understand what it mean visit
ttp://pflog.net/dsl_overhead/.
It is explained beautifully there.