Posted by taffypride
I have acquired a USB Modem from 3 which will connect at 3.5G (HDSPA) speeds, but I was wondering if there was any way toi increase the speed of my downloads.
I currently connect at 3.6Mbps, but am getting download speeds of only 50kbps.
Anyway to boost this?
Posted by paul101
well generally, you dont get your actually speeds quoted when downloading... atm i have virgin 2meg... and i'm getting 250 (ish) kb/s download speed on xubuntu
Posted by themarques
On 2008-06-09 21:09:39, paul101 wrote:
well generally, you dont get your actually speeds quoted when downloading... atm i have virgin 2meg... and i'm getting 250 (ish) kb/s download speed on xubuntu
I really think you should check up on your settings, 250kbps on a 2Mbps line is a bit to slow.
I am guessing you running Virgin cable and not DSL, so that means that line length to the exchange shouldn't be a factor. If you are using virgin DSL then I suggest you remove the face plate from your BT box and connect your micro filter direct as there is certainly a bottle neck.
Also check how far you are from the exchange, to those sort of speeds on 2Mbps you should be at least 4 to 5Km from the exchange.
Posted by pete910i
not sure how effective they are but i've seen ppl using download accelerator softwares to increase download speed.
try googling or maybe some one could show u a good one....
