Help with speeds

[max]

upstream and downstream are same as upload speed and download speed. In adsl upstream < downstream. It's generally 1/4th or 1/8th or the downstream. They reckon that you download much MORE than you upload so they give you less upstream and more downstream. More savings for them....

 

[bugatti]

uthfull- when I was with airtel, sometimes my ul was faster than dl. This was in dec, jan. https://broadband.forum/my_speeds_are_messed_up-t440.html

I had the 64k,128k and 256k scheme before I closed my airtel acct. In all 3, d/l's used to crawl during the day. Wasn't too happy with it. At night, the speeds used to recover somewhat but not sure if this problem has been rectified in bangalore or not. sushubh got airtel at around the same time but he never faced restricted bandwidth during this time.

 

[Sushubh]

well it does fall to around 15 but never really crawled. uploads have always been pretty good on airtel.

 

[max]

bugatti, may be its because bangalore has BPOs and stuff so the bandwidth is all clogged up!

 

[gabruputt]

i am also from bangalore with a 256 k plan....and experience slow downloads, as mentioned in other posts...i guess too many users of airtel in bangalore therefore it is always chocked. they need to upgrade their system in certain places. only once the broadband war heats up will we get our true moneys worth. it feels sad to be talking in Kbps when people around the world are into Mbps. i guess living in a third world country has some disadvantages.

 

[Vince]

Originally posted by max@Nov 11 2005, 06:54 AM
upstream and downstream are same as upload speed and download speed. In adsl upstream < downstream. It's generally 1/4th or 1/8th or the downstream. They reckon that you download much MORE than you upload so they give you less upstream and more downstream. More savings for them....
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Yea. But in my case, the bloody uploads get faster tha my d/ls! i get a 10kBps d/l speed, and my u/l speed is usually higher (~12kBps)

 

[max]

whoa....vince you are ONE LUCKY GUY. I mean, on one side, Sushubh and I are having to content with 30-40% lower speeds while YOU on the other hand are getting 50% MORE speed!

 

[Sushubh]

its worse than ever today. hardly touching 15.

 

[max]

15KBps = 120Kbps! How do you put up with this?! Its not even HALF the bandwidth that you are supposed to get? Or is it because you are sharing the line?

 

[gabruputt]

what are the right mtu and tcp values...what are they? and how do u set them to the best possible option? anyone? thanks.