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remedy1419

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hey guys I tried following the speed guide but the speed test is skewed by powerboost, my isp's thing that speeds up my connection for a certain amount of time. i started downloading something for a while, and the connection stabilized at 770Kb/sec. The upload stabilized at 112Kb/sec.

was wondering if you guys could give me the formulas to calculate your internet speed based off of your download and upload speed. thanks

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Download speeds in uT are KiBps, your ISP gives speeds in Kbps b : B is 8:1 so for your 112 KiBps upload, you can use xx/1Mbit ....

I'm unsure though, if you download http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/ for 1-3 minutes you get a 770 KiBps download?

Edit: Indeed if you have the basic Package (i.e. you're not paying the extra $10 or $15 / month for "turbo") its xx/512 or below.

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ComCast's SpeedBoost royally fouls up standard speed tests, making a connection appear faster than it will sustain for more than 1 minute.

You probably really have 384 kilobits/sec (6 megabits/sec down) or 768 kilobits/sec upload speed (for 8 or more megabits/sec down) if you have a "typical" ComCast line.

So...you use either the xx/384k or xx/768k settings. Unless you can test uTorrent to see if it can upload faster.

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