Comments on: Understanding The Internet Speed [Technology Explained] http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guy McDowell http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-410280 Guy McDowell Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:11:37 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-410280 You are correct! Thank you! You are correct! Thank you!

]]> By: Philip http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-410157 Philip Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:38:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-410157 There is a substantial difference between "asynchronous" and "asymmetrical". I suspect you mean the latter since your description entails differing upload and download speeds. Synchronous communication is goverened by a clock of sorts (think motherboard => system clock => internal bus speed) and asynchronous can happen, although at a set speed, at any random time. There is a substantial difference between “asynchronous” and “asymmetrical”. I suspect you mean the latter since your description entails differing upload and download speeds. Synchronous communication is goverened by a clock of sorts (think motherboard => system clock => internal bus speed) and asynchronous can happen, although at a set speed, at any random time.

]]> By: Marc http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-409856 Marc Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:39:47 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-409856 A place to test Jitter and Packet Loss along with up/down speeds is: <a href="http://www.voipreview.org/voipspeedtest.aspx" rel="nofollow">VOIP Speed Test</a>. A place to test Jitter and Packet Loss along with up/down speeds is: VOIP Speed Test.

]]> By: roger http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-409849 roger Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:21:07 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-409849 explains why my 7.4 !*&!ing Mbps (thankyou Speedtest.net) doesn't match reality explains why my 7.4 !*&!ing Mbps (thankyou Speedtest.net) doesn’t match reality

]]> By: Tom http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-409811 Tom Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:23:24 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-409811 P2P software balances you uploads and downloads. Angel, I suspect in your case that you do not have many popular uploads available for other people to download. Therefore when you are downloading lots of things then as the data lands on your hard drive is immediatly available for upload, so you have more to share and your download allocation will increase. When you complete these downloads and remove them from you P2P sharing folder then you upload speed will reduce in turn P2P software balances you uploads and downloads. Angel, I suspect in your case that you do not have many popular uploads available for other people to download. Therefore when you are downloading lots of things then as the data lands on your hard drive is immediatly available for upload, so you have more to share and your download allocation will increase. When you complete these downloads and remove them from you P2P sharing folder then you upload speed will reduce in turn

]]> By: Angel http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-409809 Angel Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:00:46 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-409809 I would like you to comment on something I noticed (or I seem to have noticed) when downloading videos from P2P sources. Apparently, if you download just one video or movie at a time, the operation is rather slow. But if you do the same with five or ten or even more more videos simultaneously, then the download seems to proceed much faster, perhaps, in my humble opinion, due to a more efficient use of the bandwidth. Am I right? I would like you to comment on something I noticed (or I seem to have noticed) when downloading videos from P2P sources. Apparently, if you download just one video or movie at a time, the operation is rather slow. But if you do the same with five or ten or even more more videos simultaneously, then the download seems to proceed much faster, perhaps, in my humble opinion, due to a more efficient use of the bandwidth. Am I right?

]]> By: watermelongirl http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-409807 watermelongirl Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:26:10 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-409807 finally! a simple guide to internet speeds! thank u, the packets and jitter thing made everything easier to understand. finally! a simple guide to internet speeds!
thank u, the packets and jitter thing made everything easier to understand.

]]> By: Guy McDowell http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-409756 Guy McDowell Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:27:07 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-409756 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> By: Guy McDowell http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-409755 Guy McDowell Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:22:56 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-409755 A video card with little to no on board memory can be a bottleneck between the video being downloaded and it playing on your screen without pauses. A video card with little to no on board memory can be a bottleneck between the video being downloaded and it playing on your screen without pauses.

]]> By: Versatile http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-understanding-speed-the-internet/#comment-409668 Versatile Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:35:08 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=26226#comment-409668 A video card has nothing to deal with downloading and watching things on the Internet, does it? I'm sure a basic integrated graphics card is more than enough these days to watch youtube. A video card has nothing to deal with downloading and watching things on the Internet, does it?

I’m sure a basic integrated graphics card is more than enough these days to watch youtube.

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