DSL service is super slow??? Any ideas?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - DSL service is super slow??? Any ideas?

Posted: 1/23/2011 3:11:20 PM EDT

I have a 300 kb/s DL and 50kb/s UL plan from AT&T. I was downloading a 50gb file for a friend since his internet service sucks. Today I noticed that my internet is very slow. Did a speed test and I'm getting a good ping and a decent UL speed of 43kb/s but my DL speed tested at 17kb/s. Could it be to the bandwith being used up by me downloading the big file?

Posted: 1/23/2011 3:19:05 PM EDT

[#1]

Yes, if you are downloading a very large file your internet will be slow since it is busy downloading that large file.

Posted: 1/23/2011 3:25:37 PM EDT

[#2]

Try killing power to the modem for 15 seconds or so.

Shut down your PC.

Start up the modem, restart your PC.

Check speed.

eta: What modem are you using?

Posted: 1/23/2011 3:26:27 PM EDT

[#3]

Must be all the people crying on the interwebs that DUH BEARS lost...

Posted: 1/23/2011 3:29:29 PM EDT

[#4]

DSL is slow by today's standards. Especially to people who think that the little popup that says they are connected at 54 / 100 Mbps is their actual speed.

Posted: 1/23/2011 3:31:41 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Must be all the people crying on the interwebs that DUH BEARS lost...

Posted: 1/23/2011 3:37:33 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:

DSL is slow by today's standards. Especially to people who think that the little popup that says they are connected at 54 / 100 Mbps is their actual speed.

Or that think because they have a wifi connection, that they automatically have internet... No mom, the DSL modem is broken. "But it shows connected in the menu bar!" The modem is broken, there is no internet. "But it's connected!" STFU...

I hate being family tech support

Posted: 1/23/2011 3:42:45 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Yes, if you are downloading a very large file your internet will be slow since it is busy downloading that large file.

File is finished.

Quoted:

DSL is slow by today's standards. Especially to people who think that
the little popup that says they are connected at 54 / 100 Mbps is their
actual speed.

I don't trust those completely but when I go to any site to download stuff even from Microsoft, it doesn't go past 20kb/s

Quoted:

Try killing power to the modem for 15 seconds or so.

Shut down your PC.

Start up the modem, restart your PC.

Check speed.

eta: What modem are you using?

Did that a few times but I will try again. I'm using a Ewire modem/router. It's a few years old.

Posted: 1/23/2011 4:26:53 PM EDT

[#8]

You're probably getting throttled since you hit a throughput cap. It used to happen to my step brother when he downloaded movies all the time.

Posted: 1/23/2011 4:29:42 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Try killing power to the modem for 15 seconds or so.

Shut down your PC.

Start up the modem, restart your PC.

Check speed.

eta: What modem are you using?

This. And if that doesn't work, call them and tell them to reboot their server.

Of course, they'll play that it's all your fault.

Posted: 1/23/2011 5:41:51 PM EDT

[#10]

The reboot worked this time. Thanks guys.

Posted: 1/23/2011 6:03:05 PM EDT

[#11]

Call AT&T and ask about their U-verse service. I just went from 1.3 megs per sec to 5.1 actual mbps for only $2.00 more a month and no hook-up fees. It'll have to be available in your area but is worth checking to find out.

Posted: 1/23/2011 6:11:53 PM EDT

[#12]

DSL in itself isn't slow, I've seen 5.0mb per sec DSL's.

The problem is the speed you have, 300Kbits is nothing by today standards, you need at least 1.5mb (or 1500kb per sec) connect by today's standard to have good internet experience.

Trying to download a 50gb file at 300kbits per sec is going to take FOREVER.

A 10mbit per sec connection will roughly give you about 1 megabtye per second in actual download speed, so at 300k you're crawling.

Posted: 1/23/2011 6:38:52 PM EDT

[#13]

For my needs 300k is fine. I don't exactly DL 50gb files all the time. I used it for online gaming and netflix and it works great for those purposes.

Posted: 1/23/2011 6:43:16 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
For my needs 300k is fine. I don't exactly DL 50gb files all the time. I used it for online gaming and netflix and it works great for those purposes.

Not sure what kind of gaming you do, but a faster connection makes a huge difference for 1st person shooters.

Posted: 1/23/2011 6:46:43 PM EDT

[#15]

50gb? fifty gigbytes? thats a large file. thats like a whole blu-ray. even copying from computer to computer on a local lan a file of that size will be a bit tardy..

Posted: 1/23/2011 6:46:51 PM EDT

[#16]

jeez 300k?

After reading yours I went and tested mine, a little better than what I normally get:

Posted: 1/23/2011 7:07:22 PM EDT

[#17]

Your speed will vary depending on how many other people are doing it, ie either downloading or uploading, so it can varying over time. 50GB file that is huge.

Posted: 1/29/2011 9:28:28 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:

Quoted:
DSL is slow by today's standards. Especially to people who think that the little popup that says they are connected at 54 / 100 Mbps is their actual speed.

I don't trust those completely but when I go to any site to download stuff even from Microsoft, it doesn't go past 20kb/s

My point is that number has jack shit and nothing to do with how fast you can download and upload to the internet.

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