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Download speed capped at 200KB/s

Startor666 Posted messages 625 Status Member -  
Startor666 Posted messages 625 Status Member -
Hello,
I have a little problem, nothing serious but it's just annoying, let me explain:
I have a bandwidth of 2.4 Mbps at home and 7 Mbps at the office,
when I download software for example (legally) directly via my web browser it takes a long time since the download speed never exceeds 200 kB/s on average...
If I use JDownloader for instance, which is a download manager, the max speed is indeed 7 Mbps or 2.4 Mbps...
The difference is very noticeable, so if it's possible to bypass the limitations on my web browsers...

Thank you

Configuration: Macbook Pro Unibody 17' - 2.2GHz Intel i7 quad-core - 8 GB DDR3 1333MHz SODIMM - 750 GB HD 5400 rpm - Mac OS X 10.7.3 Lion - AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024 MB DDR5

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    Startor666 Posted messages 625 Status Member 144
     
    What's unclear?
    I said that at the office I have 7Mb of bandwidth and at home 2.4Mb..
    Then I said that with Jdownloader I can download at full speed which means 7Mb and 2.4Mb.. (see the line just above).
    I use several browsers since I do online cataloging.
    That is to say Firefox 12.0, Safari 5.1.5, Opera, Chrome etc..
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  2. Startor666 Posted messages 625 Status Member 144
     
    For now, I am at home but I am downloading documents from the office server, so the test is skewed.. According to your site, I have a 12.49 Mb/s download connection which equals about 1.5 Mo/s
    I don’t see how this can clarify things for you since I am very familiar with my bandwidth..
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  3. dsy73 Posted messages 9003 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 547
     
    Do you reach 7MB or 2.4MB at home with JDownloader? It's not clear.
    Which browsers do you use?
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  4. Startor666 Posted messages 625 Status Member 144
     
    Very good idea.. I have a triple boot with Mac OS, Ubuntu, Windows; I will test it on the other two..

    EDIT: Ubuntu 12.04 tested and it's the same.. I will now test on Windows 7
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    1. Startor666 Posted messages 625 Status Member 144
       
      Unfortunately, it's not possible to test on Windows at the moment. I have to wait for all the transfers to finish. 55GB over VPN is long ^^
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      Hello! :D
      Sorry for the intrusion, but I was about to post on the forum and I stumbled here, and I think I found some pros! :D
      If you can enlighten me, thanks in advance:
      I would like to know what the maximum bandwidth I can have with my 3G USB stick is.
      Does reception play a big role? I have 2 out of 5 bars.
      In "status," the connection speed is 14.4 Mbits/s (this info does not change whether I have 1, 2, or 3 bars).
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      I took a test on 60 million consumers, but I don't understand anything:
      You took 90.88 seconds to download 10,308 kB.
      Your download speed (downstream) is 0.929 Mbit/s or 116 kB/s

      You took 24.21 seconds to upload 512 kB.
      Your upload speed (upstream) is 0.173 Mbit/s or 22 kB/s.
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      Thank you Startor666! :D
      On the Journal du Net:
      _downstream: 676kbit/s 84Ko/s
      _upstream: 239Kbit/s 29Ko/s
      If I'm asked what your bandwidth speed is, what should I say? :)
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  6. DJBRAV Posted messages 78 Status Member 2
     
    Your box should not be able to send more speed via Wi-Fi, or your subscription may not allow it, or your location; if you live in the countryside, you won't have much speed. If it's due to the operator, you need to ask for it. I had 250kb/s and now after asking I have 1000kb/s. This does not increase your bill. :-)
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  7. dsy73 Posted messages 9003 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 547
     
    How much do you have on https://www.speedtest.net/ ?

    The phrase "7 or 2 MB" was not clear, but in fact you were talking about the company that I suppose has nothing to do with where you are (not the same place).
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  8. dsy73 Posted messages 9003 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 547
     
    I'm trying to get information to understand the context exactly. You have a problem that doesn't make sense since all the tests conducted use the same HTTP protocol, yet the results are different.
    Browsers do not throttle data transfer but rather the number of simultaneous connections.

    Or the problem is specific to your OS that I am not very familiar with. Do you have the ability to test from another OS? Do you have Bootcamp?
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