Comments for Why am I not getting the upload speeds I expect?

Comment from pc tech on 2006-07-08

2006-07-09T03:24:24Z

You are getting right at your true speed... You are looking at the wrong term..

90KB X 8 = 720Kb/s upload...

DONT get Kb and KB mixed up.. many people do.

90 times 8 is 720

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Comment from Leo on 2006-04-30

2006-05-01T06:34:39Z

it varies. Take a look at the power adapter and it should have a wattage rating on it.

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Comment from JRD on 2006-04-30

2006-05-01T05:22:05Z

How much wattage does a laptop require, I have a HP and a Dell and I want to use them in my truck

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Comment from KSS on 2006-04-29

2006-04-29T15:03:58Z

A surprise to me was finding out that as the available bandwidth goes up older routers may actually be a limiting factor (at least for download). Tom's Hardware recently put up a chart showing upload and download capabilities of routers over time and some of the older ones won't keep up with 8mbs down. A friend of mine recently confirmed this on his connection by after swapping out a fairly old LinkSys.

See:
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/03/31/hardware_router_chart/

KSS

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Comment from Greg Bulmash on 2006-04-28

2006-04-28T18:57:21Z

Have to agree that he may be looking at KBps instead of Kbps. When I'm using WinSCP to upload it reports in bytes per second, not bits. But, as a caveat, in an upload/download, it always takes two to tango.

If you're uploading to a heavily used server, it may well be that enough of its available incoming bandwidth is being parceled out to other uploaders and server functionss that it only has 85-90 kilobits per second available for receiving your upload. That would explain your observed speeds.

I have an 8/768 line through Comcast, but my cable doesn't enter the house anywhere near my home office, so I use BPL (Broadband over Power Line) bridges to connect the router in my home office to the cable modem in another room.

That gives me an effective speed of around 4400/695, which is around what I was getting with a 6/768 DSL line going straight into the office that cost me 2x as much.

I don't mention my speeds to help you, though. It's just to rub it in with Leo. Comparing his house to mine is like comparing a Bentley to a Honda. So, though I have "estate envy", I have at least this one thing to feel smug about.

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