Hi everyone,
So, another "is my internets slow" thread (sorry).
I'm currently with Sky and have had their "up to 20Mb" connection and sky plus deal for just over a year now and generally been happy with the speeds I've been getting.
Up until yesterday all my large file downloading needs have been done via the free download option on file sharing sites such as Megaupload and various other sites. Which have mostly downloaded around 350-450 KB/s.
I wanted to test how fast my Internet connection can actually go so, yesterday I signed up for the Astraweb Unlimited usenet deal ($11 a month) with 20 connections and using it in conjunction with SABnzbd+ newsreader. Got it all setup fine started to download and only getting speeds of 350-400 kb/s.
Granted it is the weekend and that could be slowing it down but is ~400 KB/s slow for a 20Mb connection? Im almost sure its not Astrawebs servers being slow.
400 KB = 3.12 Mb (If I'm not mistaken)
Now I have done speed tests online as follows:
broadbandgenie.co.uk/
Download speed - 3165.66 Kbps (3.09 Mbps)
updn.co.uk/
Download speed - 3.1 Mb
And the anomaly Speedtest.net (is this site in Skys pocket or just rubbish?)
tl;dr - Is 3.1 Mb slow for a 20 Mb connection? Has any other sky users noticed a degrease in speed over the last few weeks?


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