Thread: Regarding download speed

I have taken BSNL EVDO card when i download files from firefox or internet explorer or any downloader for that instance i get around 25 kbps dl speed and i stay very near to the tower its within 1 km range may be even less than that but when I check the speed from speedtest.net than it shows 1.13 mbps so im getting confused if by chance im loosing my speed?

The speed differs even depending on the time of the day.And dont look at instantaneous speed,sometimes it is very less and sometimes high.I suggest you to look at the average speed for many hours.And also use a download accelerator like Internet Download manager.Free download manager etc.By doing that you can get a bit better speeds.
I have been using the EVDO card for past two munths and it is really great.On an average I download 250 MB per hour.During nights I can download 350 MB also.
The average speed I get is 600-700kbps.

And there is a lot of difference between kbps aand kBps.
1kBps(KiloByte per Second) = 8kbps(KiloBit per Second).
Generally speed displayed in the browsers is kBps.So 25 kBps=200kbps,which is still less for the EVDO card.

all those who feel that their speed isn't good plzz contact me and i will give u the details to increase ur speed....!! regardless of the tower problem....!!

Originally Posted by Allan

all those who feel that their speed isn't good plzz contact me and i will give u the details to increase ur speed....!! regardless of the tower problem....!!

can you please give ur contact details many of us in this forum aspire for a great speed for what they are paying

on speedtest.net
it shows ur bandwith and what u r getting 25kbps that is download speed . and ur download speed will be 10 to 20 times less than ur bandwith.

Originally Posted by speedy

The speed differs even depending on the time of the day.And dont look at instantaneous speed,sometimes it is very less and sometimes high.I suggest you to look at the average speed for many hours.And also use a download accelerator like Internet Download manager.Free download manager etc.By doing that you can get a bit better speeds.
I have been using the EVDO card for past two munths and it is really great.On an average I download 250 MB per hour.During nights I can download 350 MB also.
The average speed I get is 600-700kbps.

And there is a lot of difference between kbps aand kBps.
1kBps(KiloByte per Second) = 8kbps(KiloBit per Second).
Generally speed displayed in the browsers is kBps.So 25 kBps=200kbps,which is still less for the EVDO card.

hi speedy , tell me how much signal strength you getting, how far you from the tower,

Originally Posted by inba

hi speedy , tell me how much signal strength you getting, how far you from the tower,

I am about 2K.M. from the tower
and I get full signal(5bars).

me too full signal strength but downloading way too less whats the alternate? ZTE signal shows down rate as 869 kbps but it downloads at just 25kbps on avg

Now a days Evdo is going down and down.................

King12,
do u have any contact details of Allan, regarding the increasing the speed.

Originally Posted by yashbmv

on speedtest.net
it shows ur bandwith and what u r getting 25kbps that is download speed . and ur download speed will be 10 to 20 times less than ur bandwith.

No offencesbuddy but, bandwidth is always 8x the download speed, eg. you have a broadband of 256kbps, then the download speed you would get is 30-32 kbps. the calculation is simple Bandwith/8=download speed. So idealy if BSNL says 2.1MBps the the download speed should be 268kbps(2.1*1024/8)