I ran a speed test on My spring 2011 Macbook Pro 13" and my download speed should be at 20mb/s but I am downloading a game right now and it is only downloading between 600-1000mb/s. How can I get the speed I pay for?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
ACtual speeds rarely come close to advertised maximum speeds. Actual speed also depends on the server from which you are downloading. If you are consistently this low, contact your provider and have them check your wiring and connections.
Unless there have been radical changes in mathematics, 20 is less than 600-1000. Is your problem with your ISP? If so, then you should contact them.
Ciao.
No, my speed test showed my download speed was 12mb/s.
These are my results.
I am downloading a game and it is downloading at 600-1000Kb/s
Sorry, I origionally said 600-1000mb/s.
The speed you get with any download is dependant on the server you are downloadiing from and your own connection speed. Even if you have a fast connection to the net if the server that you downloading files from has a SLOW connection it can only go as fast as their connection.
Shootist007 wrote:
The speed you get with any download is dependant on the server you are downloadiing from and your own connection speed.
And that's not all. You can download files using various protocols. Your ISP may throttle -- probably is throttling -- some or all of these protocols, depending on specific circumstances. Virtually all ISPs use some form of traffic-shaping, for instance, almost all favour short transfers over long transfers, and almost all throttle torrent-type traffic in one way or another. Another factor is the time of the day. In all too many cases, you can see significantly lower speeds in the evening (16:00–19:00) than in the very early morning (01:00–05:00). It is commonly assumed that the cause is competing traffic (other users), but, according to this paper
<http://broadband.mpi-sws.org/residential/07_imc_bb.pdf>
there is "little evidence that competing traffic affects link bandwidths during the day".
How can I get the speed I pay for?
That's easy. Become a movie star, or a pop star. Get elected to a powerful public office, like Mayor of a major city or Minister of Finance. Become the CEO of a multi-national corporation.
Yeah, that's not helpful at all.
make downloads faster
