Simon

0.78Mbps is quite ok, anything more than that will be over-utilization. Check if your ISP has put limiters on your link.
In addition to that,your connection to  the ISP could be 1Mbps, but your ISP is connected to the internet much slower, or a lot of people sharing your ISPs connection to the internet.

Also the server you are downloading from might not be able to deliver files beyond 100kbps.





2009/9/29 Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com>
We asked for utilisation graphs and were given some story which unfortunately, sikumbuki... but will see what to do. I am not sure about the SNMP part. Will find out.

2009/9/29 m mugo <mugo2of3@gmail.com>

Most download software measures downloads in Bps not bps.
100 KBps = 800Kbps = 0.8 Mbps.
For a 1Mbps link, downloading at 0.8mbps is utilising 80% of the capacity which seems fair at peak hours.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunktoids,

We got this deal from some ISP which I won't name for now, and they tell us that our speeds are 1MBps for both the uplink and downlink, but I highly doubt what they are telling us. Files normally download at a speed of 100kbps on average, and I do not think that that correctly reflects what the ISP is saying. However, I am not an expert on this matters, and that is why I have sought to ask the gurus on the list to shed some light.

Attached hereto is a speedtest.net result graphic for more info. Thanks.


Me.

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